Ladies As Consulting Dairy Chemists
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 8
It is said that in Denmark, where dairies are numerous, certain ladies gain a profitable living by acting as consulting dairy chemists. The evocation is by no means so scientific as it…
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The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 4
AN article under this head appearing in the Agricultural Gazette, vol. iii, Part 12, by Dr. N. A. Cobb, Pathologist to the Department of Agriculture,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cumberland Farmer
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 8
An anonymous paper in Macmillan for January, on " The 'Statesmen' of Cumberland" contains much in praise of these north-country yeomen, their humour, their physique, and their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 5
The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co. report:—Our auction sale of wool was well attended. Biddings were slightly irregular; but, on the whole, prices were well maintained. Greasy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →H. R. Farmers and Consumers Agency Co
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 5
Yesterday, at the company's sheds, South Maitland, Mr. Swan disposed of the following catalogue:— 14121bs. butter from 2d to 9d per 1b., 817 dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales
The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 2
Dalgety and Company, Limited Report: At Wednesday's wool sale we submitted a catalogue of 278 biles, and disposed of the bulk at satisfactory prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Farming. Lecture by Mr. F. M'CAFFRAY
The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 2
THERE was a very fair attendance at the School of Ares on Tuesday evening last, on the occasion of the, lecture en the above-named subject. by Mr. F…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 5
Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:— We offered 2423 bales wool yesterday, principally greasy and scoured, to a full attendance of buyers; and, under exceedingly active competition, prices…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some Diseases Affecting Cattle and their probable effect on the Public Health
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 4
This paper opens a very wide field for discussion, and I must not be expected to do more than briefly touch upon the nature of the diseases alluded to. To enter into their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm and Garden. Scientific Bee Culture
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1893 · page 4
Bee-keeping has reached such an exact stage now that considerable scientific knowledge of bees and plants must be had before success can be assured. The apiarist must…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Sporting News. [By Telegraph.] Warwick Farm Races
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 5
Following are the weights for the races named below, to be run at the above meeting on Saturday next:— HURDLE RACE.—Bellringer 11-0, Fermanagh…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singleton Sheep District. Directors Appointed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5
THE Government Gazette to-day announces that the undermentioned gentlemen have on the nomination of the [?]hief Inspector of Stock been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some Diseases Affecting Cattle and their Probable Effect on the Public Health. (Concluded.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 4
Now just a few words about the disease called Pleuro-pneumonia. This disease in cattle has cost Great Britain over a million of money during the last twenty years. Six or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm and Garden. Study of Honey Producing Flowers
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 6
There is no subject of more importance to the bee-keeper, nor is there one that gives him more pleasure than the study of honey-producing flowers, writes the veteran bee-keeper,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Crop, 1892-93
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 4
A report on the wheat harvest has been prepared by the Government Statistician for the information of the Colonial Secretary. The report states that the general results of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colonial Wool Market
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 5
Since the close of the December auctions in London there has been little or no business done in colonial wool. Arrivals to date are tardy, report Messrs. Jacomb, Son, & Co. The net available total at…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 8
Yesterday the usual weekly sales were held in the sheds and yards adjoining the Church-street Railway Station. Mr. J. H. Brunker was the auctioneer, and disposed of the following…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Sates
The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2
The fortnightly wool sales were concluded on Wednesday. The catalogues submitted were for the most part small and particularly attractive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Wool is Sold in Sydney
The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 4
EACH successive season the Sydney wool sales are becoming larger and of more importance. Indeed it is not too much to say that the capital of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 5
Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:— We offered 1087 bales wool yesterday to a full attendance of buyers, and although the catalogue was not so attractive as many of its predecessors, it…
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