Protection and the Farmers
Some figures of great interest to those of our farmers who believe that protection would very much improve their position were lately quoted by a…
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Agricultural and Pastoral. Mittagong Agricultural Society's Show. Hunter River Agricultural Society's Show. the Bathurst Show. Picton Agricultural Show. Country Land Business. Weather and Stock. (By Telegraph.) (By Telegraph.) (By Telegraph.) (By Telegraph.) (By Telegraph.) (By Telegraph.)
At a meeting of the Albury P. and A. Society on Wednesday night, it was decided to offer £1200 prize money at the annual show to be held on September 11 and 12. MITTAGONG, Thursday.--Yesterday afternoon the second annual show of the Mittagong and District Horticultural Society was opened in the Church of England schoolroom. A small WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--The attendance to-day at the Maitland Exhibition was very large, numbering over 10,000 people from all parts of the colony. The greatest interest BATHURST, Thursday.--The A., H. and P. Society's show was continued to-day, the weather being delightful. The attendance was the largest ever seen at any show, held here before, PICTON, Thursday.--The Picton agricultural show which opened to-day was a great success, considering the recent bad season. But a few exhibits were judged to-day, all to the horse ALBURY, Thursday.--There was an exciting scone at the land office this morning, caused by a large number of applicants for portions of land contained in the newly-revoked reserves MURRUMBURRAH, Thursday.--The weather is calm and fine, with cold nights. WILCANNIA, Thursday.--To-day's river reports are : Mungindi. [?]ft. 6in., rising; Sarwon,…
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During the past week the most gratifying intelligence has been received from all parts of the colony in regard to the weather. Rain has fallen almost everywhere, in many places in great abundance. On…
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One thousand six hundred acres of land were taken up at the Parkes land office on Thursday. The revenue received at the Goulburn Land…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Intelligence. Albury
The following are the stock movements:—428 mixed sheep, Bethanga to Albury market, J. Toohey; 25 fat cattle, other districts, to Albury market; 100 fat and store cattle, Victorian pastures to Albury, various…
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LONDON, April 11.-Compared with the closing prices in February the present series of wool sales show an advance generally of from 5 to 7 1/2 per cent. Greasy merinos…
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The tone of the London market at the sales now progressing continues very firm, one of the private cablegrams even reporting prices as having advanced ½d. to 1d. per 1b. over the closing rates of February…
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LONDON, Friday.--At the wool sales today fair prices were realised for good greasy. Crossbreds were quoted at a halfpenny dearer than at the last sales…
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Messrs John Sanderson and Co. are in receipt of the following cablegram from their London house, dated 11th inst.:--"Competition very brisk ; very large attendance of buyers…
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At the wool sales to-day, good greasy realised fair prices, and crossbreds were a halfpenny dearer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury
Stock movements: 3720 mixed sheep, from Albury to Tarcutra, James Dennis owner; 500 fat wethers, from Stoney Park to Homebush, William Turner owner; 502 fat wethers, from Bungowannah…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Our Letter Box. Suitable Seed Wheat
With reference to the romark in our agricultozal reminders for April that "it would be like throwing money away to buy wheat which had been saved in cool climates like New Zealand,"…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. APRIL 10
The tone of the London market at the sales now progressing continues very firm, one of the private cablegrams even reporting prices as having advanced ½d, to Id. per lb. over the closing rates of…
Continued on Trove, page 743 →The Wool and Produce Trade of Sydney. No. 1. Mr. John Bridge's New Wool Warehouse, Darling Harbour
FOR years past it has been obvious to those most familiar with the Australian wool trade that Sydney is destined to enjoy the honour of becoming the principal centre for the disposal to the world…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Arrival of the Olga. Safe in Farm Cove
Great was the surprise this morning at the arrival of the German man-of-war Olga from Apia, Samoa, as it was fully anticipated that it would be necessary to send a vessel to Apia to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEENSLAND. The Lolla Farm Cases
BRISBANE, This Day. -- In the Supreme Court the following sentences in connection with the Lolla Farm cases were passed: -- Henry Jackson, forgery, five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Milk Supply of Sydney. the Companies and the Dairymen. a War of Extermination
As a mild and comforting article of diet, one of the very few articles of diet that nobody has quite successfully imitated, and that, as far as we are aware, has never been entirely superseded…
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The monthly meeting of the Suburban Dairymen's Protection Society was held at the Swan with Two Necks Hotel, on Wednesday, Mr. P. Freeman…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Notes for Farmers
NEW REMEDY FOR BLIGHT.—A recent number of a Nelson (N.Z.) paper contained the following allusion to what is likely to prove a useful remedy for scale and woolly aphis: The adoption of the best method of…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Farm and General Produce
At the Darling Harbor hay sales during the week A amaller quantity of forage than usual came forward. Buyers were in good atfcondance, and closing sales were firmer all round. On the wharves Hunter…
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