QUEENSLAND. Sheep Mango In Queensland
BRISBANE, Thursday.--Mr. Irving, veterinary surgeon, has reported that the sheep recently brought from the Fassifern district are affected with Queensland…
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Sheep Disease in Qleensland. (By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
Mr. Irving, veterinary surgeon, has reported on the diseased sheep recently brought from the Fassifern district to the effect that they are affected with a disease known as the Queensland mange, which first appeared…
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At the South Coast and West Camden Co-opretive Company's sake this morning the arrivals of butter were equal the demand. Best factory sold from 10d to 13d per lb; dairy, 31 to…
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On the 17th instant, in the Supreme Court, before their Honors Mr. Justice Windeyer, Mr. Justice Innes, and Mr. Justice Owen, the case of Reid and another v. Garrett was heard. Mr. Pilcher, Q.C., and Mr. O'Connor, instructed by…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →Latest Pastoral News. (Continued from page 388.) Weather, Wool, and Stock Movements
The weather during the past week has been generally fine and warm. But with the change has come another batch of bush fires of a most destructive nature. One of the largest of these has devastated about twenty miles of land…
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The weather of last six days has been delightfully fine and cool. The principal districts still remain in excellent condition, the only drawback to perfect contentment being extensive bush fires, which have done much damage…
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The Canterbury Times of the 11th instant says:—"Some months ago Mr. G. G. Stead saw in an English newspaper a statement that a preparation for the preservation of butter had been patented. He thereupon wrote to his London…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →Dipping the American Sheep
The lot of 160 Vermont sheep which recently arrived here, via London, for Mr. M'Caughey, of Coonong, are safely and comfortably located at the quarantine station, Bradley's Head. They had their first dip in the anti-scab…
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LONDON, Thursday Night.--At the wool sales to-day 12,400 bales were offered…
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It is a fact not generally known that some of the direct steamers, even while lying in New Zealand ports, supply the passengers at the saloon tables with English butter. The supply for the passengers is shipped in London, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather and Stock. (By Telegraph.)
BRAIDWOOD, Friday.--Splendid rain fell last night and the bush fire are now extinguished. TAMORA, Friday.--Light rain is now falling. PICTON, Friday.--A heavy thunderstorm and…
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As the wool sales there has been good competition. 13,100 bales were catalogued 23,500 bales are held over…
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The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,000,000 quartern, as against 1,510,000 last week, and for the Continent the quantity is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Bourke
E[?]gonia reports the following stock movements:—300 fat cattle, Claverdon to Bathurst, Cobb and Co.; 480 store bullocks, Wangalore to Buckinguy, Jenkins; 630 store sheep, Moulton Plains to Bourke, Hodnett; 5500 fat…
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The London market is certainly no better than it was a week ago, the decline then reported being meanwhile, if anything, rather more accentuated. As yet there has been no definite cause assigned for the drop, but it is conjectured to…
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The London market is certainly no better than a week ago, the decline then reported being, meanwhile, if anything rather more accentuated. As yet there has been no definite cause assigned for the…
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This colony is at present suffering from a plethora of farm products. Good seasons—the best ever known—have followed years of drought, and, as might be expected, the markets are much overstocked. When…
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In an article on the seed crops of Lincolnshire, published in a recent number of the Gardeners Chronicle, it is stated that during the past eight or ten years the county has become a much more…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →THE Fruitgrower and Farmer the Cow for the Family
THE family cow should be the best that can be afforded. A copious milker and a good butter producer should be chosen, because a surplus of batter should be packed away in the…
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A NEW KIND OF MANURE, termed the Natural Fish Guano, in being largely advertised and imported into the mother country. The average analysis last season is said to have given among other constituents…
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