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Farming & the land, 1891

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. Limited report— We offered 3000 bales of wool at auction to-day buyers were in full force and competed with spirit for all sorts, good greasies being in most request[?]…

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Shorn to Master, of no Sect am 1, "Bejust and fear not" The Singleton Argus. Saturdaty, October 31St, 1891, The Butter Factory Project

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 2

SINCE the collapse which followed the endeavors of the few who, in a very praiseworthy manner, endeavored to consummete the proposal for the…

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The Farm and Garden. Beds for Hyacinths

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 7

In the preparation of a garden bed or border for hyacinths it ia best to take some special care. The application of stable manure before planting is not desirable, as it has a…

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The Travelling Dairy. How It Operates

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 4

IN connection with our advocacy of a local butter factory, it may interest those concerned to learn something of the modus operandi of the travelling…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 3

The colonial wool sales progress without much alteration in the general features as before reported. Home competition predominates; France buys now much morn…

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A New Way to Dishorn Cattle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 3

The great cattle breeders and farmers in America have hit upon a plan for preventing horns from growing on the heads of their beasts, and it is thought that before long…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 5

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:— Offered catalogue of 2500 bales, including very good selection. There was a large muster of buyers, and to a certain point biddings were made with…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1891 · page 4

COONAMBLE STOCK REPORT.—Friday, Oct. 30.— During the fore part of the week we had occasional threatenings of rain, and on Wednesday and Thursday mornings a few drops fell, but hardly…

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Horses and Cattle Starving

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 3

Travellers from the Russian province of Tamboft state that, owing to the efforts made by the administration of the local zemstvo, provision has already…

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Wool. Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin Report:—

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 3

Wool.—On Monday we presented a catalogue of 2,518 bales of wool to a numerous and representative attendance of buyers. The selection contained some…

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Latest Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 5

Mesers. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We offered yesterday 3444 bales to the usual attendance of home and foreign buyers. Competition was brisk, and demand unabated for all fairly…

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See Farming

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 6

Aside from being one of the pleasantest occupations in the world, honey producing is profitable. The expense is light, as nature furnishes enough food without cultivation…

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The Travelling Dairy. Its Works

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 1

WITH regard to the Unveiling dairy, which is now travelling the Northern Line, and operating at centres where the necessary provision is made, the…

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Farm and Garden

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 6

A Loui[?]ana orange tree will yield 10,000 oranges. The lineage of the watermelon has been traced to Africa…

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Rules for Dairymen

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 3

Every now and then some one sits down and evolves a ende of rules for the guidance of dairymen. Usually they are pretty practical. Here are the last that we have noticed:…

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The Farm and Garden. Something About Grafting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 3

We have some questions about grafting, making grafting wax, etc. Grafting is a method of propagation largely used by nurserymen, and is applicable to trees of all sizes…

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The Travelling Dairy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 2

We are gratified to note by an advertisement appearing elsewhere in our colomns, that the suggestion made by the ARGUS relative to the travelling…

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The Travelling Dairy. Unaccountable Apathy of the Farmers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 2

THE meeting convened for yesterday, by order of the President of Farmers' Union to consider the advisableness of Arranging for a visit of the travelling…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 6

DENILIQUIN STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, November 6, 1891.—The weather has been seasonably fine during the past week, and there are indications of a rapidly approaching summer…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 5

At the auctions in London, there is but little change from the values quoted previously, nor is there any alteration in the characteristics which have been marked…

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