The Wool Sales. London, March 7
At the wool sales 11,900 bales were offered. There was a good demand for line qualities, the inferior and medium being neglected…
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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 19 →A Word of Warning to Farmers
As the wheat-sowing season is at band it is well to caution farmers who give their seed a dressing of bluestone to be on the alert to avoid imposition. I believe there are…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Farmers' Association of South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The Farmen' Association, meeting was continued this morning. An expression of opinion was in favour of free assisted immigration, and the old policy of the association regarding the abolition of the…
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The Adelaide Farmers' Association has met and passed resolutions affirming that all the land be offered for selection at 20s. per acre; that all simultaneous applications shall be decided by lot; that the area be…
Continued on Trove, page 471 →Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Company
The Frozen Meat Export Company's works are s[?] upon a branch of the river Styx, within ride range of the Belfast railway station. The buildings of Belfast include a manager's house and sleeping accommodation for the…
Continued on Trove, page 449 →Farm and Garden. the Horse Shoe and Its Application
IN remarks upon the preparation of the horse’s foot for the shoe, I have constantly endeavoured to impress upon students and . readers, the importance of the following axiom—never…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Reminders
TANSY tea is recommended for the destruction of cabbage wo[?]ms. Make drains now to remove the water from any wet places in the garden or on the farm…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Commercial. Wool Sales.—monday
By Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited.—Wool; SM, 12 bales greasy at 9¼d; DMJ, 6 greasy at 9d., ALX over Woolshed, 6 greasy at 9d.; MITO over Dunmore, 19 at 9[?]d; R over WR, 34 greasy at 8¼d. 6 crossbred at 7¼d; Boolearrol over…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Straying Cattle
There is hardly any portion of the colony in the vicinity of a city or town which has not an interest in the question of straying cattle. In the suburban districts of Sydney there are more persons who have…
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About 3 o'clock yesterday Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe, who had received instructions from Mr. L. R. Martin, sold by auction at the quarantine ground, Shark Island, 14 stud merino rams,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inverell Agricultural and Pastoral Seow. [By Telegraph.] Inverell
The Inverell Pastoral and Agricultural Association's seventh annual show commenced to-day, and so far is the greatest success of any yet held. About 1800 people were present, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Grain Crop in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The Minister of Lands has been furnished with reports from the Crown lands bailiffs regarding the grain crops in the various districts throughout the colony, In the Ararat district there is not a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Moruya Pastoral Show
This year's show, which opened on the 7th instant, has been a grand success. The attendance was very large. It was lovely weather both days, though rather warm, with a fine fresh breeze…
Continued on Trove, page 499 →Sale of Ayrshire Cattle
MR. Duncan M'Nab, of the Upper Yarra, and of the Victoria-bank Farm, Tullamarine, Victoria, having attained celebrity as an old breeder of Ayrshire cattle, the announcement that be intended disposing of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Important Sale of Sheep
THE American merino sheep referred to in our last issue were sold on Wednesday, at Quarantine Island, Sydney, by Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe. There were 14 stud merino rams, 2, 4, and 6 tooth, and 10 stud…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Sale of Californian Sheep
On Wednesday last, at Shark Island, Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe submitted to competition, by auction, the interesting shipment of merino sheep, which were fully described (with the aid of illustrations; in the Sydney Mail of…
Continued on Trove, page 518 →The Grazier. Pastoral Enterprise In South Australia
THERE is a prospect at length that the immense stretch of South Australian territory through which their overland telegraph line runs is to be brought into use for pastoral purposes. An immense block…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural and Pastoral
The weather through the past week has been genial and profitable throughout the colony. Showers have fallen in various localities; but generally sunny days and pleasant nights have induced a fine growth of grass, and yet…
Continued on Trove, page 518 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne
Messrs. King and Cuningham report:—Cattle: 2000 yarded. Prime better represented; best pens, £12 to £13 12s 6d: good, £10 to £11; cows, £7 to £9. Our sales are— From Gippsland and other Victorians. Sheep: 940 Openned;…
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