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  2. Pastoral Difficulties in the Far West.

    One of the most energetic men in advocating an alteration of the land law as regards pastoral settlement in the Western Division is Mr.T. W. Barnes, of Wilcannia. Mr. Barnes's long practical experience ...

    Article : 1,459 words
  3. Lawns on Sloping Banks.

    It is exceedingly difficult (says the American Agriculturist) to get a growth of grass from seed on a sloping bank, at an angle of even 15 degrees, because a heavy shower of rain on the sloping bank would wash off the ...

    Article : 294 words
  4. Exmoor and Welsh Ponies.

    Originally, the Exmoors, whoso native home is North, Devon, were not as remarkable for beauty as they now are; for their lives had not been strengthened by the addition of Arab and thoroughbred blood. But their improvement ...

    Article : 290 words
  5. Teeth not a Guide to Age.

    The case Meurant v. Parker, heard and decided at the Wagga Wagga Circuit Court last week, should bring about an important change in the wording of contracts connected with the sale of sheep. The plaintiff contracted to purchase ...

    Article : 271 words
  6. British and Foreign Gleanings.

    In Ontario, Canada, last July, the temperature was 100, and the drought during May had been unprecedented, but the crops never looked better. The country around London is the garden of Canada, where every variety of fruit grows ...

    Article : 1,471 words
  7. The Rabbits and Legislation.

    In dealing with the great Western, and really general question of the day, the rabbits and their steady wave of invasion, much has been written from all parts of the country, useful suggestions made, and from a digest of ...

    Article : 988 words
  8. Shipment of Butter to England.

    In the first half of the year the Fresh Food and Ice Company being apprehensive that the supply of butter consequent upon the good season would be much in excess of the local demand, determined to send some butter to London to the ...

    Article : 469 words
  9. Why the Dairy was Cooled.

    In a lecture recently delivered in this city by Mr. J. L. Brace, lecturer to the Board of Technical Education, on "The Laws of Cooling, and how Cold may be produced artificially," there were made the following instructive ...

    Article : 1,332 words
  10. Progress of the Phylloxera.

    At the monthly meeting of the council of the Fruitgrowers' Union of New South Wales, held last Saturday, a report was received from the fruit diseases committee stating that, in compliance with a ...

    Article : 701 words
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