Pastoral and Stock Protection Board
THE statutory quarterly meeting of the Pastoral and Stock Protection Board for the Distriet of Singleton was held on Wednesday. There were…
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Farming & the land, 1893
347 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 18
Land for Farmers. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Allow me through your widespread journal to deeply sympathize with the farmers and business men who have lost their all, which has taken long years of hard toil to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Butter. a Victorian Expert in London
LONDON, April 3.—Mr. Wilson, the Victorian butter expert, has arrived in London, having travelled overland from Naples. In consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →H. R. Farmers and Consumers Agency Co
Yesterday, at the company's sheds, South Maitland, Mr. E. T. Swan disposed of the following catalogue:— Butter 6d to 1s per lb., eggs 1s 6d to 1s 7d per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seed Wheat
The Department of Agriculture has for distribution the seed of several varieties of wheat in small lots to experimenters who make early application. These wheats are those recommended by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. Prices Firm [By Cable.] London
THERE continues to be keen competition with firm prices in the London wool sales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Original Correspondence. the Miller's Forest Farmers. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Would you give me space in your valuable journal to correct an impression that is scattered broadcast throughout the colony, that the farmers of Miller's Forest are paupers. As one of that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm and Garden. Planting an Orchard
In planting an orchard for profit let the varieties be few. The largest money returns, as a rule, come from one or two trustworthy kinds adapted to the soil and climate and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales
Dalgety & Company, Limited report having held their twentieth Wool sole for the present season on Wednesday last. Their catalogue of 790 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warwick Farm Races
Following are the weights for the above races on Saturday, April 22:— HURDLE RACE—Mark Twain 11-0, Bellringer 10-7, Anarrow 10-5, Two Up 10-3, Vesphane 10-0,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter River Farmers Produce Sales
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 5 →The Farm and Garden. Breeding Dairy Cows
In a paper read before the Annual Meeting of the Ayrshire Breeders, C. M. Winslow said: The Ayrshire by careful breeding, has been converted into a prodigal, retaining…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Good Farmer
A good farmer should never depend upon his neighbours for what he can, by care and good management, raise on his own farm. He should not beg fruit when he can…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Original Correspondence. the Miller's Forest Farmers. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I notice a letter in the columns of your issue of Saturday last re the condition of the residents of Miller's Forest. As that letter is calculated to be very misleading, I beg to correct…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Difference. A School-Boy's Idea Concerning a Sheep's Heart and a woman's Heart
I was giving a lesson on the human heart, says a writer in a magazine and as is my went, in order to make my teaching as demoustrational and practical as posible, I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miller's Forest Farmers. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Your correspondent "Albert J. Carter," who writes in your issue of Saturday last, says that it would be well to remove the idea that the Miller's Forest farmers are paupers, and then goes on to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Wool Production. Increasing Importance of Sydney As a Market
MR. GOGHLAN'S figures referring to our wool which were published on Friday are important both as showing the dimensions of the product of New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association's Show at Muswellbrook. [By Telegraph From Our Own Reporter.] Muswellbrook
Disappointments are generally unpleasant, but the disappointment which met all interested in the fortunes of the Upper Hunter P. and A. Association was decidedly pleasant. The rain on Tuesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Garden
There is accumulating evidence that a general error in our agricultural practice is that of too close seeding. Less overcrowding of the plants, and better cultivation and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a Pastoral Country
Isabel had spent the most of her five years on a cattle ranch, and while at her grandfather's home in the city she was taken to Sunday school for the first time…
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