Pastoral Items
At Micalago grass and water are in abundance, and stock of all kinds is looking well. At Forbes shearing is processing and plenty of wool coming through…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farming & the land, 1879
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The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral
Another week of weather which was favourable to pastoralists and agriculturists has passed, and as our table of rainfall indicates it brought with it a fair share of moisture. Nearly all the stations from which telegraphic…
Continued on Trove, page 849 →Rust in Wheat
AT a meeting of the Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Association held at Launceston recently, Mr. Thomas Hogarth read a paper on red rust, from which we make the following extracts from the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Melbourne Wool Sales
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Messrs. Hastings, Cunningham and Co. report:—We offered 1700 bales wool at auction to-day, and sold 1400, besides 300 privately, since last report. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Notes
[We shall bo happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, and stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Dairy Interests
The meeting which was held at Kiama last week may be regarded as the second step towards obtaining that which we have long advocated—a proper market for dairy produce in this city. Assuming that the…
Continued on Trove, page 842 →London Wool Sales
Sale of 1063 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Hoare and Hudson, on Thursday, 28th August, 1879. Ex Duke of Abercorn, from Sydney: Three legs connected, AHY, 41 greasy combing at 12d, 28 at 1[?]d, 2 handwashed at 8d,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Sales.—yesterday
By Messrs Harrson Jones, and Devlin—Wool: Bloomfield, 6 fleece at 15d, 1 piece at 9d; RF, 12 greasy at 7d, 1 clips at 2d; over W, 2 bellies at 5d looks at 3 d; SW over cangegong. 10 greasy at 12d; LO. 9 fleece at 16d, I places at 10d; half-circle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales
Sale of 4618 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., Monday September 1st, 1879. Ex Brilliant, from Sydney; JF, Walcha 27 combing hoggets at 19d, 30 at 18d, 2 pleces at 12½ Byron, New England, 8 pieces at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, November 19. Land for Cattle Saleyards
Sir HENRY PARKES moved the rescission of the following resolution, passed at the instance of Mr. M'Elbone on the 4th November, instant:—"That in the opinion of this House, the Government should without delay, give to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sales Opened
LONDON, November 18.—The London wool tales opened this evening. The total arrivals were upwards of 90,000 bales. The attendance of both home and foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The American Wool Duties
LONDON, November 19.—An agitation has commenced in New York for the reduction of the duties on Australian wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral Items
At Gunning, shearing is in full swing, but none of the wool is as yet coming in. At Adelong pleuro-pneumonia has broken out amongst some of the cattle hereo, and a few have died,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral
The weather of the past week has been along the coast remarkably variable, and at times was more wintry than springlike. Showers fell in the city on Tuesday, and the night of Wednesday brought a very heavy fall, which…
Continued on Trove, page 897 →Melbourne Wool Sales
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Messrs. Hustings, Cuunninghame aud Co. report that they offered yesterday 3200 bales, of which they sold 2700 bales. The market is firm with full competition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Washing in Riverina. I.
I propose in this paper to give for the benefit of the uninitiated—but still interested in every sense of the term—leader of the Mail, a description of sheep-washing as carried out on a large station in Riverina. I intend to enter…
Continued on Trove, page 890 →America. the United States Wheat Crops of 1878 and 1879
Detroit, Aug. 16.— To the Editor of the Post and Tribune :— The following detailed statement of the distribution of the wheat crop of 1878, has been prepared with great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Sales Opened
LONDON, November 18.—The London wool sales opened this evening. The total arrivals were upwards of 90,000 bales. The attendance of both home and foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wednesday, November 19. Land for Cattle Saleyards
Sir HENRY PARKES moved the rescission of the following resolution, passed at the instance of Mr. M'Elhone, On the 4th November, instant:—"That, in the opinion of this House, the Government should, without delay, give to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] D[?]niliquin
The fat stock for the Victorian markets have been.— Friday, 55 (Orr's) cattle: Sunday, 600 (Doyle's) sheop, 2700 (Toganmain) sheep, 2600 (Patterson's) sheep, 45 (Stewart's) sheep, 120 (Hetherington's) sheep, and 252 (Toganmain)…
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