Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 5
The following are the crossings at Darling Bridge, North Bourke, for the week ending April 2:â341 cattle, Coronga to Sydney, T. Farrell in charge; 320 cattle, Castle Carlo t[?] Sydney, Brown and Kinder owners. F. Clark in charge; 2[?]6…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Albury Pastoral and Agricultura[?] Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 5
The annual meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held to-day. The report submitted was of a highly satisfactory character. The transactions last year were most successful. After paying £820 in prizes, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Virulent Disease Amongst Cattle at Jam[?]beroo. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kiama
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 6
At a meeting of the Kiama Agricultural Association to-night the prescence of virulent disease among a herd of cattle at Jamberoo belonging to Mr. George Barnes was reported. There animals have already died after a short…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Law. Quarter Sessions. Thursday, April 7. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Backhouse.) Mr. Clarke Irving prosecuted for the Crown. SHEEP-STEALING
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 3
Michael Rochford, found guilty of sheep-stealing at the Glebe Abattoirs, was brought before his Honor and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, with hard labor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repeal of the Customs Duties on Dairy Produce. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bega
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 6
A large and influential meeting was held in the School of Arts last night, to protest against the repeal of the Customs duties on dairy produce. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the town and district, and the hall was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storage of Farm Produce at [?] Ling Harbour. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1887 · page 6
Sir,—The proposed storage sheds at Darling Harbour [?] farm produce will, if constructed, prove to be a[?] useless expenditure, something like the meat [?] already there—no sooner completed than condemned [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Weather, Pastoral, and Crops
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 749
Another week of rain is to be added to the long list of this year. April the 3rd was the warmest day of the season, and, as expected, it brought rain. Nearly all districts report an excess of moisture. In some parts the land is too…
Continued on Trove, page 749 →Wheat-growing
Nepean Times · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 6
With a view to the promotion of a better system of wheat-growing, Mr. Thomas L. Coombe, of Kent-street, has forwarded us (S. M. Herald) his opinion as to what is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Wool Sales
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 11
LONDON, March 31.—The list for the wool sales has closed, the total quantity available for the series being 277,471 bales. The wool cargo by the Essex has been nclnded in the list available…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Are Chinese Vegetables Wholesome?
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 7
In the course of a lecture last week on "Chinese Gardening and what we may Learn from Them," Mr. Angus Mackay, Instructor in Agriculture for the Board of Technical…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Cure for Worms in Sheep
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 748
The Chief Inspector of Stock has received the following letter from a stockowner in the Armidale district on the above subject, which has been handed to us for publication :—"In the Sydney Mail I noticed your letter on fluke…
Continued on Trove, page 748 →A New Plan of Factory Butter-making
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 748
X. A. Willard gives the Country Gentleman a description of a new plan of conducting a butter factory which is being introduced in the north-western states. It is called the "Fairlamb Plan." It consists of having a building…
Continued on Trove, page 748 →Weather, Wool, and Stock Movements
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 41
The weather has continued of a most changeable and unsettled description during the week, the high comperature of one day being followed by the low comperature and rain of another. The weather reports…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Pastoral Rents. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 750
Sir,—Apparently the question of pastoral rents is in as an unsatisfactory state as ever, despite the good that was prognosticated by the advent of local land boards. Much of the trouble and evil attendant upon this question could…
Continued on Trove, page 750 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 10
The following stock movements are reported:—2068 merino [?], from Albury to Talmalmo, Robert Smithwick owner; 200 merine ewes, from Bungowannah to Goumaine, G. W. James, 330 mixed sheep, Maracket to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dairying on the South Coast. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 750
Sir,—I have neither the leisure nor inclination for a newspaper controversy, but I cannot allow your extract from Mr. Honey's letter, published in your article on "Dairying on the South Coast," in your issue of the 26th…
Continued on Trove, page 750 →Farm Produce Depot
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 740
The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday gave consideration to Mr. Tonkin's motion for going into committee to consider a proposal to place on the Estimates £20,000 to erect a store for the sale of farm produce…
Continued on Trove, page 740 →Farmers' Clubs and Fruitgrowers' Unions
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 747
A few years ago Parramatta ranked as the sleepiest of all sleepy hollows. But time brings about many changes. Even now the fruitgrowers of the County Cumberland are taking the lead of all their…
Continued on Trove, page 747 →Notes for Farmers
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 23
BRITISH BARLEY CROP.—The estimated average yield of the barley crop in Great Britain falls short of that of ordinary years by 1'85 bushes; and the rate of the present year in Great Britain is only…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →English Co-operative Farming
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 21
The Aasington Agricultural Association was formed some few years ago to take over one of the farms formerly held by associated laborers at Aasington, in Suffolk, Two…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →