Sheep Show Abandoned
At a meeting of the Council of the Koyal Agricultural Society, held today, it was decided not to hold the usual sheep show this year, owing to…
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Farming & the land, 1893
347 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 18
The Farm and Gardon. Economy in Butter-making
From some experiments made by Professor Robertson at the Wisconsin Experimental Station, he arrives at the conclusions as follows: "I have found the loss from deep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Twelfth Annual Show. [From Our Ove[?] Reporter.]
The twelfth annaal show of the above Society, which has its heid quarters at Muswellbrook, has come and gone, and like many of its predecessore was attended by beautiful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales. Prices Firm. [By Telegraph]. Sydney
A PRIVATE cablegram received from London, dated yesterday, states that the wool sales closed firm, and that prices were well maintained, 355,000…
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During the past fortnight there has been little or nothing doing in the London market. Sales of about 4,000 bales South American wool, and about 1400 bales of Australian, out of respective…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scone CO-Operative Dairy Company
A MEETING of the shareholders of the bove was held at the school of Arts ast night. There were about 20 shareholders present and Mr. F. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Butter Factory Site. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate)
Sir,—At the meeting of the directors of the Scone Co-Operative Dairy Co., to consider otters for the site of the buildings, I am given to understand…
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kaffie corn is deserving of wider cultivation than it has yet attained. It seems well adapted to a large section of the country and is valuable both for forage and grain…
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While I am not an old buttermaker I have had some experiance in that line from my youth Up. A friend recently informed me that black…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farm and Garden. Bequirements of House Plants
Heat and moisture are the principal requirements for the growth of plants. When growth is rapid the demand for moisture will be plainly apparent by the condition of the…
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"Every man to his own trade," is a motto good enough in its place, but it has often occurred to us that if any man should be a "Jack-of-all-trades" it is the farmer. If…
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J. J. DODD reports having sold on Tuesday last—77 lbs butter, 8d to 1s per lb ; 10 doz. eggs, 1s 7d to 2s per doz.: 21 doz. oranges, 4d per doz. ; 29…
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MESSRS. HARRISON, JONES, AND D[?]WLIN'S REPORT. —Wool.—The holiday yesterday interfered with our regular sale day, and we offered our fortnightly supply to-day. The catalogue contained 350 bales,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:— For our usual fortnightly sale held yesterday, we offered 296 bales of wool, nothing of a specially attractive character being included. The demand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Drainage
When water after rains stands for a long time in the furrows and slight depressions in the ground, and on lands where the shoes of the farmer, except its periods of drought, are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farm and Garden. Tomatoes and Insect Pests
Mr. A. W. Selman, of Grafton, fruitgrower, writes to Martin's Home and Farm: In reply to your query re tomatoes and insect peats, the following may be of interest to…
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REFERRING to the local industry, the Australian Pastoralists' Review for the current month remarks:— "The feature which stands out most…
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The tendency of advanced batter making, and of the popular demand, is towards the finer quality of butter. With refinement of living, tastes become more delicate, and…
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Poor stock should be treated like weeds and weeded out. On the farm there should only be room for the survival of the fittest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farm and Garden. Bruises and Wounds
A simple and excellent remedy for bruises or wounds upon cattle or horses is rich loamy earth. The earth should be made as dry as possible, after which it should be pounded up…
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