The Farm and Garden. Cloth Mulching for Fruth Trees
A California writer, in an article recently published in the Country Gentleman, saya:- "There are numbers of cases in the foothill country of Northern California,…
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Farming & the land, 1888
574 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 29
Commercial. Singleton Farmers' Association Mr H. York's Report
Business at my Tuesday's sale was unusually brisk and prices all round much better than those rating for some Weeks previously. Butter was in moderate supply and…
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The following catalogue was disposed of by the above company at West Maitland on Wednesday:—Butter, 1075 lbs from 1s 1d to 1s 7½d per lb; eggs, 1034 doz from 1s 1d to…
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Yesterday the usual weekly sales in connection with the above Association were held in the sheds and yards, adjoining the Churchstreet Railway Station. Mr H. Marshall…
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AS the season advances it becomes increasingly certain that good crops will be extremely few, medium ones not much more numerous, and bad or no crops at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Sydney Wool Markets. [By Electric Telegraph.] Monday evening
Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin (Limited) report:—We offered 3850 bales to-day. Steady demand for good wools, and late prices were well maintained. Medium and skirty are more difficult…
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Butter, 639 lbs., from 7d to 1s 5d per lb.; eggs, 357 dozen from 1s to 1s 3d per dozen; fowls, 15 pairs from 3s to 3s 3d per pair; ducks, 23 pairs from 2s 4d to 4s per pair; bacon, 97 lbs. from 4d to…
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Sales of the above during the week by the Association's salesmen (Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe) have been well attended. Appended are results:- Tuesday, November 20th.—7351bs. butter from…
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Messrs Harrison Jones, and Devlia (Limited) report:—We offered 3850 bales to-day. Steady demand for good wools, and late prices were well maintained. Medium…
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Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co. reported on Oct. 10:—The fourth series of London sales of colonial wool, which commenced on Sept. l8, closed to-day, the following quantities having been…
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The New Zealand Loan and Agency Co. report:- Catalogued on Monday 2100 bales wool, selling 1500 under spirited competition; no super offered; greasy fleece to 9½d. For 49 bales, R over anchor over…
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Yesterday the usual weekly sales of this Association were held at the sheds and yards, adjoining the Church-street railway station. Messrs. J. H. Brunker and H. J. Marshall represented Messrs…
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Professor Arnold claims that the old idea that the souring of cream developes butter flavour is a mistaken one, and said that souring has no influence upon flavor at all un[?] it…
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I would flee from the city's rule and law, From its fashion and form cut loose, And go where the strawberrry grows on its straw,…
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A correspondent of the Rural New Yorker says that, aside from the value of the wool, the railing of sheep for their manurial value is of great importance on a farm where it is…
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Some experiments of a simple character, likely to be useful to Freach farmers, hare been carried out in the several fields of demonstration established in the Department…
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Two American breeders, writing independently to the Live Stock Journal, call attention to the possibility of breeding shorthorns—or, more properly, in this case,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday evening. (Delayed by break in the line.)
Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report:—We offered 4,100 bales at our wool sales to-day, and sold nearly 3000; market very firm; nothing suitable for America was offered; other greasies sold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rotations in Crops
1. Rotations are valuable because plant[?] [?]ary in the area of the soil in which their roots grow and from which they derive the sustenance of the plant, thus more completely utilizing…
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On Wednesday the usual weekly sales of this Association, were hold at the sheds and, yards, adjoining the Churoh-Street railway station. Messrs. J. H. Brunker and H. J,…
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