H.r. Farmers and Consumers Cooperative Agency Co
The following produce was sold by the H, R. F. and C. Co-operative Company at their Sale-room, South Maitland on Wednesday. Notwithetending the depressing effect of the…
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Farming & the land, 1888
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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets
DUBBO WEATHER REPORT.—The weather since our last has been more pleasant. On Friday we had some heavy dust storms. On Saturday morning it commenced to rain, and continued…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Decentralization—a Win for the Northern Farmers. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
Sir,—I am sure the great farming population from the Lower Hunter to Narrabri on the one side, and Tenterfield on the other, will be glad to hear that the trial of the new light railway trucks…
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THE Pall Mall Gazette has a correspondent in Russia who is sending home "traveller's tales." He has just interviewed an English sportsman, Mr S. G. Littledale, who was just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Markets. Monday. Messrs Brunkar and Wolfe report:— Homebush fat stock sales—Cattle : 750 head forward [?] prime pens bullocks made to
Messrs Brunkar and Wolfe report:— Homebush fat stock sales- Cattle: 760 head forward; best prime pens bullocks made to £14; ditto cows, to £9, equal to 27s 6d per…
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BREWARRINA WEATHER REPORT.—Friday evening, Sept. 7: The light showers which fell on Saturday last unfortunately terminated all too poor, only about 20 points being registered. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Wool Market
This market remains quiet but steady, the business passing being on a limited Beale. From Leicester we learn that there is more movement in the market in that district and a greater…
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The following catalogue was disposed of by the above Company at West Maitland yesterday:- 1170 lbs. butter from 1s 4d to 1s 10d per lb., 1447 dozen eggs from 8½d to 9¾d per dozen, lot fancy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →H. R. Farmers Association Sales
Yesterday, at the sheds and yards adjoining Church-street Railway Station, Mr. J. H. Brunker (as the representative of Messrs. Brunker & Wolfe) conducted the usual weekly sale, and disposed of…
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The S. F. Chronicle has always strenuously advocated the irrigation or flooding of soil to be devoted to a wheat crop whenever practicable. While this may be troublesome,…
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A well-known wheat dealer, in an article recently contributed to the Overland Monthly, figures out the profits on 4000 acres of wheat land, which he promises a Missouri farmer…
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A MESMERIC PLANT,—A plant grows in Mixteca, Mexico, which the natives call the 'herb of prophecy.' A dose of it produces sleep similar in all respects to the hypnotic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How to Make the Dairy Pay
A well known writer on dairy matters says that the general average price of butter in a locality was pretty correctly gauged by the amount of dairy literature taken by those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cultivating a Crop of Corn
To properly cultivate a crop of corn means to thoroughly clean the land of weeds and grass. Corn should, therefore, be grown in rotation with other crops, and the labour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm and Garden. the Value of Salt Foe Grazing Stock
Salt is a very widely distributed mineral, and exists in variable amounts in nearly all soils, and in most streams and springs issuing from mountains, often thousands of miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H.r Farmers Association Bales
On Wednesday, at the sheds and yards adjoining Church-street Railway Station, Mr J. H, Brunker (as the representative of Messrs Brunker & Wolfe) conducted the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. H.r. Farmers Amd Conssumer Co
The following catalogue was disposal of by the above Company at West [?] land of Wednesday:— 1170 lbs butter from 1s 4lbt 1s 10d per lb, 1447 dozen eggs from [?]…
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This market keeps steady, although business is rather quiet. A Bradford correspondent remarks that the market there has shown a tone of unabated confidence, and a steady business has been done in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →H. R. Farmers and Consumers Co
The following catalogue was disposed of yesterday at West Maitland:- 1201 lbs. butter from 1s 4d to 1s 9½d per lb., 1280 dozen eggs from 9d to 10d per dozen, 90 pairs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H. R. Farmers Association
Yesterday the usual weekly sales in connection with the above Association were held in the sheds and yards, adjoining the Church-street Railway Station. Mr. J. H. Brunker disposed of the…
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