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  2. Station, Farm, and Garden.

    THE state of the sugar market in the colonies at the present time is peculiar. As prognosticated in December last, when the ruling prices were unprecedentedly low, they have now ...

    Article : 1,368 words
  3. How I became a Sericulturist in Queensland, and what Followed upon it.

    IF there is one desire which seems to take a greater hold upon the popular mind in a new colony than another, it is that of founding a new industry. Ever since Captain Macarthur was ...

    Article : 3,231 words
  4. Cane Farming in the Brisbane Distict.

    A MEETING of farmers, cane growers principally, was held at the Primary School-house, Indooroopilly, on the 14th instant. There was a good attendance. Mr. R. Jarrott occupied the ...

    Article : 291 words
  5. Lecusts or Grasshoppers.

    WHY this insect is called a grasshopper I know not. When first seen they are far aloft, flying through the air like gleams of silver. When they move from one locality for new ...

    Article : 724 words
  6. Inoculatio in New South wales.

    FROM a return of Mr. Bruce, the Chief Inspector of Stock, N.S.W., we take the following. The figures refer to a series of questions submitted to cattle owners towards the close of last ...

    Article : 548 words
  7. Correspondents' Conference.

    INFORMATION contributed, selected and asked for-We specially invite contributions to, and observations concerning, the contents of this department. ...

    Article : 20 words
  8. RUST IN CANE.

    I EXPERIMENTED last season on an acre of chigacca cane, which was conspicuous by the ravages disease had made upon it. When the young canes sprang from the cut stools, and had ...

    Article : 223 words
  9. Farming in the Port Curtis Distict.

    THE most extensively cultivated grain in this district is Indian corn or maize. There is, indeed, no part of the district where soil and climate especially well adapted for its culture is not to ...

    Article : 802 words
  10. BEES—HORSES.

    CAN you inform me and others interested if Mr. Carroll, in restricting the number of drones among his bees, takes all of them away except in one or two hives, or if he has to leave a few ...

    Article : 222 words
  11. Scottish Farms and Farmers.

    A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gentleman, visiting Scotland, writes :— Referring to the labor question, the eighth decennial census of Scotland shows that, in the ...

    Article : 534 words
  12. TRAVELLING, BRANDING, ETC.

    Have travelling sheep to give notice to the owner of a cattle-run? Answer.—No. Have cattle-owners, in branding a calf on the cheek or neck, to denote the year of ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. Australian Meat in London.

    IT is satisfactory to know that Australian meat finds increased favor in England, and that the enterprising Tallerman Company are meeting well-deserved success. All this is not the less ...

    Article : 712 words
  14. THE BRANDS ACT.

    THE following appears in the Maryborough Chronicle of the 8th:— "My attention has been directed to a letter signed 'Blotch,' in yours of 11th March, in which ...

    Article : 677 words
  15. Union of Shearers.

    THE movement of the shearers on the Darling Downs to form themselves into a trades' union, appears to meet with the approbation of the same class in other parts of the colony, the ...

    Article : 627 words
  16. Stock, Station, and Produce Reports.

    LONDON.—Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co., writing on April 14, report:— Since the close of last public sales on 25th March this market has been very quiet, with ...

    Article : 572 words
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