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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

409 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 21

Farm Produce. Sub-section A.

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 August 1892 · page 5

Whent. James Noble. 2 entries, Skinless Oats. Mary Edwards, first and second. 2 entries Cape Barley Peter Krams. Only entry…

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Wool

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 August 1892 · page 1

Messrs. J. H. Geddes and Co. report:— From recent advices we expect very shortly to have a large assortment of…

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Sheep for Chicago

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

We note that the Chief Inspector of Stock has just returned from a visit to the Corowa, Albury and Germanten districts, where, in…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 5

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:— At our usual fortnightly sale, held to-day, we offered 500 bales wool, including lots from the Moree, Bathurst, and Crookwell districts, although…

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The Farm and Garden. Curing Pork

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 6

The following plan for curing pork has experience of years to back its excellence: The barrel in which the pork is to be pickled must be perfectly clean. If a barrel…

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Rural Dairy Suggestions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 4

IT is rarely the ease that winter cheesemaking can be made to pay, saye a writer. Farmers who have largo winter dairies are Formers in olose proximity enough to furnish…

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The Dairy. Deep Setting of Milk

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 4

A correspondent says the has tried [?] ting of milk for fourther years-and is [?] well satisfied with it that be would not or any accounnt go back to the shallow setting…

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New Money for Every Farm Home

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 2

There is, no doubt, that people become prosperous less by the money they make, than by the money they save, and this is particularly true of…

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Farmer Proper Food For Cows

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 4

Food has two offices to perform in [?] naleconomy to keep the animal warm, [?] to give it foxce and foude are clashed as a producers or force producers. Heat if [?]…

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Close of the Colonial Wool Auctions

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1892 · page 2

The third series of London sales of colonial wool, which commenced on June 14, closed on July 14. The net total available amounted to 382,000 bales. Of these 338,000 have been sold: 153,000 bales for…

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Butter Factories. Another Advance

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 August 1892 · page 1

CONDENSED milk ought to be, as very [?] it is [?] an Australian product [?] long. The prospects for such un industry are [?] certain…

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Farm and Garden

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 August 1892 · page 5

Clover, when out for seed, should not be out very short. Leave some of the straw as a mulch to prevent freezing out. Growers of [?] fruits may frequently do…

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The Farm and Garden. Spring Management of Bees

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 8

Upon the subject of the spring management of bees, an exchange says that since extracted honey has almost become a staple article, every bee-keeper may decide for himself…

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A Hint to Poultry Farmers

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 8

Mr. G. S. Hazlehurst, J.P., of The Grange, Rock Ferry, who has paid much attention to poultry raising, in reported so have discovered a way of making the hen play her…

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Commercial News. WOOL

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 2

Messrs. J. H. Geddes and Co., (the Pastoral Finance Association, Limited) report.—Advices of new clips continue to arrive freely, and the inspection of…

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The Disposal of Cattle Dying From Anthrax. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 3

SIR,—A couple of months back you were kind enough to publish a letter for me, calling attention to the practice of burying cattle dying from anthrax in the public places of our town. In the last…

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The Farm and Garden. How to Grow Tomatoes

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 8

Where more than one row is set the rows should be five or six feet apart. The plants should be kept off from the ground by stakes or some form of trellis, as fruit will soon rot…

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Dairy Dots

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 1

FIRST, says a dairyman, as to the kind of cows we must have for the production of milk. We must have those that have been bred and reared for that purpose Among…

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Farm and Garden. Poultry on the farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 1

The first thing to look after in a good warm poultry house. A house to accommodate 100 hens (for this is the greatest number that ought to be together) should be built 12…

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Wool

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

J. H. Guddes and Co., the Pastoral Finance Association, Limited, report that the sales held this week have been inimportant, the selections offered…

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