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1,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 63
HAVING carefully examined the strained wire fences for sheep exhibited at the Garden Palace by Messrs. Hill and Smith, of Brierly Hill Iron Works, Staffordshire, England, for which Messrs. A. T. Edwards,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →LONDON, September 1.—At the wool sales greasies realised 1d. a lb higher…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →So many complaints have been made regarding the remote chance which sheep that are only grass-fed, and unhoused, have when pitted against animals bred, fed, and carefully housed for show, that the following…
Continued on Trove, page 450 →Sir,—Will "Bobadli" tell me if S. Yates shore the 274 sheep in the usual shearers' hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.?…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The reports from stations where the rainfall is registered indicate that very light showers have fallen in several districts during the past week, but in no locality has the fall been sufficiently heavy to afford the herbage a moist bed…
Continued on Trove, page 472 →On Friday, August 21, a meeting was held in the old Council Chamber, Dapto, to receive the report of a committee appointed at a former meeting, as to the desirability of forming a company for the exportation of butter and the…
Continued on Trove, page 451 →Sir,-Your correspondent "T. H." (vide "Notes and Queries") states that my assertion that Samuel Yates shore 274 sheep in one day is pure fiction. Now, I beg to inform Mr. "T. H." that I am at least…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →No business in fat stock doing beyond that done for local supply. Store cattle continue dull of sale, holders asking 60s to 70s. Buyers were willing to give 50s to 60s. Store Sheep: The dry state of the weather is causing…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Sir,—I notice answers by three correspondents in your valuable journal with reference to the highest number of sheep shorn by one man in a day. "Kurilla" says 211, "Bobadil" 274, "S. M. M…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →THE kangaroos are really getting so very troublesome on sheep stations in many parts of Australia as to call for some means of destroying these animals, or they'll take possession of the runs. How are we to…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →LONDON, August 26.—At the wool sales, crossbreds are casier. LONDON, August 30.—The foreign demand for wool has increased…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The attention of manufacturers and producers of various commodities is constantly directed to China as a market for their goods. Though many foreign articles are now used or consumed there, their sale is…
Continued on Trove, page 450 →We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops, and stock as their experience line proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The following paper on the above subject was read recently at a meeting of the Ararat District Farmers' Union, heid at Ross's Bridge, by the president of tho association, Mr. C. T. Sutherland, of Tatyoon:—"The subject…
Continued on Trove, page 451 →THE hog is one of the domestic animals which is most widely dispersed through the world, and yields to no other in its usefulness. It lives and thrives on every kind of food, vegetable, or animal. It grazes like the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →YOUNG chickens should not be allowed drinking water. Even over-moist food is injurious to them. NATURAL LIGHT IN STABLES.—The natural light of day should be admitted in stables by two means…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →THE intelligent action taken by the farmers of Spring Hill in associating for the mutual benefit of members of their class is an encouraging sign. It has been a long standing complaint that farmers isolated…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →LONDON, September 8.—The price of Australian wheat per 496lb. ex warehouse, is 46s to 47s. The tone of the wheat market is depressed, owing to large foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There does not appear to be the least prospect at present of a change in the fine weather that his prevailed for so long a time past, and everything in the shape of vegetation has a dry and parched up appearance. In several of the suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Sixteenth Annual Show of the Murra[?]bidgee pastoral Association was held to-day. The attendance was very large, and there was a larger show of exhibits than on any previous oecasion…
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