Farm Produce
At the Darling Horbow Railway terminus, this morning, there was a small supply of forage and farm produce from the sumerous intermediate stattone along the lines west and south of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1882
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Goats to Protect Sheep
A contributor sends the following item, and if it is correct that goats can camp with sheep and fight dogs in the manner stated, we are willing to take back all the doubt hold regarding the general utility of billies…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Sheep Dog Trials
Large as the grounds at Moore Part, the arrangements were not sufficient to give the dogs room, and allow of their abilities being seen to advantage. The first dog tried was Mr. H. Lamb's "Aft." The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Selected Seed Wheat
We are gratified, says the Rural New Yorker, to see that other journals are beginning to place before their readers the importance of selecting wheats which bear three instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Judging the Age of Sheep
The correspondence in our columns concerning the age of sheep as classified at sheep shows will gain additional interest from the opinions of Professor James Law, given in a lecture delivered recently in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral
Another week of dry weather is closing, the only rain reported being a few light showers, which fell at Tenterfield Moree, Muswelibrook, Menindie, Maitland, Picton, Wollongong, Kiama, and Eden. Light frosts have appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 637 →The Antwerp Wool Market
J. D. Fuhrman reports up to the 10th February:—Immediately after the close of our November sales a good demand set in at fully maintained prices. Business grow quiet in the beginning of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegram.] Melbourne
Messrs. King and Cuningham report:—1800 cattle are forward (Victorians), principally from Gippsland and the north-eastern district. The quality of the whole is better than of late, and prices are about the same. Best pens…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Rust and Smut in Wheat
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you an abstract of my letter of to-day, to the Honourable the Minister for Lands, as follows,' and beg that you will give it publicity in your valuable journal:—…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Grazier. A Small Flock of Stud Sheep
A CORRESPONDENT ("Plannet") asks for information regarding the best manner of treating a small, mixed flock of stud sheep. We are gla to note an interest in such matters, and would willingly comply…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Rust and Smut in Wheat. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
Sir,—I have the honour to transmit to you an abstract of my letter of to-day to the Honorable the Minister for Lands as follows, and beg that you will give it publicity in your valuable journal:—…
Continued on Trove, page 622 →The Farmer and Grazier
We shall be 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 18 →Farming Under Difficulties
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Continued on Trove, page 18 →Colonial and Farm Produce
THIS WHEAT MARKET.—The advanced rates of wheat have no doubt drawn large shipments to our market. Several vessels from Adelaide are to hand, with no less than 13,557 bags of wheat, together…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Investment in Pastoral Pursuits
It Is satiafactory to hear that the shares in the Australian Pastoral Investment Association are being rapidly taken up. This is a very important one, and there is every justification for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Grafton
There was a very large attendance at the show grounds to-day, when also the following prizes were awarded:— Buggy horse: J. Brown's Harry. Trotting horse: T. Small's Step-aside. Carriage ponies: J. Chisholm. Shod…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Grafton
Between 400 and 5OO people were present on the show ground to-day, attending the stock sales. Most of the stock offered were horses sent specially to the sale and were not exhibits, of which very few were sold. The draught…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep in the United States
American journals are jubilant over recent sheep statistics. The number of sheep in the United States in 1850 was 21,723,220, and during the next 10 years , of free trade there was but little if any increase in this…
Continued on Trove, page 662 →Late Agriculture. This Weather— Agricultural and Pastoral
Last week was probably the most favourable for squatters and farmers throughout the colonies that has been chronicled for some time past. Saturday's telegrams brought news of the breaking-up of the drought through all that belt of…
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