Pastoral Items
The FORBES GAZETTE reports shearing being over, the harvest is engaging the people's attention. Feed is plentiful and stock are in fine condition. At Warren the weather is very hot; country…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Farming & the land, 1879
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Purebred Cattle
GEORGE Kiss report the demand for purebred cattle exceedingly dull, and prices for the best bred lots of young bulls fully 50 per cant. lower than they were this time 12 months. At the bazaar to-day I sold six young bulls by…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Sheep Farming on a large Scale
Few people, not only in the metropolis, but even in the country districts, have any adequate idea of the amount of labour done during shearing time on many of our large stations, and therefore a few facts and figures may enlighten…
Continued on Trove, page 1035 →Agricultural Pastoral Forthcoming Shows
Parkes Agricultural Society, at Parkes, 19th February 1880. Liverpool Plains Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association, at Tamworth, March 30 and 31,1880…
Continued on Trove, page 1034 →Pure-bred Cattle
GEORGE Kiss reports the demand for pure-bred cattle exceedingly dull, and prices for the best bred lots of young bulls fully 50 per cent.: lower than they were this time 12 months. At the Bazaar to-day I sold six young bulls by 5th Duke of…
Continued on Trove, page 1053 →Exhibition Cattle Sales
The sales of pure-bred cattle held in connection with the International Exhibition commenced on Thursday afternoon at 3, and the attendance was so large that brisk competition was expected. A commodious…
Continued on Trove, page 1046 →Exhibition Cattle Sale
The sales of stock in connection with the International cattle show were continued throughout yesterday, and, as on the first day, proved remarkable languid. Several lots changed hands mainly through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral
With the exception of a few showers which fell in the Northern districts, the past week has been quite dry; and already there are reports of the pastures becoming slightly parched. The dryness, however, has been all in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 1046 →The International Cattle Show
EVER since the International Exhibition first came on as a subject of conversation, the live stock portion of it has been well paraded, before the horse, cattle, and sheep owners of the Australian colonies,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Melbourne Wool Sales
MELBOURNE, Saturday.-Messrs. Hastings, Cunningham, and Co. report having offered 1270 bales of wool, of which 1270 were sold. The competition was lively for all kinds, and full prices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market
LONDON, December 5.—Prices improve as the sales progress. The catalogue to-day comprised 6339 bales. LONDON, December 6.—The wool…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The London Wool Market
The latest reports from this market are to the 29th of October. In some degree they explain the cause of the favourable change noted at the opening of the November sales. We are pleased to think that the rise was "real,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1046 →The Intercolonial Show of Stud Cattle
If proof were seeded that the dulness which pervades the fat-stock markets has overclouded pure-bred or pedigree stock-breeding, it is afforded by the international show of cattle now in progress. There…
Continued on Trove, page 1034 →Latest Pastoral intelligence. [Bt Electric Telegraph.] Deniliquin
The fat erossings for the Victorian markets have bee— Friday: 260 cattle (Moleswerth's). On Sunday 1410 (Dixon's) Cooroonboon sheep; 420 do (Cooper's), Wanganella. On Monday: 650 Cor[?]mingein cattle from…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Defects in the Carriage of Wool
According to the Central Australian, the woolgrowers of the far west have cause to complain of the manner in which their wool is conveyed to market. Our contemporary states that the crews of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1034 →COMMERCIAL Thursday Evening. Farm and Dairy Produck.-oaten Hay.-
This from the Hunter River is in supply equal to demand. We quote at from 50s to 90s. WHEATEN HAY.-A fair supply of this class of fodder is apparent upon the wharves. Business…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wheat Harvesting in South Australia. Iv. Kapunda, S.A., Nov. 26
This is one of the oldest wheat-growing districts of South Australia. It is also a prominent copper-mining centre; or rather was a mining; centre, for that industry is very nearly at a standstill in this quarter; although busy enough at…
Continued on Trove, page 1035 →Flower Farming
It affords us much pleasure to suggest that special attention be paid to the able and interesting paper on flower-farming by Mr. Piesse, which appears elsewhere in this issue. This gentleman, who is at present…
Continued on Trove, page 1034 →Flower Farming and Cultivation of the Orange in New South Wales
Whether the orange be cultivated for pleasure as " a thing of beauty," or for profit as s thing of "base lucre," it is a source of untold satisfaction to its rearer. It may be termed a most grateful plant, as it returns, by the beauty of its…
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