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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1894

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The Farm and Garden. Keeping Well Bred Pigs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 12

On every farm, there must of necessity be a certain amount of waste, and this can be turned to profitable account by keeping well-bred pigs. On skimmed milk, with a…

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A Farmers Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 3

A conference of the New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association was held at Young last week. The following resolutions were carried:—"That a deputation wait upon the Minister of Lands, asking…

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Small Debts Courts. Tuesday, August 7Th. (Before Mr J. N. Brooks P.m.) Farmers Union Cases

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 August 1894 · page 3

SEVERAL cases brought by the Singleton Farmers Association were called on, and Mr Howe, who appeared for the Assoeiction, stated that they had been…

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Boys on the Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 6

The New Zealand Tablet says:—We especially deprecate the craze which forces our boys into miserable billets in…

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A Model Bee Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 6

Mr. Petersen's farm in the Mudgee district comprises only 12 acres, 10 of which are used as paddocks, l½acres as an…

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The Wool Season

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 6

Returns prepared by the Railway Department show that there has been a satisfactory increase this year in the number of bales of wool carried by the New South Wales railways. During the week…

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Wool on the Railways

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 7

RETURNS prepared by the Railway Department show that there has been a satisfactory increase this year in the number of bales of wool carried by the…

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The Farm and Garden

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 12

[The mutter under this head is obtained from many sources, and we endeavour to make it applicable to Australian conditions as much as possible. We should be…

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The Wool Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 4

The reckoning of the wool harvest of Australasia affords the most striking statistical feature that can be presented to the colonist, for the produce of our flocks famishes about two-thirds of the wealth…

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District Telegrams. Newcastle. Monday afternoon. Newcastle Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 3

Advices by the last mail report that the shipment of Rosebud creamery butter from the local factory of J. Ireland, sent to Canada in May lost by Captain J. C. Sounding, of Sydney, has turned…

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The Butter Factory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 2

THE directors of the above held a meeting yesterday, when it was resolved to pay 3?d for milk supplied during July. This is the highest price the…

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The Wool Trade

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 4

AFTER the usual fortnight's interval business was resumed in the Sydney market on the 8th instant, on which and the following day six of the selling…

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The Baby Farming Act. Prosseution and Committal. (By Telegraph. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 3

THE prosecution of a young woman named Elizabeth Kelly under the Children's Protection. Act for not having registered the fact of having…

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Bloating in Sheep on Pasture

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 5

Is generally caused by the eating of rank and [?]ient [?] which by the heat [?]ture of the stomach undergoes rapid fermentation and decomposition. The fatal…

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The Wool Trade and the American Tariff

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 3

The Daily News (Jane 25) says:—"Though a week has not yet elapsed since the schedule referring to wool and woollen manufacturers passed the United States Senate Committee, and has yet to…

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Farm and Garden

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 5

Professor Lawson Tait says there are certain [?] that [?]ure the fertilization of their stigmas by making boos drank. In no other way could they got those…

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The Cattle-shipping Experiment

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 13

Unfortunately for stock owners the experimental shipment of live cattle to Great Britain by the "Maori King" is not likely to be a success: the initiators of the movement have gone the wrong…

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The Australasian Wool Trade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 9

The reckoning of the wool harvest of Australasia affords the most striking statistical feature that can be presented to the colonist, for the produce of our flocks furnishes about two-thirds of the wealth…

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The Farm and Garden

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 14

[The matter under this head is obtained from many sources, and we endeavour to make it applicable to Australian conditions as much as possible. We should be…

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Crops We Might Grow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1894 · page 14

Under the head of "Linseed," a correspondent of Rural Australian has the following timely observations:—"There are many reasons why linseed might be a general…

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