Imported Sheep
AN application was received by the Chief Inspector of Stock yesterday that 35 Rambouillet sheep, which have been landed in Melbourne from Marseilles, should be…
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Charge of Cattle Stealing
GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.--At the police Court today, two well-known residents of the district, William Herring, a selector, and Edward J. Batty, were committed for trial to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fiji Sugar Crop. (By Cable.)
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The steamer Wainui, which arrived here today from Fiji, reports that the sugar crop in those islands although not heavier than last year, is expected to yield…
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LONDON, August 8.—Fourteen thousand quarters of Australian wheat have been sold at 35s 6d per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Stock and Pastoral Returns. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Registrar-General reports that at the end of last year there were in the colony 12,926,000 sheep, 4,473,000 horned cattle, 305,000 horses, 73,000 pigs,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Young Poultry Exhibition. (By Telegraph.)
YOUNG, Wednesday.--The third annual exhibition under the auspices of the Poultry, Pigeon, Canary and Horticultural Society was opened this afternoon, and promises to be as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Albury
The following stock movements are reported:—24 fat cattle, from Bungendore for Melbourne, K. Gibson and Co.; 16 fat cattle, from Tarago for Melbourne, Chenery Bros.; 27 fat cattle, from Goulburn for Melbourne, W…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Gunnedah Agricultural and Pastoral Show. (By Telegraph.)
GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--The Gunnedah Pastoral and Agricultural Show opened yesterday. There was a very good attendance. The weather was beautifully fine and pleasant. The…
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LONDON, August 9.—13,000 quarters of Victorian wheat have been Bold to arrive at 35s 9d per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Coonamble
One hundred and twenty-one fat bullocks for Melbourne via Dubbo, A. Tobin and Sons owners, Williams in charge, from Wingadee station; 13,000 wethers from Calga to Wellingrove, Glen Innes, L. Setton and Co. owners; 100…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Lectures on Daily Farming
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The lectures at the working dairy at the Exhibition, under the auspices of the Agricultural Department, will commence about the first of next month. Any person…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Pastoral News. (Continuod from page 283.) Weather, Wool Stock Movements
THE WEATTIEE,—After too long waiting, rain has come at last in fair quantity. Beginning on Saturday in the southern districts, the downpour extended over the colony between the coast and the ranges, and with some…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →The Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c. Bingera, August 6
In regard to the weather and crops there is a poor prospect for the coming year. August is the latest when rain can be serviceable for saving: crops. Yet we have had no rain for months, and no prospect of any now. There are…
Continued on Trove, page 273 →Pastoral Intelligence. Albury
The following stock movements are reported:—24 fat cattle, from Bungendore for Melbourne, R. Gibson and Co.; 16 fat cattle, from Tarago for Melbourne, Chenery Bros.; 27 fat cattle, from Goulburn for Melbourne, W…
Continued on Trove, page 305 →Cleaning Dirty Wheat
The value of a sample of wheat is seriously deteriorated by reason of broken grains, weed seeds, foreign corns, &c., so that the invention of a simple machine for effecting the purification of the wheat for market would be a great boon…
Continued on Trove, page 272 →Crossing Sheep.—An Interesting Experiment
The director of the School of Agriculture, Lincoln, New Zealand, says in his report of last years operations:—I have continued the experiments with the crossing of sheep. I do not expect to be able yet to report definitely…
Continued on Trove, page 272 →The British Wheat Trade
We are now witnessing another and a very welcoms atmospheric chango in this variable season (wrote a London correspondent on June 29). Toward the close of last week there was a suddon rise of temperature, although the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Gunnedah Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Gunnedah
The first show of the Gunnedah Pastoral and Agricultural Association was opened to-day, with fine weather and a large attendance. The gates sold for £80, and the buyer should make a large profit. The district is suffering, like…
Continued on Trove, page 305 →Corowa Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association. Corowa
The twelfth annual exhibition in connection with the Corowa Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association was opened to-day. The entries in all sections were more numerous this year than on any previous…
Continued on Trove, page 305 →Narandera Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Narandera, August 2
On the second day of the show the weather was still cloudy, but the attendance was good. The following are the awards :— Team of draught horses: A. Duthle Draught gelding: A…
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