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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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Alleged Remedies for Fluke in Sheep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 2

We have received from the Chief Inspector of Stock, through Mr. H. J. Scaly, the local inspector, a report by Mr. Pottie, with comments by Mr. Bruce, upon the operation of two alleged specifics…

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Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Fourteenth Annual Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 7

The weather on Wednesday, the opening day of the Show, was delightful, the sun being nice and warm, whilst there was an almost cloudless sky. The attendance for the first day was very…

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The farm & garden. Selecting of Seeds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 6

Fresh seeds of onions, cabbages, lucerne, clover, and small seeds generally, arc (says Rural Australian) covered with a thin shell, and lose their vitality by drying up…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 May 1895 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report that under date Saturday their London office wires that wool sales there continue firm, and there have been no change in prices…

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Moree Pastoral and Agricultural Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 May 1895 · page 4

The attendance on the first day was email, as usual on the second day it was about 1400. Exhibits in the pavilion were poor in number and interest. The only attraction to the general…

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Moree Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 13

The attendance on the first day was small, as usual; on the second day it was about 14OO. Exhibits in the pavilion were poor in number and interest. The only attraction to the general…

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Boracic Acid for Cuts on Sheep

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 6

Mr. P. R. Gordon, Queensland Chief Inspector of Stock, has written to the New South Wales Stock Department in reference to his recommendation to woolgrowers to substitute boracic acid for tar as a…

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The Farm & Garden. Salt in the Dairy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 11

Salt is one of the most important matters of the dairy, yet is largely treated with indifference after selecting what is considered the best. Salt is susceptible to odours, and…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 16

The Herald of Monday says: The wool business reported last week by the brokers, which represents the public sales of the week and the private transactions of the month, amounts to 8210 bales and…

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The Farm Garden. Poultry Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 16

One objection to keeping several different breeds of poultry in one flock, and attempting to cross breed different varities, lies in the fact that different breeds require different…

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The Export Butter Trade. Supervising the Home Markets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 May 1895 · page 2

Among the passengers by the outgoing R.M.S. O[?]muz, for London, on Monday last, were Mr. W. A. Foley, of the firm of Foley Brothers, of Sussex-street, a gentleman who has for many years…

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Relief for Distressed Farmees

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 May 1895 · page 2

MR DUNNICLIFF of the Agriculture Department, has returned from the Hawkesbury district, where he has been inquiring into applications male…

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Live Sheep Shipment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1895 · page 3

The live sheep brought by the steamer Morayshire have arrived in splendid condition…

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Wheat and Cattle in Agentina

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 3

The Royal Agricultural Commission upon Agriculture has had a ranch owner from Buenos Ayres before them (says the Norfolk News, England). This was Mr. D. J. Brett, from the province of…

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The New Caledonian Cattle Trade

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 11

A correspondent of the S. M. Herald, writing from Noumea on May 20, says :—New Caledonia is again importing cattle from New South Wales and Queensland. This renewal of trade in…

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The Export Butter Trade. Supervising the Home Markets

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 9

Among the passengers by the outgoing R.M.S. Ormuz, for London, were Mr. W. A. Fo[?]y, of the firm of Foley Brothers, of Sussex-street, Sydney, a gentleman who has for many years…

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The American Wheat Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1895 · page 3

It is not expected that the American wheat crop will exceed 425,000,000 bushels…

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Shipment of Live Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 June 1895 · page 3

Of the sheep shipped by the steamer Woolloomooloo from Australia 210 have arrived safe. Fifty-eight were lost on the voyage owing to the food being too dry. Three parts of the food given…

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Live Sheep Shipment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 3

The live sheep brought by the steamer Woolloomooloo from Australia realised from 35s to40s each…

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School-Farms and Farm-Schools

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 3

AT the conference on Education at the International Health Exhibition, the following paper (which our own statesmen would do well to study) was read by Mr. H. M. Jenkins…

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