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  2. Brewarrina Show.

    The Brewarrina show, which was held last week, proved to be quite equal to any of its predecessors in every way, the sheep exhibits of the Messrs. Dickson Brothers, of Yarrawin, Marra Creek, being especially fine and certainly superior to ...

    Article : 874 words
  3. Queensland.

    ANGATHELLA (late Ellangowan), June 20.—There passed here this week 2248 store cattle, from Nooroondoo, near Surat, the property of Wood, Ferguson, and Co., bound for Terribool, Herbert River. They are being most carefully ...

    Article : 718 words
  4. Food for Chickens.

    We said in a preceding number, speaking of eggs: "Let us always follow the laws of nature." Apply to chickens these same principles as far as their food is concerned. We should (says L'Aviculleur) in the first place learn how they ...

    Article : 501 words
  5. Pastoral Districts.

    Oar Bourke correspondent writes on the 4th instant:—"The lambing is now nearly over on most stations, and the results, so far as yet known, are highly satisfactory. Shearing will commence on the early stations at the end of ...

    Article : 1,346 words
  6. Wheat Production in America.

    It occurs to us that we hear a good deal less nonsense now than formerly about the "Wheat Belt." It is only a few years ago that learned disquisitions on the shifting of the Wheat Belt were as common, as editorials on the ...

    Article : 615 words
  7. Tramways on Sugar Plantations.

    The May number of the Sugar Cane contains a very interesting article on this subject, from which we take the following estimate of the expense of erection and the capability of a portable tramway:—"As to the cost of a ...

    Article : 264 words
  8. American Sheep.

    Sir,—Will you kindly allow us space to correct a slight error in your edition of 30th ultimo. In a paragraph referring to our sale of sheep, you say we are importing 70 from California. Such is not the case; we ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. The Manufacture of Sago.

    Sago-making, both with the Papuan and the Malay population, is the great occupation of their life. Sago is extracted from the interior of the stem of several species of palm, which grow in swamps or in "swampy hollows on ...

    Article : 634 words
  10. Assessment of Stock.

    Sir,—Kindly inform me by what section of the Act 44 Vic, No. 11, am I supposed to make a return of my sheep (not large stock) to the Inspector of Sheep for the district. Sec. 6 of 45 Vic, No. 23, provides for assessment upon ...

    Article : 279 words
  11. Official Stock and Weather Report.

    ARMIDALE.—Weather clear; warm days; frosty nights. Pasture good for time of year. Water supply abundant. Condition of stock fair to good. Movements of Stock: 379 bullocks, from Rigney's station for Muswellbrook. ...

    Article : 1,238 words
  12. Brahmin Cattle.

    Sir,—I hope you will think it worth while to allow me to bring under the notice of your readers a breed of cattle which hitherto has not been regarded here with that favour which its merits demand. I refer to the Zebu or Brahmin ...

    Article : 693 words
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