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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

347 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 18

Children and Butter

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 3

A physician of experience writes: Cod liver oil costs more than butter, and it is besides often not resorted to until too late. Instead of restricting a child's consumption of butter, I would eneourge it…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 5

The New Zealand Land Association (Limited) report:—We offered 4000 bales of wool to-day, and sold 3650 at auction and privately. The market was very strong, and competition unusually…

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Original Correspondence. Wire Netting for Farmers. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1893 · page 6

SIR,—If there is one specimen of the human race to be thoroughly despised, it is the being who shelters under a nom de plume while criticising an article to which the writer…

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Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 December 1893 · page 3

Following were the results of the racing which took place at Warwick Farm on Saturday last :— HURDLE RACE.— Waratah I, Glitter 2,…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 5

The Australasian Mortgage and Ageney Co. report:—We offered to-day 2600 bales wool; sold 2000; competition very keen, and prices unaltered. Greasy sold to 9¼d, scoured to 16¼d. NC Corndale,…

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Hunter River Farmers Produce Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 5

Yesterday the usual weekly sales were held in the sheds and yards adjoining the Church-street Railway Station. Mr. Jas. H. Brunker was the salesman, and disposed of the following catalogue:…

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H. R. Farmers and Consumers Agency Co

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1893 · page 5

At the Company's sheds, South Maitland, yesterday, Mr. T. P. Nolan disposed of the following catalogue:— Butter from 3¾d to 9d per lb., eggs from 5d to 9d…

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Kerosene Emulsion for Sheep Ticks

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 1

Six lively sheep ticks will make the existence of a lamb perfectly miserable, and a I dozen will ruin all hope of profit in lamb feeding, however generous the ration. From…

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Commercial News. Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday. Dalgety and Co. Limited, Sydney, Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 2

Our catalogue for yesterday afternoon's sale was enfaced with 4665 bales, but owing to one of the firms, yesterday excreding the number of lots they…

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Farm and Garden

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 1

An authority on pruning says: 'A tree on which the fruit is borne chiefly on the ends of limbs has not been properly pruned. Judiciously trimmed, the fruit buds will be…

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Russian Farmers

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1893 · page 2

To change Russia will be the work of generations rather than years, and it is necessary to look into the condition of the people in order to understand the…

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Sheep Diseases Act

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 5

A proclamation was gazetted to-day which declares that the annual contribution under the Sheep Diseases Act shall be 6s per 1000 sheep for…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 5

Messrs. J. C. Young and Co. report:—Our usual weekly sale of wool was held yesterday afternoon at the Exchange, when we offered a catalogue of 722 bales, selling at auction and privately 681…

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Farm and Garden. Purifying Poultry Yards

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 8

Where permanent poultry houses and yards are erected, and the fowls are kept continuously therein, the ground, after a time, becomes so impure at to render it dangerous…

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Farmers Central Markets

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 4

Grainger and Falkiner's report:-The amount of business transacted in the produce market during the past week has been larger than for some time past, and…

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E. R. Farmers' Produce Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 4

On Wednesday the usual weekly sales were held in the sheds and yards adjoining the Chureh-street Railway Station. West Maitland Mr Jas. H. Drunker was the…

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Latest Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1893 · page 5

The New Zealand Land Association (Limited) report:—We offered 4500 bales of wool to-day. The competition was very keen, especially on French account. We sold the bulk of our catalogue at a…

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London Wool Sales. Closed at Best Rates. London, December 14

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1893 · page 4

The wool sales closed to-day, at the best rates of the series. Continental buyers took 60 per cent. of the wool offered. American buyers only took…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1893 · page 5

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co. report:—We offered at auction to-day 2700 bales wool, sold 2440 bales; competition active, and prices unchanged. Greasy sold for 8¾d, scoured to…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 December 1893 · page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co. report: We offered 2550 bales wool yesterday, reserving a catalogue of 4500 for to-day's sale. Bidding from an unusually large attendance of buyers was very keen, and…

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