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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

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A Visit to Mr. Andrew Loder's Stud Farm. [By Traveller.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1892 · page 3

Mr. Loder's Stud Farm, better known as the Seven-mile, but distant only three miles from Colley Creek, and situated on the extensive alluvial flats of Boramble Creek, is just one of those places…

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Shoddy and Wool

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1892 · page 5

Wool is on the down-grade just now. It has been falling in price since the end of 1889. Nothing is heard of but over-supply; and this apparently because our worn-out coats no…

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Scottish v. Australian Farming

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1892 · page 3

Mr. Malcolm Brown, the veteran and much rerespected tenant of Ugston Farm, near Haddington, has long had a more than local reputation as one of the most eminent practical exponents of high…

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Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 October 1892 · page 3

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, have received the following cablegram, dated London, 4th October:—"Wool: There is no change in this market to…

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Farm and Garden

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 October 1892 · page 1

Two beeves can never be made fat on a pasture that has only grass enough for one. To keep the poultry, free from vermin, their quarters must be kept absolutely clean…

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Bowthorn Butter Factory. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 7

While thousands of our population are watching the progress of the Broken Hill strike, and other thousands are advocating the adoption of a special fiscal policy, it is a real relief to be able to find a…

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The Farm and Garden. Fattening Poultry

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

Professor Corbett says that although the manner of fattening poultry may seem plain, yet there is, nevertheless, a right and a wrong way, a long and a short mode of…

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Hunter River Farmers Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 2

A general meeting of members of the Hnnter River Farmers Association was held in the hall of the Largs School of Arts on Wednesday evening. Mr. J. J. Kearney, President of the institution,…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1892 · page 5

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Company report:—We held our first sale of the season today, at the Wool Exchange. 1770 bales were offered; 1735 sold. Competition active, and full…

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Surplus Stock and the Fall in Wool. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1892 · page 7

SIR,—I note Mr. Abbott's letter in your issue of the 4th instant. I am also in receipt of his circular letter of the 15th ultimo on the same subject. With the writer I heartily concur in so far that…

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Original Correspondence. Hunter River Farmers Association. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 October 1892 · page 8

SIR,—In reading the report of the general meeting of the above Association, I was somewhat taken a back by the small report given of that meeting, notwithstanding one of your reporters was present…

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Wool Sales. Messrs. Dalgetty and Co. Report:—

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 October 1892 · page 2

'We held our second wool sale for the present season on Wednesday, submitting in the Wool Exchange a catalogue of 1666 bales. There was again a splendid…

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Mr Slattery's ' Butter Grader

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 4

I HAVE just seen it announced that the Minister of Mines, is considering the expediency of creating a new political functionary—the butter-grader. No…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 5

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:— We offered 3476 bales of wool yesterday, being our second sale of the season. Buyers were present in full force, and vigorous competition marked the…

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The Farm and Garden. Feed for an Idle Horse

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 8

A horse has a small stomach and active digestion. The feed therefore should be of the highest nutritive quality, with as little waite matter as may be. It should be as…

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Truffle Farming

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 8

It is announced on the authority of official figures that the value of the truffles rooted up last year by pig and dog in France was assessed at 3,000,000,000 dols., although, of…

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The Travelling Dairy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 2

We note that the Minister for Mines and Agriculture has given authority for arrangements to be made for another series of visits of…

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Latest Sydney Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 5

Messrs. J. C. Young and Co. report:—-We held our first sale of wool this season at the Exchange this afternoon, when we submitted a catalogue of 313 bales. In consequence of our not exacting the…

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The Travelling Dairy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 4

With the view of educating the farming community, and promoting the formation of creameries and butter factories in districts desirous of taking up dairying, the Minister for Mines…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1892 · page 5

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Co. report: We offered, to-day, 1850 bales wool, and sold 1490, prices remaining about the same as last. Greasy sold to 10¼d for Toolamba B. crossbreds, 11d refused…

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