Wool Sales
At Messrs. Mort and Co.'s fortnightly wool sale held yesterday there was a full attendance of buyers and brisk bidding throughout, but nothing first-class was offered either of greasy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1887
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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke
Stock movements during the week.—Darling Bridge, North Bourke, 360 cattle. Norley to Sydney, F. W. Armytage owner, John Cohen in charge; 348 cattle, Milo to Sydney, Milo and Welford Downs Pastoral Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Cassilis Lands Office. (By Telegraph.)
CASSILIS, Thursday.--At the lands office today 3540a. were applied for, consisting of applications by Charles and Hugh Campbell, conditional purchase, 245 acres and conditional…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Albury
Stock Movements.—200 fat bullocks from the [?] Melbourne, J. Glendening, owner: 520 fat sheep from Stoney Park to Melbourne, William Turner, owner; 410 fat merino wethers from Bungowannah to Melbourne, John…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c
The southern and eastern quarters of the colony received some heavy rains this week. Tuesday left a heavy record of rainfall, the coast being the recipient of the largest I share. The inland districts have been favoured with dry…
Continued on Trove, page 1061 →Cattle
The cattle section occupies about 125 numbers in the catalogue. This is not a large collection for a metropolitan show, but it will bear comparison with the principal country meetings. The reduction in prices has materially affected…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep
Though the sheep shown were exceptionally good, the competition was limited to a few, there being in all only 60 exhibits. Amongst the lo[?] however, were some purely-fleeced rams and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep-shearing Trials
A number of gentlemen interested in pastoral pursuits assembled on Monday at the stores of Messrs. J. H. Geddes and Co., 19, Phillip-street, to witness some most interesting trials between the Wolseley…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Cootamundra Wheat
Cootamundra (writes our correspondent) has again successfully competed with wheat, this time at the Dubbo Show, held last week. Messrs. J. H. Bragg and Sons, of Landgrove, Cullinja, sent an exhibit of wheat grown on…
Continued on Trove, page 1060 →Cured of Sheep-killing
A dog that had once learned the trick of making mutton is usually regarded as incorrigible; but the Santa Rosa Democrat reports one radical cure, and describes how the case was treated. It appears that one of the oldest residents of…
Continued on Trove, page 1062 →The Wheat Trade
A London correspondent, writing on April 1, said: During the past week extreme dulnees has characterised every branch of the wheat trade. The more important country markets have reported a farther…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Weather, Wool, Stock Movements
During the last few days THE WEATHER has assumed a wintry character, the warm days being followed by frosty nights in most places. Rain has also fallen in many districts. Farmers generally…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Agricultural and Pastoral. the Codlin Moth. (By Telegraph.)
HOBART, Thursday.--A largely -attended meeting has been held in the Town-hall at which resolutions were passed in favor compulsory legislation for the eradication of codlin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Trade. MAY 19
Our latest mail advices reach up to the 7th of April, and from the further catalogues to hand of the London sales then progressing we notice a decided improvement in prices. So much is this the case that in some few…
Continued on Trove, page 1056 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bubbo
Stock Movements: Five thousand four hundred sheep from Yabtree to Wilga Downs, Fink and Co. owners, Guillan in charge. WAGGA, FRIDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm and Dairy Produce
The various products under this heading found a place in the pavilion, and, taken as a whole, they were by no means so numerous as might have been reasonably expected, while the quality of some of the less important…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Grazier. " Shepherds, flocks, and flow'ry plains.' —Pope. a Curious Breed of Sheep
Sir F. A. Milbank wrote as follows to a London paper:—As it may perhaps interest your readers to have a short account of a singular breed of sheep, I send you a photograph of a staffed ram's head which…
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