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  2. NORTHERN PRIZE FARMS.

    The districts represented in the competition for the best managed-form in the northern division of the colony were the Goulburn Valley, Heathcote, Kerang, W[?]heproof, ...

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  3. SHALL WE GROW "FINE" OR "COARSE" WOOL?

    Sir,—My letter of a few days ago showed how unsuitable, how extremely unprofitable, some fine-wool led sheep are, as evidenced by the Tasmanian pure sheep entered for the ...

    Article : 666 words
  4. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AUSTRALASIAN.

    Sir,—In re Mr. Thomas Shaw's letter in your issue of the 22nd inst., I think he has not made out a good case. From the tenor of the above I understand ...

    Article : 131 words
  5. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    The monthly meeting of the council of the National Agricultural Society was held on Tuesday at the offices of the society, Bourkestreet. Dr. Plummer presided, and there ...

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  6. MURRABIT AND KOONDROOK.

    The Loddon River in its northward course from the Dividing Range to the Murray receiving no tributary below Eddington becomes smaller as it flows on, and below Kerang it ...

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  7. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AUSTRALASIAN.

    Sir—Mr. Thos. Shaw, in his letter of 15th of February, speaking of the unprofitable character (in his opinion) of Tasmanian stud sheep, chooses as an example three young ...

    Article : 577 words
  8. RUST IN WHEAT CONFERENCE.

    The conference of delegates from different colonies which have suffered from the pest of rust in wheat was brought to a conclusion on Tuesday. The conference, which was ...

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  9. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AUSTRALASIAN.

    Sir,—In your issue of 21st December fast appears a letter on the above subject from your correspondent "Back Blocks," in which he challenges me to prove that strong-woolled ...

    Article : 716 words
  10. A TIMBER PRESERVATIVE.

    Sir.—Seeing in your last issue a letter from Mr. Penny, C.L., South Australia, re the weed "Clytus bobinae" as a preventive of the inroads of white ants and other insects, I would ...

    Article : 203 words
  11. MR. THOMAS SHAW ON SHEEP.

    Sir,—Mr. Shaw has written very forcibly against the coarse wool or hair of American sheep, he is now commencing to run a tilt against the fine wool of the Tasmanians. ...

    Article : 359 words
  12. GHEE OR CLARIFIED BUTTER.

    Sir,—The manufacture of ghee or clarified butter being an industry which has had already an ineffectual trial in Victoria, owing no doubt to the importation of undesirable ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. TESTING FRESH BUTTER.

    At the invitation of Messrs. F. T. Paten and Co., agents for the "Steven's Cold. Vacuum Process, Mr. D. Wilson, the Government dairy expert, with a number of ...

    Article : 314 words
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