Agricultural and Pastoral
May 23 and 24 are the dates fired for holding the Mudgee Agricultural Society's Show, and our correspondent wires that, judging from the catalogue of prizea, the show…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1888
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Wilcannia Pastoral Protection Association
At a general meeting of the Wilcannia Pastoral Protection Association held on the 1st instant, the following resolutions were passed, viz.:—"That this meeting suggests that an explanation be asked frow the Minister for Lands as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 508 →Dapto Butter Factories
Our correspondent writes:—"The butter factories are all working well, and are proving a great boon wherever established, the only fault to find being the smell from the piggeries, which is a dangerous nuisance, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 508 →Worms in Sheep
The following circular has been issued from the Department of Mines to the inspectors of stock:—" You should in a season such as this call the attention of owners in your district, even in country which in ordinary seasons is…
Continued on Trove, page 518 →Establishment of Butter Factories
ON Thursday morning one of the members for Mudgee laid before the Premier a proposal for a vote of £25,000 or £30,000 as aids on the $ for £ principle to the establishment of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Austrilian Butter in London
Messrs. Collyns and Co., London, reported on January 26: A very fair demand exists for fresh Australian butter, of which there have been large arrivals by steamers fitted up with refrigerating…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Prices of Butter in England
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report from England on January 25:—The market for Danish and Irish parcels of butter has been rather quiet, and prices have remained nearly stationary, but for…
Continued on Trove, page 508 →Commercial. the Wool Trade
Competition at the sales held during the week has not been so brisk as was anticipated it would be, judging from the private inquiry which existed in the interval between the auctions. The attendance at the sales was good,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Arsenic Drench for Worms in Sheep
Arsenic, Ilb. 6½oz. (avoirdupois); washing soda, 31b. water, 10 gallons. Boil slowly until thoroughly dissolved. Add water to mixture to make it up to 32 gallons for grown; sheep, to 44 gallons for weaners, and to 56 gallons for…
Continued on Trove, page 518 →The Wool Market. London
The arrivals to dale for next woo! sales amount to 102,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat and Flour Afloat. London
The quantity of wheat and Hour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,790,000 quarters, as against'1,700,000 last week, For the Continent the quantity is 290,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The United States Wool Duties. London, March 1
The Domocrats in the United States have drafted a tariff, in which there is a reduction of the duties on imported wools…
Continued on Trove, page 514 →Items of Interest. Latest Fastoral News. (Continued from page 492.) Weather, Wool. Stock Movements
PEDIGREE HORSES alone are allowed to compete for premiums under the British Government grant. Against this restriction Mr Chaplin, M.P., the owner of many pedigree horses and many thoroughbreds,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Grape Crop in the Albury District
The Unusual frequency of rain during the past season has been, on the whole, detrimental to the grape crop. In the first place the growth of weeds has been so remarkably luxuriant as to require more labour for their removal than…
Continued on Trove, page 508 →HORTICULTURAL Flower-farming and Perfume-making
The reply given to a correspondent. regarding flower farms suggests some addition to the answer, to show in brief terms what can be. done and what may be the probable results of such an enterprise as flower-farming. The late…
Continued on Trove, page 509 →THE Fruitgrower and Farmer. Oranges All the Year Round
THE following extract from the Pall Mall Gazette was read at the meeting of the Fruitgrowers' Union on Saturday last:— Few people ever take time to think of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Facts for Farmers
FAVORITE COLOR WITH BEES.—Sir John Lubbock's xperiments with been have shown him that they can distinguish between different colors, and that blue and pink are their favorite colors. Thus,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Ayrskires in the Dairy. (From Our Reporter.)
We have had frequently to refer in recent years to the growing inflnence of the Ayrshires as dairying beasts. Our south-coast dairy early discovered the superiority of a blend of shorthorn and Ayrshire…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Crops in America
From the report of the United States Commissioner for Agriculture for 1887 we give a summary respecting the principal crops of the year. Most of these were reduced in yield by the hot and dry summer…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Agricultural and Pastoral
Entries closed on Saturday night for the Goulburn Agricultural Pastoral and Horticultural Show, a large number being received…
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