Remarkable Potato Crops
WHILE the average yield of potatoes in the United States this year is given by the Department of Agriculture as only 57 1/2 bushels per acre, an offer of prizes by the "American…
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Colonial Wheat
LONDON, March 6.—A cargo of New Zealand wheat, April delivery, has been sold at 37s 6d, and one Victorian, also for April delivery, at 38s 4½ per qr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather.—agricultural and Pastoral
The cool, dry, threatening weather which ruled from the 26th ultimo to the 2nd instant was broken on the latter date by a steady rainfall, which, extended over three-fourthe of the colony,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The French Wheat Crop. Five Million Acres Destroyed
LONDON, Friday Night,--A considerable boom has taken place in the wheat market owing to the large demands made by French buyers and the bad prospects of the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The London Wool Trade. the Opening of the January February Sales
LONDON, January 30.--The available quantity for sale is, including old stock, 285,000 bales Australasian and 45,000 bales Cape, together 330,000 bales. The gross arrivals are…
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The frosts in France have been terribly destructive of the wheat crops. Over 5,000,000 acres of grain fields have been ruined by the severity of the visitation…
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LONDON, March 9.—A consignment of butter forwarded from the Ballarat Exhibition arrived in very fine condition, and sold at 114s per cwt…
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At the Balmain Police Court, yesterday, before Captain Fisher, S.M., James Gerry, 17, a butcher, and Edward Martineer, 28, drover, were charged with stealing three oxen, the property of Robert…
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Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin report:--For our fortnightly sale yesterday we submitted a catalogue of 1104 bales wool. Although the winter season has set in as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Country Shows
ARMIDALE, Thursday.--The Armidale show was continued to-day. The weather was more favorable but occasional showers fell. The attendance was larger than usual, between 8000…
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GLEN INNES, Tuesday.--A co-operative butter factory has been started here with a capital of £1500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Darling Harbor Market. Farm Produce
At the Darling Harbor railway terminus yesterday there was a fair supply of forage forward from the various intermediate stations along the northern, southern, and western lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Farmer. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--Consequent on the action of a few Free-traders in the town of Molong in calling what they were pleased to term so indignation meeting to rebut the…
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The Ballarat Exhibition butter has arrived in good condition, and is pronounced to be very fine, selling at 114s per cwt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.) (From Our Correspondents.) Gundagai
Stock movements, Saturday last: 3000 wethers, from Wagga, destination Yass, A. Middlemis' owner, T. Middlemis in charge; 5500 sheep, from Germanton to Goulburn, via Yass, George Dunn owner, H. Dunn in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Darling Harbor Market. Farm Produce
At the Darling Harbor railway terminus this morning there was a small supply of forage forward from the various intermediate stations along the northern, southern, and western lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Week's Racing. Warwick Farm
Beautiful weather prevailing on Saturday, a fair crowd availed themselves of it to pay a visit to Warwick Farm, where everything was found in apple-pie order…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE WEEK's Racing. Warwick Farm
Beautiful weather prevailing on Satur-day, a fair crowd availed themselves of it to pay a visit to Warwick Farm, where everything was found in apple-pie order…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather Stock and Crops
COOMA, Wednesday. -- Heavy rain has fallen outside and a little in the town. The bridge over Wambrook Creek was washed away, an was also a lot of fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lectures. the Pastoral Epistles
The Precentor, the Rev. A. R. Rivers, delivered a lecture at St. Andrew's Cathedral last evening on "The Pastoral Epistles"—the two to Timothy and the one to Titus. He said that the pastoral epistles took readers…
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