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HILLSTON.—We had a soaking rain during.T[?] day night. It is raining still. 126 points have fallen. The soil is thoroughly scaked. The rain has been very general…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Farming & the land, 1886
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Sheep and Other Dogs
I was glad to see in a late number a letter on the subject of a heavier tax on dogs. It is a matter on which I have often thought of writing, and one that I think might well occupy the time of some of our…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Notes of the Week. Pastoral Rents
The squatters in the West are beginning to call out about the new assessment, and there has been an important meeting at Bourke, at which Mr. Copeland's minute has been overhauled, and a determined…
Continued on Trove, page 1075 →London Wool Sales
Continuation sale of 8788 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Wednesday, March 24, 1886:- Ex Potosi, from Sydney: WH in circle, 15 scoured at 13[?]d, 9 at 12½d; M, Morden Hill, 8 combings at 13d: Bang, 19 at 12d…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Wool Sales
"LONDON, May 20.—The River Plate wools which were sold in Antwerp to-day, realised an advance of 15 centimes on previous prices…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool and Sheepskins
Wool Sales.—Messrs. Mort and Co. brought forward their usual catalogue of wool at auction on Wednesday, and sold nearly every line at current rates. Competition was brisk, and in view of the discouraging nature of latest…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Our Wool Exports
For several years past the tendency of the bulk of the wool trade towards Sydney has been exhibited in the annual export figures. It has been claimed over and over again that Melbourne was destined to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 1075 →Commercial. the Wool Trade
Wool has come to hand rather more freely than for some weeks past, the total for the week ended May 19 being 630 bales, against 1050 bales in the corresponding week of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →London Wool Sales. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The following cable was received in Melbourne to-day:-- "London, May 20.--The autumn wool sales opened to-day, Prices show an advance of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. Some Notes on the Stock Exhibited
The horse section is always a well-fillad one in the Grafton show, and as a district noted for horse-breeding since it earliest history, one always looks to find something good in the classes under this section. There is the same…
Continued on Trove, page 1051 →Pleuro-pneumonia Among Cattle in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
It has been reported to the Central Board of Health by Mr. T. Kendall, M.R.C.V.S., that during the last three months a very great quantity of diseased meat has been offered for sale. At the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Weather, Wool, Movements of Stock. the Week's News, by Telegraph and Mail
THe week has been a most desirable change. Telegrams announcing rain arrived from the west and south during Monday, and since then falls of from 1in to 2in are reported from Adelong, Albury,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Excursionist. The Farmer in Town. in the Tram—at the Gardens. Iii
Our "help" having, by previous arrangement, been granted all public holidays, or so much of them as was contained between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m., for her own use and benefit, and as Sarah was not one to…
Continued on Trove, page 1048 →Trellis for Garden Crops
The portable garden trellis here illustrated is for use in growing peas, tomatoes, and other crops requiring support; it may be folded up and put away when not needed. The view, Fig. 1, indicates two continuous…
Continued on Trove, page 1054 →A,Farm Ballad
A farmer Sat on a rude settee As the April sun went down' The Smoke from his pipe curled gracefully Up towarde the rafters brown…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Farm and General Produce
At the Darling, Harbor hay sales there was an exceedingly small supply of forage, the demand brisk for prime oaten hay. The arrivals were chiefly straw, for which lower rates were accepted; good chaff was…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →A Farming District in the North
Seeking, recreation at Easter time I took a ride to Woogoolga, distant, say, fifty, miles south of the Clarence Heads, on the coast line. I had heard of its healthy climate and great fertility of soil…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Poultry Farming in Australia.—II. Houses and Accommodation
Although it is absolutely necessary for those desirous of making a business of poultry farming, to gain, not only Borne idea, but a positive knowledge of the nature and habits of the stock which it is…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sugar Crop of the World
Reviewing the reports of the sugar cane crops in the leading produoing countries of the world, and the production of beet sugar in Europe, Mr. F. 0. Licht practically summarises the results in the…
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