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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 27

The Pastoral and Finance Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1896 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Pastoral and Finance Association to-day the report and balance-sheet showed a net profit of £9,152, which, added to the balance brought forward from last…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney. a Baby Farmer Punished

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 August 1896 · page 3

Ada Robinson, convicted a few days ago of having committed a breach of the Children's Protection Act, in not having restored a child whish she had adopted and which eubeoquently died, was…

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Thus Wheat Crops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 3

The adverse reports as to the crops in the United States and Russia are hardening the wheat market. it in estimated that the yield in Manitoba, Canade, will be about 18,000,000 bushols…

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The Pastoral and Finance Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Pastoral and Finance Association, held in Sydney on Tuesday, the report and balance-sheet showed a net profit of £9,152, which, added to balance brought forward from last…

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The English Butter Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 12

BUTTER is likely in the future, according to appearances, to play an important part in restoring tho prosperity for want of which, Australia languishes. The visit of the…

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The Farm & Garden. Dairy Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 11

Feeding heavy grain rations with hay maintains an average flow of milk without materially increasing the per cent, of fat. Grass pasture and a light grain ration give…

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Farm Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 11

The farm is a laboratory to the true farmer. Every crop is a study to him, for it has its own laws to be studied. Every session has its charm for him, for its changes…

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Model Farms

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 August 1896 · page 2

The policy of the Government in regard to model farms was declared on Wednesday by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, in answering a question in the Legislative Assembly…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 August 1896 · page 4

Meesrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report :- The fourth series of Colonial wool sales for this year, which opened on the 30th June, was brought to a close on the 21st instant, the following quantities…

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Letter to the Editor. the Farming Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 August 1896 · page 3

SIR,- I saw the letter from "A Tarro Farmer" in your issue of the 21st August, and have not followed up the matter, so that I do not know what further correspondence…

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Ealleged Cattle Stealing. Arrest of a Well-known Resident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE surprise was caused throughout the town when it became known that Mr Samuel Brooker, wellknown in this district, had been…

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Letter to the Editor. Farming Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1896 · page 2

SIR,—I notice in one of your last week's issues a letter over the name of "tenambit." the writer admits he is not a farmer, which is evident. for every farmer knows that the farming industry is…

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Hints for the Guidance of Settlers on Small Holdings. Part Vi. the Dairy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1896 · page 1

The conditions favorable to dairying are plenty of good pure water, soil that will produce abundance of food, such as pasture, hay, roots, &c; and in…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 12

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report :—The fourth series of Colonial wool sales for this year, which opened on the 30th June, was brought to a close on the 21st instant, the following quantities…

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Dairy Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 10

Authorities disagree in regard to the flavour or odour imparted by silage to milk. A recent writer in the Practical Farmer declares that "good silage fed as it should be has no effect…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Case. The Accused Remanded. Admitted to Bail. (Before Mr George Loder, J.P.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 6

AT the Police Court on Wednesday list, Samuel Brooker was brought up on an information charging him with stealing a cow branded like W on the…

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The Farm & Garden. Pig Breeding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1896 · page 10

Swine are proverbially dirty animals, and yet they are not so black as they are painted, for in many respects the pig is most fastidious in its likes and dislikes. If they are dirty…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales will take place on the 15th and 19th instante. The catalogue comprises 11,400 bales, of which 60 bales are Australian wool…

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Letter to the Editor. the Farming Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 2

SIR,-The spectacle presented to the citizens of New South Wales at the present time is that of a Frestrade Administration promulgating its fiscal faith with a singleness of purpose, and a…

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Pigs Profitable Dairy Stock

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 5

So they are when the arrangements for them are suitable ; but when they have the run of the place and may some close to the milking yards and…

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