A Cattle Stealing Story
The facetious "Flaneur" in the Freeman's Journal relates the following funny anecdote, which if not true is good enough to be: There once lived in the West a struggling, but very…
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Farming & the land, 1896
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 27
The Farm & garden. Poultry Yard Reminders
We take the following poultry yard reminders from Rural Australian: Set eggs now for the Christmas trade in eggs and chickens…
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Despite the strenuous efforts that are being made by the Government to ward off the "tick" post, it 1s to be feared that those endeavours are not altogether…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Best Butter Cow
A French dairyist maintains that there is no race of butter cow; if there were, every farmer would have had them. The Jersey is pointed to as answering that description,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Largest Pastoral Holding in the Colony
On the 10th instant the Land Appeal Court, Bitting at Darlinghurst, determined the rent of the largest pastoral holding in the colony—that of Momba, owned by the Momba Pastoral Company,…
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SIR,—There's an old and very true saying, "give a lie the start and it taken the truth a long time to catch it." I apply this to the one issued over the signature of W.E.Abbott in yours of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & Garden. Seed-bed Management
Under the best of management to cope with weeds (says Rural Australian) is not easy, but under thoughtless management it is very difficult. It will be much simplified if the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rotation of Crops
Consideration of immediate profit or convenience too often determines what crops are to be put into a given piece of land (says Australasian). But there is no subject…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →European Beet-sugar Crop. London. Sept. 21
Herr F, O. Licht, the Madgaburg expert in beat sugar, states in his monthly circular that the month's production of best sugar in Europe shows a decrease of 597,000 tons as compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest News by Cable. the Wool Sales
London wool sales have opened, and prices show a decline of 5 per cent on last series…
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At the wool sales Messrs. Balms and Co. and Jacomb, Son, and Co. offered a catalogue of 13,928 bales, comprising an excellent selection of wools. There was a large attendance of buyers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day's Telegrams. [Press Telegraph Association.] Sydney. the Price of Butter
At a meeting of produce merchants this morning it was decided to reduce the wholesale quotation for best creamery butter to 10d per 1b., being a decline of 1d. Other grades will be reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letter to the Editor. Wool Rates O the Railways
SIR,—In reply to Mr. W. E. Potts on this subject in your issue of the 10th, will you let me ask if there is a public school teacher at Glen Innes; and, if there is, will you let me suggest to your correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Circuit Court. [Continued From Our Supplement.] (Before his Honor Acting Judge Rogers.) The Court re—opened at ten o'clock this morning. Cattle Stealing
Herbert Eckford, on bail, appeared to answer a charge that he did, on the 14th February, 1896, at Four Mile creek, steal one ox, the property of Thomas Wall, and further that he did receive and…
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Competition at the wool sales is of a good general character. The following rates have been realised for the respective clips:— Nelyambo, 6[?]d; Bangate, 6[?]d; Mokangar, 9[?]d; Bolac Plain, 9[?]d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coast Dairymen. and the Tariff Question
Speaking at Jindabyre last week M r G. T. C. Miller, M.L.A., had something to any about the Coast dairymen's attitude towards the tariff…
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The following rates were realised for the respective clips:- Omararama 6sd, Tolarno 7d, Deepwater 8 1/2 d; Burrows,8 1/2 d; Mount Mitehell, 8 1/2 d; Cawood 8 1/2 d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Market
At the London wool sales to-day, the market was quiet; prices unchanged. A number of bales were withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hydraulic Hay and Wool Press
The Hunter River Engineering Company announce through our advertising columns that their new invention, "The Hercules Hay and Wool Proas," has been tested by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm & Garden. to Make Cream Cheese
That sweet, rich, juicy, smooth and buttery cream cheese, not over one month old, is just as far in advance of the ordinary article to be found in the market, as creamery butter is ahead…
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