South Australian Wheat Crop
IT is thought that the average wheat yield for the North this season will be 12 bushels. This must be regarded only as an estimate, based upon evidence collected as to the…
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Farming & the land, 1889
611 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 31
The Farm and Garden. a New System of Agriculture
Prince Krapotkine, who was exiled from Russia on account of his radical opinions, and who recently passed a term of imprisonment in France for his extreme views on social subjects, points out that…
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The sales at Sydney during the last week have been as follows:—Hay: GS, 8 bales at 90s; JM No. 1,6 at 80s; M, 9 at 65s; P, 14 at 85s; GS,14 at 85s; RM, 6 at 70s; T, 6 at 65s; DH, 5 at 67s 6d; JC,…
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On Wednesday the usual weekly sales in connection with the above Association were held in the sheds and yards adjoining the Church-street Railway Station. Mr H. J…
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Sales in connection with above at Newcastle during last week have been as under—: Tuesday, 17th September.—9001bs. butter, 9½d to 1s 2d; 460 dozen eggs, 9½d to l1d; fowls, 3s 9d per…
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WITH regard to the increase in the duty on wools made by the Victorian Assembly, the Argus of Friday says:— "The old duties were 20 per cent on…
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The usual weekly sales of the above were held yesterday, Mr H. York auctioneer. The following prices were realised:— Butter 6d to 1s per lb, eggs 9d to 9[?]d per…
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FORBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, Sept. 20.—On Tuesday there was a keen frost, followed by steady [?], wh[?] continued during Wednesday and Thursday, and to-day although fine overhea[?]…
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Writing on August 14, Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. say the arrivals to date for the fourth series of colonial wool sales are as under:—New South Wales, 29,151 bales; Queensland, 12,830…
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Mr. J. W. Bowes, the company's salesman, conducted the usual weekly sales yesterday, when the following catalogue was disposed of:- Butter, l7601bs, from 7½d to 1s 2d per lb.; eggs,…
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Yesterday the usual weekly sales in connection with the above Association were held in the sheds and yards, adjoining the Clurch-street Railway Station. Mr. H. J. Marshall was the auctioneer,…
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A farmer's wife, writing to an agricultural journal, says that she can make 100 pounds of butter a week easier and better that she could make twenty pounds fifteen years ago. She has not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farm and Garden. Management of Roses
A congenial soil is the first requisite for success with roses, and this is not always at hand. That in which the rose delights more than in any other is a deep, rich, heavy loam, moderately moist. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The H. R. Farmers and Consumers Co-operative Agency Co.'s (Ltd.) Weekly Report
The sales in Sydney during last week have been as follows:—Hay: M, 12 bales at 6Cs; HC, 12 at 50s; H, 6 at 70s; IS, 6 at 60s; L, 7at 60s; N, 3 at 70s; IJ, 20 at 70s; B, 6 at 60s; HC, 15 at 50s; RM,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disease From Work. Ills That Afflict Farmers, Bakers and Day-Laborers. Maladies of Glass-Blowers, Boiler. Makers, El[?]ers and Stokers on Railroads—Blacksmiths and Teamsters also Suffer from Sortour Afflictions
Those persons who are engaged in out-ofdoor occupations, as a rule, breathe a pur[?] air and have plenty of muscular exercise. They are usually robust and brawny, and…
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DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—The weather during the week has been fine. The days have been genial and thoroughly springlike, and the nights mild. The country around could not look better. There…
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The general tone of this market is quiet. In colonial wool fine merino tops are, writes a Bradford correspondent, a fraction easier in price. Fine crossbred wools, being in limited supply, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Intelligence. Hunter River Farmers Association—Newcastle Sales
Sales in connection with the above association by Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe during last week have been as under:- Tuesday, September 24th.—1009 lbs. butter from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[From Greville's Telegram Co.] the Wool Sales
At the auction sales to-day wool was firm and unchanged in price…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Farmers' Association
The usual weekly [?] of the above were held yesterday. Mr H. York auctioneer. The following prices were realised:— Butter 6½d to is 1[?]d per lb, eggs 9d to 10d…
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