Farm and Dairy Produce
A moderate supply of forage was forward at Darling Harbor yesterday, with a slim attendance of the trade, and though the quality of the forage was of a better description, the demand…
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Tea and Sugar Crops in Fiji (By CABLE.)
ND, Tuesday.--The Fijian tea crop is re be a splendid one this season. The[?] have now stopped working…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Moruya Agricultural Show. (By Telegraph.)
Moruya, Wednesday.--The society's annual dinner was held last night at Harkus Hotel and was a great success. It was attended by about 60 persons, when the usual toasts…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--The doubt cast upon the diagnosis of the disease amongst the cattle at Hemmant was set at rest by unmistakable symptoms of pleuro-pneumonia being discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Thargomindah
One thousand one hundred and fifty store bullocks, from Eulbertie Station, Cooper's Creek, passed through last Suturday, for Thargomindah Station; 347 fats, from Keeroongooloo Station, G. Scarfe and Co. owners. Farrell…
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After weeks of heavy rains with floods, it is cheering to have a fair promise of dry weather. The change occurred on Monday, and since then each day has brought more assuring signs of dryness. Ploughmen will soon be able…
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A telegram from our Melbourne correspondent states states that the Howling Run on the Murramb[?]gee, comprising 61.5333, 20.917 of which are ir[?]hold has teen sold by auction…
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Mr. Hobkirk, speaking at a meeting of the West Tevoitdale Farmers' Club last week, said the lessoned imports of beef had no effect in raising the price; we…
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A commodious and well equippEd foreign animals wharf was lately opened in Aberdeen, SCotland, for the importation of Canadian or American store cattle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Management of Cattle
A London correspondent wrote. Some of our most noted breeders have kindly given their experience and advice on the rearing and management of cattle, in response to an invitation from the editor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Wheat Harvest in South Australia
The Adelaide REGISTER'S returns of the wheat harvest show a net increase of 20,000 acres in the area under cultivation. The total area is 1,970,000 acres, yielding. 10,835,000 bushels, or 5 bushels 31lb…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Close off the Wool Sales
LONDON, February 17.—The wool sales closed to-day with firm rates and a more brisk competition. 280,000 bales have been sold during this series, and 20,000 bales held over to the next sales…
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The Register's returns of the wheat harvest show a net increase of 20,000 acres in the area under cultivation. The total area is 1,970,000 acres, yielding 10,835,000 bushels, or 5 bushels 31lb. per acre. After deducting 2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 437 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Brewarrina
500 maiden ewes left Milroy for Brenda, W. Hood owner, J. Hood drover. COONAMBLE, FRIDAY. Stock movements.—2000 fat wethers, from Warrana…
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Rain more or less abundant during the week was reported from most parts of New South Wales, with heavy storms in Coonamble, and a fall of 4in in Deniliquin. The pastures, almost without…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Wool Sales in London. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It is often a boast among those who despise any argument of a protectionist tendency that England, is our best customer for colonial produce. At the close of the last sales of wool in London, we find…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmer. Pig Breeding in Denmark
In a recent report of the American Consul at Copenhagen, some particulars, on the question of pig breeding are given. In the first place, with regard to the feeding…
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On the 18th instant the hall of the School of Arts was filled with a very attentive and certainly appreciative audience, who had come to listen to Mr. Walter Hope's sixth lecture, delivered for the Board of Technical…
Continued on Trove, page 436 →Dairying on the South Coast. III
Our remarks, so far, have been confined to the new system of dairying by the process of artificial separation. We may now report a little variety by dealing with a fanner who, although he has two large dairies, will nor have a…
Continued on Trove, page 436 →Tobacco as a Crop
One of our friends at Port Macquarie (H. S. W.) asks the following questions:—1. Is Port Macquarie climate and soil suitable for tobacco culture? 2. Can crops be consecutive on the same ground? If so, what…
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