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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
347 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 18
The first series in London of public sales of colonial wool for this year commenced on January 24 with a net available total very little short of that at the same time last year. The attendance is large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Is South Australian wheat deteriorating in quality? If so, the fact is very serious and deserves the closes attention of farmers everywhere. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stake the large gladiolus early. They are worth the trouble. A strange custom is followed by Mexican farmers. They use oxen of one color in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Everything has a tendency to grow in this world, to start from a small beginning and grow larger. The little tiny plant sprouting from an acorn must first learn to grow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John and Sarah Makin baby farmers were yesterday found guilty of murder. The jury added a strong recommendation of mercy in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN New South Wales, sheep breeding is the pre-eminent branch of the pastoral industry. The net value of this colony's pas year's wool production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The opening series of auctions of colonial wool, which began in London on January 24, has since progreseed with increasing tone and spirit, write Messrs. Jacomb, Son, & Co. Some re-arrangement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The causes of this disease have been discussed for over 100 years, and yet up to the present time there is, perhaps, no disease upon which a greater difference of opinion prevails…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., report:— We offered 514 bales wool at our usual fortnightly sale held yesterday, and found the market very active, greasy and scoured fleece showing a decided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The first series of auctions of colonial wool for the year, which began in London on January 24, will probably close on February 18. Some 56 per cent. of the available quantity has passed the hammer,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE country is greatly overstocked throughout the Riverina generally, consequently sheep are sold and given away. In other cases they are shorn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bacteriologists are somewhat startled by the discovery recently made in Germany that butter, like milk, contains a great number of microbes. It…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →With some the matter of cleaning out the poultry house is not an important duty, says Farmand Fireside. Once a week, twice a month, or as often as it becomes foul, is the rule, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the Moree District Court an interesting case was tried by Judge Gibson, the point in dispute being a question between the shearers and the manager…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THIS morning the butter market rose one penny per lb. through the action mainly of the Co-operative Companies. The rise indicates a triumph for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. J. C. Young and Co. report: Fortnightly wool sales were resumed yesterday, when we brought forward a catalogue of 163 bales. The market was very brisk, and prices all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report:—At our usual fortnightly sale held yesterday we offered 922 bales wool, comprising about equal quantities of gressy and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The care of flowers furnishes the inspiration for many a housewife when overburdened by the caros of an isolated country home. The perpetual bloom of the flowers is a joy forever. A writer says: It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Jacomb, of 61, Moorgate-street, report under date of Feb. 18:—The first series of auctions of colonial wool for this year opened here on the 24th ultimo, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One advantage in specialty farming is that a man can afford to have just the tools and implements needed for his work. Sometimes a difficult matter with diversified…
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