Polluted Wells on Dairy Premises
At a meeting of the Board of Health on Wednesday a report respecting the failure of the Newcastle Council to close polluted wells on dairy premises was read. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming & the land, 1894
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Terrible Distress in Nebraska. Intense Cold and Failing Crops. the People Starving
The farmers of the bleak prairies in the north-western portion of Nebraska are in danger of starvation. The cold has been extreme, and the suffering of the people is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Model Dutch Farm
If the doctrine of the tranrmigration of souls holds water (says a writer in the Pall Mall Gazette), and I be permitted to select the next home for my own partlcular soul, supposing I have one, nay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Dairying Industry. Nowra
A meeting of dairy farmers was held in the School of Arts here this afternoon to discuss the prospects of the dairying industry, and to suggest an improvement in the conduct of the butter export. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c
The new year was ushered in with weather which was nearly in all respects suitable for the enjoyment of holidays. There was at times experienced the usual muggy heat on the coast; but on the highlands the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Butter
LONDON, Friday, 1.10 p.m. -- The cargo of Australian butter by the R.M.S. Orotava is being sold at 106s per cwt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Pastoral News
Gunnedah— Bacon and Company report under date January 2: The weather is intensely hot, and rain is badly needed. There have been a few in quiries this week for low-priced wethers, but business…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wool
Although the wool auctions were temporarily suspended during the Christmas week, the trade was anything but quiet, for the time was fully occupied in posting to date all office work and making active…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Australian Wheat
LONDON, Thursday. -- Australian wheat is quoted at 27s 6d per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Export of Australian Butter
THE publicity which has been given of late to the question of how to facilitate the export of fruit, and prevent the present waste, has tended, with some persons, to overshadow the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep
The recent introduction of some Romney Marsh sheep to this colony from New Zealand prompts us to give a portrait of a Kent or Romney Marsh shearling ram. The most recent English opinion on these…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent.) Louth
Upwards of 500 mixed cattle are passing from Cliffield homestead lease, for Bourka, Thomas Huggins in charge; also, 100 fat cattle from Yanda for Wilcannia butchers, John Haughey in charge. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Butter Export -- a Marked Increase
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A return prepared by the Secretary of Trade and Customs stales that the butter exported during 1892 amounted to 7,093,263lb., valued at £355,941,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bradford Wool and Yarns
LONDON, Friday. -- The quotations for Bradford wool and yarns are as follow: -- Sixties, 20¾d to 21d ; supers, 21½d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheepskins With Wool On
By the last mail we learn that the pericdical auctions of Australian sheepskins with wool on were held in London on November 23. Nearly 4500 bales were catalogued. The attendance of buyers was…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Growth of the Pastoral Industry of New Zealand
At the opening of the wool sales in Auckland recently, the results obtained were satisfactory, and gratifying for many reasons. Prices of former occasions were not only equalled, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Corn and Wheat Harvest
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Interviews with several leading authorities in the corn, trade show that the harvest is likely to be one of the heaviest reaped in the history of the colony. The average…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An Improved Wool-drying Machine
A simple, easy running, and compact machine is shown in the illustration, which is designed to thoroughly dry a large quantity of wool, lightening up the wool and drying it in such a manner that its…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Water Famine at Condobolin. Disease Among Sheep. Holdings Deserted
CONDOBOLIN, Saturday.— All over the district the scarcity of water is keenly felt. A number of selectors on the north side of the river are deserting their holdings, after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Growth of Our Wool Trade. the Local Sales
THE figures which were given this morning in our review of the Sydney wool trade continue (says the S. M. HERALD) to show— as has been the case for many years past— that the local sales are…
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