The Old 'Un's Note-book Glancing Ahead. Starting in Victoria. Warwick Farm Races. Canterbury Selections
The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6
It is no easier to pick the winner of the Newmarket Handicap now than it was before the acceptances came out. When the weights appeared I made my choice,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Poultry Farmer
The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6
GEORGE HENRY THOMPSON, a young man, pleaded not guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having stolen a cheque for £20, the property of Ewan M'Lean. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Ostrich Farm. a New Zealand Enterprise. Habits of the Birds
The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 7
"WHAT say you to a drive down to Turanga Creek to-morrow to see the ostrich farm?" The invitation was a tempting one, and there are few who would not have sacrificed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cooling Water for Dairy Purposes
The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6
It will be interesting to those engaged in dairying pursuits to know of the means by which the temperature of milk can be reduced to the heat of water,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Travelling Dairy
The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6
The following circular has been issued by the Department of Agriculture:— “In order that the future movements of the Travelling Dairy may be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Home, the Farm, and The Orchard. Bee-keeping. to Transfer Bees.—the Old Method
The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6
If an apiarist has no foundation, or desires to give the bees the comb and honey at once—even at the cost of unshapely combs, ho should drum out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Turf. Warwick Farm Races
The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 7
Despite counter attractions, last Saturday’s meeting at Warwick Farm was most liberally patronised. As the weather was beautiful, those who availed themselves of the outing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm and General Produce
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 43
At the Redfern Railway hay market during the week the supplies of forage were again very heavy, consequently prices were considerably easier. Until some plan can be adopted of reducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →The Grazier. New Commercial Crops of Australia. Lxvi— the Cultivation of the Black or Geeen Wattle (Acacia Decurrens, Willd)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 22
It has now become necessary to publish some reliable information on wattle cultivation for the benefit of cultivators in general. To answer in detail the numerous inquiries that are made of the department…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Common Diseases ot Farm Animals
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 21
One of the most frequently-occurring disorders of cattle and sheep is the distension of the rumen (paunch) with gas, causing what is generally known as hoven. The condition is due to…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Agricultural and Pastoral Weather, Stock and Crops
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 6
KEMPSEY, Saturday.--The weather for weeks back has been dry and hot, and people are beginning to cry out for rain. Farming prospects never looked so well…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather.—agricultural and Pastoral
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 4
The weather of the last fortnight was of the average summer character, but with less moisture than good years usually bring to the colony. January gave rains to nearly all of the districts, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales
The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 6
The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Limited, has received the following telegram from its London agents respecting the January series of wool sales :--" Wool market…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool-selling Brokers' Association
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 8
The members of the Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association tendered their annual harbour excursion on Saturday to the wool-buyers. The whole party, numbering about 60, embarked on the Ivy at Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The London Wool Sales
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 4
LONDON, Sunday.--American chasers have been bidding spiritedly at the current wool sales, but other buyers are languid, owing to trade being bad…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales. London, February 7
The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 5
At the London wool sales yesterday the bidding on the part of American buyers was spirited, but other purchasers were languid, owing to trade being bad…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association. a Harbor Picnic
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 6
The members of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association had a picnic down the harbor on Saturday. Leaving Circular Quay early in the morning, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Export of Butter. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Nowra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 8
A meeting of dairymen was held last evening in the Public Hall, representing Comerong, Cambewarra and Merco, Jindiandy, Worrigee, and Jasper's Brush Factory. It was convened for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Season's Wool Fleet. London and Local Sales. The World's Exports
The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 3
THE past week has produced no new developments in the wool world. The London and the local sales, have progressed in what might be termed a fairly satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Ships
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1892 · page 4
Yesterday the four-masted ship General Rober[?] loaded by Messrs. Flood and Co. and Eu[?]ann and Co., Limited, cleared at the Customs with 9028 bales wool, beside some 380 tons copra and about 100 bales leather and basils. So…
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