H. R. Farmers Association
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. Mr H. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1892
409 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 21
Original Correspondence. Wool, and How to Get a Good Market. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—The discussion which is being conducted touching the perfect classification of wool is very valuable in its place. Strange to say, this very question arose some years ago in South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmers Association. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In looking over Saturday's issue I noticed the report of a meeting in connection with the H. R. F. Association, which I consider is very incorrectly reported and misleading to the readers of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool and Grain Market
The wool sales are good, competition in prices qeing very firm. Wheat is a shilling lower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Close off the London Wool Sales
The first series of auctions for the year, which opened on January 26, closed on February 20, during which time 286,000 bales out of the available total of 310,000 bales have been disposed of,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Department of Agriculture, Sydney. Rust in Wheat
The early attention of farmers, and others interested in the subject of the cultivation of wheat, is invited to the following report, presented by the Committee at the Intercolonial Rust in Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Sheep Station
It is impossible to secure information as to the total wealth that has accrued to the more lucky Australian squatters through exceptional circumstances, yet there are many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden. Foul Feet and Sore Neck
Foul feet are generally the result of keeping cattle continuously on low and wet ground ; filthy stable floor, or as a result of neglected wounds. Remove the cows to dry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farm sand Garden. Hints About House Plants
When do you want your plants to bloom? It is a question you will need to decide at the outset, for while most plants with a fair chance will bloom in the Bummer season,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers' Central Markets
Grainger and son report the following, for the week ending Friday, 8th April, 1892:— Business since last report has been brisk…
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The news from London of a pronounced improvement in the wool market must be welcome not alone to our wool-growers, who are directly concerned, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Garden
For an old horse that has a cough like that of a horse having heaves, dampen all the feed, both hay and corn. Ground feed in which a small handful of whole flaxseed is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Market. [?]By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday evening
Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report:—We offered at our usual fortnightly sale, on Thursday, 322 bales wool to very good attendance of buyers, who compeled with great spirit for all lots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on the Zigzag Railway. Several Cattle- Killed. [By Telegraph]. Sydney
A CATTLE-TRAIN from Bourke at midnight on Wednesday met with a serious accident on top of the Zig Zag. The train was going slowly along the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm and Garden. Sowing Seed Potatoes
There is an aggregate of gross and expensive carelessness in sowing seed potatoes. There is a principle in seed saving that applies to potatoes as well as to other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →H. R. Farmers Association
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. Mr H. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Central Markets
Messrs Grainger and Son report the following since our last:—We have disposed of 21 tone of wheaten hay at 50s to 57s 6d, and 10 tone of lucerne hay at 41s to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poultry Farms
The awards recommended by Mr. Albert Gale, who was appointed Judge of Poultry Farms entered for the National Prrze Competition for 1891, have been duly submitted to the Minister for Mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry Farms
The awards recommended by Mr Arthur Gale, who was appointed judge of Poultry Farms entered far the National Prize Competition for 1891,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kindness to Cattle
This is one of the standard subjects for the dairy writer and the dairy lecturer. It is a good subject, but its treatment usually lacks directions for being kind to the cow…
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