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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
280 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 14
WILCANNIA WBATHEB REPORT.—We have nothing new to report of the weather except that during the last two days there has been a partial return to a higher degree of warmth than prevailed at the end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Mort and Co. report: We sold 650 bales wool at our sale this week: greasy up to 9d; washed fleece, 16¾d; and scoured, 19¼d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The delegates of the Farmers' Association continue their meeting on Wednesday, and resumed the discussion on the land laws. They passed a resolution that the Government should be asked to introduce a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The following lecture to Australian farmers is of very great value [?] our mind. It was delivered at Numurkah, Victoria, by request, by Mr. T. K. Dow, on 14th February, and is printad in the Australasian…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The ideal farmer's horse is a horse of good constitution and endurance, of good disposition, a fast walker and a good roadster, and that is the all-purpose horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Professor Sholdon thinks that every dairy farmer should have a set of graduated cream-gauges—simple things, costing only a few shillings-so that he may ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The attendance at the show was very large, numbering nearly 2500, the greatest order prevailed, and everything passed off pleasantly. Blood horses were not numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From the tenour of the London Telegrams it is inferred that the London wheat market is thoroughly disorganised. This is not a promising state of affairs for shippers at this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOTHING like an exact amount of food required per 1,000 pounds live weight for any animal, either for its support in health or for fattening, can be ascertained, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co. reported on January 30, 1884: Since the beginning of the year this market for colonial wool has been entirely dormant, in view of large public…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →We (Newcastle Herald) are informed by Mr. Sharp, manager of the above company, that tenders will shortly be called, and that plans are being prepared for a two-story wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amongst the correspondence in another column appears a letter from an English farmer who has made poultry-farming a special study and business. He has had to…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →IN order to compete with India and Russia in the West European wheat markets, Californian growers are now reducing their wheat to flour before it is shipped, and thus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. BROD[?]IBB is to be commended for attempting legislation respecting the conservation of water. It is vain to wait for the Gorernment or the Assembly: at the present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A " Manual of Petroleum" has been published in the United States, by the Financial News Association, whcih (if honestly written) gives some information of general interest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WAGGA WAGGA STOCK REPORT.—March 21.— The drought (which was interrupted by a downpour of rain on Monday, 10th March) still continues, although the weather has made a decided change…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs. Dalgety, Du Croz, and Co, report, under date London, february 18th, 1884:—The first series of Colonial Wool Sales for the present year opened on tbe 12th inst. As the list of arrivals available for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IT is too commonly the practice of small proprictors to be careless as to the bread and quality of the animals they keep. The flocks of sheep we see running on the roads and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The usual monthly meeting of the committee of above Association was held in Mr. Tulip's room, Morpeth, on Friday evening last. Present—Mr. Mitchell (President) in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FORBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday Evening, March 28.—Since our last we have had quite a return of summer weather, the thermometer on several occasions registering up to 96 degrees in the shade…
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