A Rattlesnake Farm. (From the Philadelphia Record.)
Probably the oddest occupation ever followed by man is that of an old Tennesseean who lives in the Ozark Mountains. It is George Jaynes, or, as he is known in this…
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Farming & the land, 1892
409 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 21
Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday evening
Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We offered 3032 bales wool at our auction sale yesterday. In addition to the usual attendance of home and foreign buyers there were several operators…
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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, West…
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On Saturday evening, Mr. Frank McCaffery, manager of the Travelling Dairy, who has been holding an exposition of scientific butter and cheese making for about a week at Hinton, brought…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Operations of the Travelling Dairy at Hinton. (From a correspondent.)
A number of gentlemen in this district, knowing the great advantage to be gained by having an exposition of the Travelling Dairy in their district, in order to have practical illustration of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer. Poultry Notes
A writer says: One of the most important items with poultry management is a close attention to details. In a majority of cases it is the looking after small things that largely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ranch Life in the American Far West. Semi-annual Round-up. How the Cowboys in the West Collect and Brand Cattle. Expert Lassoists Who "Heel" the Calves and Drag Them Up to the Fire Hard Work Accompanied by All Sorts of Privation and Danger
The word "round-up," is known by most people to be a Western term, but its real significance is not generally known. On the northern ranges in Dakota,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Butter is Made at the Creameries
An American farming journal says:— A visit to a practical creamery and cheese-making establishment is well worth any one's time, as the process of converting cream into beautiful yellow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Singleton Farmers' Association
Prices were well maintained this week for a very full catalogue. Butter sold at 6d to 1s 4d per 1b, eggs at Is 2d to 1s 3d per doz, cheese nt 1jd to id per 1b, honey at…
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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, West…
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Grainger and Son report the following: -busniess during the past week has been exceedingly brisk, and the demand for almost every description of farm and dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cricket Plague. Some Advice to our Farmers
The Department of Agriculture has received reports from a number of districts complaining about tho cricket plague, which here and in many parts…
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Teams representing the above me[?] on the Maitland Park on Saturday last for the purpose of engaging in a friendly game of cricket. J. Rutherford, who captained the Mercury men, won the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Creamery to Be Established. a Hint for our Farmers
As a result of the travelling dairy's visit to Hinton the farmers there have decided to establish a creamery. It is to be established at Osterly, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We offered 2217 bales of wool at auction to-day to a good attendance of buyers, as although some continental purchasers have left, they were not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Wool Market.. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The. Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co. report:—We offered 570 bales at auction to-day and sold 514 bales. Last prices were well maintained, and scoured was firmer. Greasy sold to 7½d,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening of the London Colonial Wool Sales
The opening sitting of the first series of auctions of colonial wool for 1892, on January 26, was attended by a large concourse of buyers from all quarters. The opening catalogues were large and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Question of Red Rust in Wheat. Conference in Adelaide, Adelaide
MOST of the intercolonial delegates to the conference which is to consider the question of red rust in wheat arrived in Adelaide by the express this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Hunter River Farmers Association. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—As one deeply interested in the welfare of the above Association, may 1 ask, through the medium of your columns, what has become of the Secretary (Mr. W. J. J. Curtin), or why he is so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs. Capper's Poultry Farm
For some years past Messrs. Capper hare been devoting themselves, among other enterprises, to the rearing of first-class poultry, and have had several incubators in use. But…
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