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Continued on Trove, page 20 →Farming & the land, 1883
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Experimental Farm in South Australia
In an article, entitled Scientific Agriculture, induced by some remarks made by a member of the Legislative Council in depreciation of the work of the Experimental Farm, the Adelaide Observer states that Professor distance reported…
Continued on Trove, page 307 →Late Agriculture. Stock. Weather. and the Crops
Last week has been exceptionally favourable to many agricultural and pastoral areas of the colony. Wagga, Hay, Deniliquin, and the bulk of the Riverine country have had rain in fair quantity, and are consequently showing rapid…
Continued on Trove, page 318 →Failure of the Tobacco Crop
For some years past the production of tobacco baa been an industry of some importance in the Southern district The rich alluvial flats of the Tumut are specially adapted to this crop, and the yield from this…
Continued on Trove, page 306 →Farm and Garden. San Diego Fruit-growing
AT a show held in March, called the Citrus Fair, at National City, about four miles from san Diego, a display was made of fruit-growing industry represented in the National Ranch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Colonial Poultry Farm
A recent "Australian", describes the Heidleberg poultry farm, which is conducted by Messrs. P. Demoor and Co., and occupies a pleasant slope near the pretty village of Heidelberg. It consists of 2½ acres…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Wool Sales
LONDON, August 21.—The August and September series of wool auctions opened to-day, There was a good attendance of home buyers, but the foreign buyers were not well represented…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day Cables. London Wool Sales
LONDON, August 21.—The August-September series of wool sales opened to-day. Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. commenced the proceedings by submitting a miscellaneous catalogue of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. London Wool and Produce Sales
WOOL.—Under date London, July 11. Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co, report:—Since the close of public sales here on the 22nd ultimo, business in colonial wool in this market has been in a very small compass; a few hundred bales only have changed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mudgee Wool
LONDON, August 22.—Mr. F. White, of Mudgee, has been awarded a silver medal for his wool exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening of the Wool Sales. London, August 21
The August and September series of wool auctions opened to-day. There was a good attendance of home buyers, but the foreign buyers were not numerously represented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sales
LONDON, August 22.—At the wool sales today, 11,700 bales were offered, but no improvement was noticed in the prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. London, August 22
At the wool sales to-day, 11,700 bales were offered. There was no improvement in tho tone of the market…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Exhibits at Amsterdam. London, Aug. 22
Mr. H. C. White, of Havilah, Mudgee, New South Wales, has been awarded a silver medal at the Amsterdam Exhibition, for his wool exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Horses, Cattle, and Sheep at the Brisbane Exhibition
The live stock sections of the Brisbane Exhibition, held last week, were fairly well filled. We abridge the comments of the Queenslander upon the principal classes:—In Class I (blood horses) out of 12 entries, eight horses came…
Continued on Trove, page 355 →Pastoral Districts
On the Snowy River the grass is very dry and scarce, but the stock look well for nil that. A good fall of rain would do much good. The Riverine Grazier of the 15th instant reports of Hay…
Continued on Trove, page 355 →Cattle
The quarter of the ground on the Paddington side, which is furnished with comfortable stalls for cattle, should prove attractive to visitors, for although there are not heavy sections, there is at least a fair display of quality. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep
The pens were deficient in size, and the lighting was cot all that could be desired, so that the show, poor enough in itself, was rendered worse by the bad arrangements. The pens containing exhibits…
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