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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
347 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 18
SIR,- I see there is to be a meeting of farmers on Saturday. I hope someone, will come forward and lot the farmers know who is boss. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No domesticated animal is so much exposed to accidents, simple and serious, as the horse. This is owing to the multifarious duties he is called upon to perform, some of them under…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The second series of London colonial wool sales for the present year, which opened on April 5, closed on May 3. Of the quantity sold, approximately 200,000 bales have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THERE is a high flood at the Maclean, and the water is within six inches of the February flood. Nearly half the town is under water: During the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Company's sheds, South Maitland, yesterday, Mr. T. P. Nolan disposed of the following catalogue:— Butter 10d to 1s 2d lb., eggs is 4¾d to 1s 6d doz.,…
Continued on Trove, 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 5 →The common or narrow tire, now in use, is from one and three-fourths to two inches in width, while, if the width had been not less than three inches, the extra cost would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The more milk a young cow can be made to give the more she is capable of giving and the capacity may be increased up to her natural limit.—Hoard's Dairyman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is a downward tendency for merinos in the Bradford wool market, in anticipation of a decline at the ensuing London sales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, June 21.—There was a strong competition at the wool sales on Monday, when a large selection was offered. New Zealand wools 5 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE American demand at the wool sales will probably be s[?]tad, owing to the delay in settling the tariff question…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To feed the whey of milk to any advantage it should be combined with wheat bran, oatmeal or peas. These have the clements of growth which the whey lacks,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:— We offered a small catalogue of wool yesterday, 229 bales, principally composed of country scoured and oddments, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lever Wholesale Grocery Co, Limited, have taken a step (says an English exchange of May 10th) which is likely to greatly develop the trade between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Do you save and utilise all your wood ashes? If not (says a correspondent to an exchange), you make an expensive mistake. He says: As a fertilizer wood ashes often…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A correspondent of Rural Australian gives the following advice to fruit growers: The cold weather now approaching is the season to check insect and fungus pests…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRIEF mention has been made in our columns of the conference of farmers at Cootamundra The purposes of the meeting were declared by the President. First stood an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR THOMAS DENT of Wongrewally, near Walgett, has received a telegram stating that his scoured wool has been sold in London at 22d per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the sheep sales this morning, Royal Hero, belonging to Messrs. W. Gibson and Sons, was sold for 500 guineas, to Mr Grubb, of Tasmania…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe report:—Our annual sale of Tasmanian merinos and long wool sheep was held to-day. It was largely attended, and the prices obtained were the…
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