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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1894

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The Farm and Garden. the Asiatic Fowls

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 13

Probably no other fowls have done more to stimulate the interest in high-bred poultry than have the Asiatic races. They are the largest and most imposing breeds extant, and…

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London Colonial Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 1

The second series of auctions of colonial wool for this year, which commenced on February 27, closed on March 16. The net available stock to offer was by no means heavy, write Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and…

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The Farmers and Settlers Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 1

The following manifesto has been issued by the Association to the farmers and settlers of New South Wales: "Gentlemen,—The members of the executive…

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A Model Dairy Factory. a Complete Equipment

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 2

ONE of the places of call for all visitors from North or South, or from the Australian colonies, who desire to be interested or informed, is the…

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London Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 May 1894 · page 4

M'BURNEY, Wallis, and Company cable: Wool sales opened with a large attendance of home and foreign buyers, and prices are equal to closing rates of…

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London Colonial Wool Sales

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 10

The second series of auctions of colonial wool for this year, which commenced on February 27, closed on March 16. The net available stock to offer was by no means heavy, write Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and…

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The Farm and Garden. Influence of Food on the Quality of Milk

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 12

In the new number of the Journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association there 10 a capital article by Mr. John Spier on the now keenly disputed question as to how far good…

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Farmers' Central Markets

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 4

Grainger and Falkiner's report:—The only change worthy of note in the produce trade during the week has been a decline in maize, and as most of the buyers are…

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H. R. Farmers' Preduce Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 May 1894 · page 4

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

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Auction Sales. Monday, 14Th May. —Sheep and cattle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1894 · page 2

For full particulars, see advertisements elsewhere. REDUCED RAILWAY RATES—The Railway Commissioners in our…

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Tubercolosis in Cattle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1894 · page 3

Hardly a day passes' without a magistrate's order being made for the destruction of cattle suffering from tuberculosis. To-day another'bullock…

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Jersey Cattle Again

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1894 · page 6

In a report on the dairy cattle breeds at the Worlds Columbian Exposition, Mr. James Cheeseman, of…

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The Farm and Garden. Bee Questions Answered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 15

He is a close observer who understands the habits of the busy little bee to such an extent or to be able to manage him in harmony with his nature and the laws which he must obey…

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The Butter Glut. Necessity Foe Co-operative Action

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 3

The present heavy stocks of butter, even at this period of the season, owing to the greatly developed production, makes the question of handling…

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Fodder For Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 3

It is said that the Jersey and Guernsey cows in their native islands are fed largely with parsnips, and a heather such food for many…

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Bee-Farming

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 4

We are glad to know that the first shipment of honey for the home market has been desdatched, through the…

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The Farm and Garden. Crop Bound Fowls

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 13

An English writer nays: Fowls are very liable to it, not only through ove feeding, but from the stuff they pick up and eat, which they should not. There are several things…

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"Settled on the Land." No. V. Our Further Farm Experiences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 4

Jim and I toiled along en our farms through the late autumn, and on through the dark dreary winter our hopes now rising and again falling as we marked progress, or passed to compare notes. A…

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"Settled on the Land." No. Vi. We Abandon Our Farms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 May 1894 · page 4

The ancient stranger left us on the following morning after he had again solemnly advised us to clear out. "You'd never make it pay here," he said; no, not if ye'd the hands o' twenty men and…

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Potassic Manures for Hay Crops

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 16

Experiments have been recently concluded by Professor Wright that were carried out in connection with the Glasgow Technical College for the purpose of determining what…

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