Killing Cattle and Sheep Wholesale
BRISBANE, Friday. -- Charleville reports that the returns from the stations round Augathella state that the unionists are killing cattle and sheep in a wholesale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1891
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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c
Light rains fell recently in Home parts of the south, but apart from this there has been the usual dry wintry weather. Kiandra has received 2in. of show. Frosts are occurring in several of the tableland districts…
Continued on Trove, page 1137 →The French Wheat Crop
LONDON, Thursday Night. -- It is anticipated that the French wheat crop will be a failure and that the supply for home consumption will be deficient by at least…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Pastoral News. (Continued From Page 23.) Weather, Stock Movements, Wool. Weather
The Weather for the past week has been season able in every part of the colony, cold evenings and bright suashiny days having prevailed over a very extensive area. In many localities on the high lands…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Wool
Very small catalogues of wool have been offered at the fortnightly sales this week, in all some 1175 bales of various sorts. Competition was generally so active as at previous sales, although no special…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Pastoral Intelligence. Carcoar
Stock passing through:—3 trucks sheep, Alford, to Leeds and Co., Cowra to Homebush; 1 truck prize ewes, Garcoar to Parramatta, Wilson and Hopkins, to E. D. Clark; 1 truck horses, Carcoar to…
Continued on Trove, page 1170 →Seed Wheat
Every miller is interested in securing for his Own immediate localities the best wheat possible. Very often the difference between the wheat raised in two localities ia simply a matter of careful seeding…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Grains of Wheat
Worms may be crossed in love even as women may be wise in politics. Never back a pedestrian on account of the size of his feet. A square heel and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wheat "Ring."
LONDON, May 21.—It is currently reported that a "ring" has purchased 50,000,000 roubles worth of Russia wheat in view of the failure of the French crops,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Antwerp Wool Sales
London, May 21.—The catalogue for the series of gales at Antwerp, which commences on June 1, will comprise 615,000 bales of wool, including 3,500 bales of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vaccination of Sheep for Anthrax
The Chief Inspector of Stock reports that during the past year 193,098 sheep were vaccinated, in various districts of the colony with Pasteur's "vaccine of anthrax," but the result has not, as will…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Treatment of Sheep for Worms
Recent reports from district correspondents and stock inspectors make it clear to as that a large proportion of the sheep now on the pastures are suffering from that troublesome disease, known as…
Continued on Trove, page 1134 →South Australia. the Wheat Export
ADELAIDE, Friday. -- The export of wheat for the month of April was 545,002 bushels, and of flour 7271 tons, the total for the first four months of the year being 4,214,584…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Wheat. a German and Italian Syndicate
LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The establishment of amicable commercial relations between Germany and Russia, and the intended reduction of the German import…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The London Wool Market. Progress of the April Sales
LONDON, April 17, 1891. -- The chief features of the wool sales during this week may be summed up in a few words, but probably the high prices paid for the light, dry Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cornering in Wheat. Large Operations in Russia. a "Ring" in Paris. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 21
Taking opportunity of the shortness of breadstuffs, a " ring " is said to have been formed which has already purchased Russian wheat of the value of 50 million…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Surplus Maize Crop
Enquiries have been addressed to the Department of Agriculture from the nothern, rivers as to the amount of raw spirit obtainable from a standard bushel of maize, with a view of devising some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Ocean Secret; Being a Strang Story of a Dead Man's Gold. in Sixty Chapters. [All Rights Reserved.] (Published by permission of Cassell and Co., Limited, London.) Contents of Chapters Nos. X. to Xix.—chapter XII.—"The belt! It's mine! I'm Amos Robinson. Who dares to say I'm not Amos Robinson ?" XIII.—The scene changes to Buttercup Farm in the Vale of Aylesbury. XIV.—Amos Robinson begins to make himself very much at home. XV.—By George, sir, he's acting as though he thought you had come here to rob him of his sweetheart. XVI.—"I'll win the girl and her fortune, no matter at what cost. XVII.—Amos Robinson gives Winny Scudamore her father's letter. XVIII.—"When Greek meets Greek then comes the tug of war." XIX.—Amos Robinson brings matters to a sudden and unexpected climax. Chapter, Xii.—(continued.)
He still shrank from killing him, yet with each passing moment he grew more and more convinced that he dared not let him live, for he was now foaming at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sites for Experimental Farms and Agricultural Schools
Mr. Sydney Smith, the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture, under date the 15th instant, has issued a minute regarding the site for experimental farms and agricultural schools to be established within the…
Continued on Trove, page 1136 →Model Farms
Our Gulgong correspondent telegraphed on Tuesday: Mr. Prentice, the gentleman appointed by the Government to report upon the proposed model farms, to-gether with the Mayor aud several aldermen, inspected…
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