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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1894

430 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 22

Branxton Markets. Branxton Farmers and Consumers Co

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 5

Mr. W. B. Tipper reports having held the first weekly sale for the above company, when a large consignment of produce was to band, and was cleared out speedily at satisfactory prices: Fowls 2s…

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H.R. Farmers' Produce Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 4

On Wednesday the usual weekly sales were held the sheds and yards adjoining the Church-streets Railway Station. Mr Jas. H Brunker was the salesman, and…

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The Wool Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1894 · page 4

The half-year is approaching its close under much more favourable conditions than the corresponding period of 1893. And though no one would…

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The New Wool Clip. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 June 1894 · page 4

The first consignment of the new wool clip arrived to-day from the Bourke district…

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The Farm and Garden. Sowing Cabbage Seeds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1894 · page 15

It may not be generally known (says Australian Agriculturist) that before sowing either cabbage, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, turnip, or beet seed, it is an excellent plan to…

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Butter Export Trade

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 3

The report of what has been done in the past year by exporting shows that considerable success has been attained. But we must do better. Butter…

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Singleton Farmers Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 2

The annual meeting of this Association was held at the sale sheds on Saturday afternoon, June 30th. There were only a dozen members present. Mr. John Hayes, president, occupied the chair…

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Onion Farming on the Macleay

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 3

The local Argus describes how Mr. Jas Higgins, who came from the Port Arlington district, Victoria, planted, last year, one and a half acres in the…

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Scone Co-operative Dairy Company

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 2

THE first meeting of this shareholders of the above was held in the Good Templars Hall on Friday morning last There was a good attendance,…

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Stud Sheep Sales. Keen Competition [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 2

THE sheep sales were resumed to-day. The attendance was large and competition keen for merinos. Mr Brunker opened with Gibson and Sons…

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Singleton Farmers' Association

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 2

THE annuals meeting of the Singleton Farmers' Association was held on Saturday, at 2 p.m., at the sale sheads. Mr J. Bayes (President), in the chair…

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Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 3

Following were the results of the races which took place at Warwick Farm on Saturday last :— FLYING HANDICAP, 6furlongs.—Punches…

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How to Judge Wool

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1894 · page 6

The finest and softest wool is always on the shoulders of the sheep. An expert on judging sheep always looks at the wool on the shoulders first. A writer of experience in rearing…

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Diseases Is Sheep Act. Deputation to an Under-Secretary. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1894 · page 4

A DEPUTATION of pastoralists waited upon the Under-Secretary for Mines to-day to urge that, in view of tie opinion of the Attorney-General, a…

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The Farm and Garden. How a Separator Works

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1894 · page 6

The fat of milk is its most valuable constituent and the one which the buttermaker aims to separate from it as completelely as possible. This fat exists in the milk in the…

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Testing Soils and Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1894 · page 6

A soil analysis gives only what the soil contains at the moment of examination, and not the quantity in which these constituents may be available to the plant in assimilable form…

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Anthrax and other Cattle Diseases

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 July 1894 · page 6

We have received from the Chairman of a meeting of delegates of the various Pastures and Stook Protection Boards held in Sydney last Wednesday, a copy of the circular sent to all the Boards in New…

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Anthrax and other Cattle Diseases

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 7

We have received from the Chairman of a meeting of delegates of the various Pastures and Stock Protection Boards held in Sydney last Wednesday, a copy of the circular sent to all the Boards in New…

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The Farm and Garden. Bow Long a Cow May Give Milk

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 13

The idea that a cow her passed her days of usefulness at nine or ten years of age is shakes by the better idea that the life of a cow depends upon the treatment she receives…

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May Revolution Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 13

One of the moat important experiments in economic agriculture has been undertaken by the Illinois experimental station. Its object is to discover whether the excrescences which…

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