The wheat market remains very quiet. No new wheat has yet been sent in. The first Sample is due at Messrs. Cowan & Co.'s mill about the middle of December. Od one or two farms ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 312 wordsA MOTHER.—Your letter i, written on both sides of the paper. IGNORAMUS.—We answer both your questions in the negative. ...
Article : 816 wordsReaping has commenced in a few of the early paddocks in this neighborhood, but will not be general for a week or two. In the Barabba Scrub, however, a general start has been made ...
Article : 202 wordsThe anniversary treat for the children attending the local Baptist Sabbath-school, was held on Thursday last at the Noarlunga Beach. The usual amusements were indulged in. A ...
Article : 124 wordsA sad accident occurred to Mr. Henry Fairbank, sen., farmer, Koolunga, yesterday. He was getting down the side of a haystack without a ladder and while sliding down he was caught by a fork ...
Article : 225 wordsOn Wednesday last a fire broke out in the scrub about six miles from here. A fierce hot wind was blowing at the time, which caused the flames to spread very rapidly, and damage ...
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Family Notices : 985 wordsThe hay harvest is just over, and on many farms the wheat is being reaped. A cry of red rust was raised some short time ago, but from what I have seen and learnt it does not seem likely to ...
Article : 171 wordsWe are not getting the sort of weather the farmer likes at this time of the season. It has been very changeable for several days, but notwithstanding this the farmers are pushing on ...
Article : 127 wordsTHE ordinary results which are derived from our quarterly Criminal Sittings and general gaol delivery are never satisfactory, whether regarded from a national or from ...
Article : 1,309 wordsIn some places in this hundred reaping will commence this week, and next week it will become general. The red rust seems to have chosen the purple straw wheat for its ...
Article : 170 wordsHarvest operations are the order of the day in this locality. The yield of wheat will be variable. I have heard of some fanners bagging up at the rate of seventeen bushels per ...
Article : 86 wordsOne of our medical men, Dr. Sangster, is about to leave us, having taken a larger practice. During his residence amongst us Mr. Sangster has won golden opinions from all sorts ...
Article : 51 wordsThe late cool weather has had a beneficial effect on the crops, which are ripening rapidly.—Our machinist (Mr. Stott) has his hands busily employed in turning out reapers, the ...
Article : 58 wordsMany of the farmers here have commenced reaping, and a few loads of wheat have been brought into the township. The grain of the wheat I have seen was small and more or less ...
Article : 208 wordsOn Sunday last the Baptist Chapel anniversary services were held in the Institute Hall. Several of the other denominations closed their own places of worship for the day to allow of ...
Article : 204 wordsWe have had nothing here lately to disturb the even tenor of our way. Reaping is the order of the day now, and as far as I can learn, the yield is quite satisfactory. As much as 20 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 271 wordsWe have lately had very variable weather. On Wednesday last the heat was most intense, but in the evening the thermometer fell at least 30°, and become, compared with the day ...
Article : 124 wordsThe first load of new wheat was delivered at Messrs. J. F. Langlois & Son's mill by Mr. Barber yesterday. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe crops which a fortnight or three weeks ago were looking. splendid and likely for a good average yield of wheat are now cut down for hay on account of red rust having set in so ...
Article : 145 wordsThere is little to note since my last.—The weather is still dry, business dull, and the mine not yet working.—A new schoolmaster has arrived and commenced his duties here, and a ...
Article : 81 wordsPresent—Dr. Gosse (President), Colonel Barber, Mr. F. Wright, Mr. H. Rymill, Dr. Paterson, and the Secretary. A memorial from residents at Port Adelaide ...
Article : 229 wordsThe past week has been a quiet one, but the farmers are now very busy, and we may soon expect lively times.—The Wheeler Family gave entertainments on Thursday, Friday, and ...
Article : 235 wordsThe railway works are progressing well, the line being now laid to Beachport, so that instead of several hours' hard work riding over rough roads we can, by favor of Messrs. Millar, the ...
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Advertising : 607 wordsOpinions are rather conflicting as to the prospects of the forthcoming harvest, all the crops being affected more or less by red rust; but the general opinion is that very little damage will ...
Article : 298 wordsReaping is now the order of the day, and as far as I can learn the result will be very good. I hear that one man is getting 27 bushels per acre. The rust does not seem to have affected ...
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South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1868 - 1881), Sat 30 Nov 1878, Page 4
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