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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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H. R. Farmers and Consumers Co-operative Agency Co.'s Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 7

Sydney.—Hay: 19 bales J at 95s, 18 FS at 95s, 14 D at 90s, 9 P at 80s, 13 M at 80s, 4 JP at 75s, 3 IS at 77s 6d, 2 OP at £5,4 KL at £4 15s, 3 TS at £4, 13 M at 80s, 10 MM at 90s, 12 MB at 90s, 12…

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Colonial Wool Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 7

Messrs. Jacomb, Son and Co. report, under date of March 26, as follows:—Since the close of the public Bales here on Feb. 22 transactions in colonial wool in the London wool market have been very…

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Victorian Farmers and Protection. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Goulburn

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 3

Mr. S. Young, president of the Numurkah group of the Victorian Farmers' Protection Association, and Mr. J. M'Lean, formerly lecturer of the same, addressed a meeting of about 250, in the Academy…

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The Rust in Wheat Specific

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 4

THE long-talked of specific for rust in wheat, which has excited so much attention in the colonial world, has at last been disclosed. Mr Smith Ellis has…

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Singleton Farmers' Association

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 2

The usual weekly sales in connection with the above were held at the sheds of the Association yesterday, Mr H. York auctioneer. Following were the prices…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 6

DENILIQUIN STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, May 2, 1890.—Fine weather has ruled during theweek, and a little more rain would be acceptable. Last Saturday afternoon there was a brisk shower…

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A Substitute for Butter

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 3

German chemists have discovered in the cocoanut a fatty substitute for butter, and now the United States Consul at Mannheim, Germany, reports that the new product has begun to be…

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Farm and Garden. Rust Disease in Plants. Particularly That in Sugarcane and Wheat. Continued

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 1

I have never as yet met with Bust Dissase in plants on a chalky or limestone formation. There are many patches of land in various parts of the world that are named rust-proof…

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Shearing with Non-Union Labor. Shipment of Wool to Be Presented. a Great Strike Imminent. Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 4

IT was freely stilted yesterday that a great waterside strike was imminent. The position of affairs is this: Certain squatters of the Darling Downs,…

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Scone Farmers Union

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 2

R. W. GRIFFITS reports having sold on account of various owners:—Butter, 6d to 8d per lb; eggs, 1s 5½d per dozen; cheese 4½d per lb; dripping, 2½d per lb; 180 lbs…

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Hunter River Farmers Association Newcastle Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 4

Sales in connection with above during the week have been as under: Tuesday, May 6th.—1480lbs. butter at from 3d to 1s 1d per 1b., 306 dozen eggs at from 1s 6d to 2s…

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The Farm and Garden. Experiments Upon Turnips

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 3

At the recent annual meeting of the Strath bogie Farmers' Club, Aberdeenshire, Mr. Scott, of Corsiestone, read a report of experiments upon turnips. In all, there were 13 plots, the yield of roots upon…

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The Farmer and the Tramps

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 6

"Three tramps, headed for D troit, came along to my place the other day," said a Wayne County farmer yesterday, "and as I was busy cutting corn, and in a hurry to get the work over, I asked them…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 6

FOEBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening.— There have been several indications of an approaching change in the weather during the last week, but as yet it has not come, and the want of rain is…

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H. R. Farmers Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 8

Yesterday, at the sheds and yards adjoining the Church-street railway station, Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe disposed of the following catalogue:— Butter, 1739lbs., inferior at 3rd, good 7d to 1s…

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H. R. Farmers and Consumers Cooperative Co.'s Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1890 · page 8

The following catalogue was disposed of at the Farmers and Consumers Co-operative Co's sales at South Maitland, yesterday:— Butter, 1867 lbs. from 6d to 1s per lb.; eggs, 491…

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Division of Pastoral Holdings in Eastern Division

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 8

Below are given the dates of the division of pastoral holdings. The leaseholds will become open for selection in five years from the date given in each case:—…

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H. R. Farmers Association Sales— Newcastle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 4

Sales during the week have been as under. Tuesday, May.13.—11421b. butter from 9d to 1[?] 3d 170 dozen eggs from 1s 9d to 2s, fowls from 3s to 3s 6d per pair, ducks at 3s 9d, 150 dozen oranges…

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The Farm and Garden. Keep Animals Feet Clean

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 7

Any foul and diseased condition of the foot primarlly conststs in inffammation and [?]ceration of the villous and sensitive surfaces within the clefts of the frog; it appears to rise from the continual application of various kinds of dirt and muck, which…

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Home Methods for the Intellectual Improvement of Farmers' Wives and Daughters

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 1

Supply follows demand, and that farmers wives and daughters are aroused to a sense of their need of intellectual improvement is fully attested by the eagerness with which…

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