Farmer and Company
Farmer and Co., Limited, of Sydney, beg to announce that their Mr E. G. Fletcher will be in Singleton-next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning, and will show a…
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Farming & the land, 1897
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The Hunter River Farmers Co-operative Co., Ltd
A MEETING of shareholders of the Hunter River Farmers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., was held at the registered office of the company on Thursday, August 12, Mr T. Campbell,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Profitable Dairy Herd
A profit of a thousand a year on 55 cows is the kind of return which makes the dairy former anxious to know how it is done. This was shown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Produce Markets. H. R. Farmers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., Report
Butter 9d to ls ld lb, dripping 3d to 4d, eggs 6½d to 8d doz, honey 2s 4d to 2s 9d small tin, 2½d to 3d lb, hams 4½d to 7d, bacon 4½d to 5½d, cheese 4½d to 5d, pork…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest News by Cable. the American Wheat Crop. London Aug 21
The reported damage recently done to the spring crops in the western and north-western States of the Union has caused wild speculation in Philadelphia and Chicago. Sales of wheat have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American Wheat Crop
The excitement in American wheat continues. The crop of Nebraska will yield 16 1/2 million dollars above that of 1896…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Market
There is a general rice of 2s 6d per quarter in the price of wheat at Marklane, making an advance of from 5s to 6d for the week. Reports from Paris state that the price per pound of bread has risen 1d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Singleton Argus Wednesday, August 25Th. 1897. Scarcity of Fat Cattle
The shortage of fat cattle is becoming a somewhat serious question to consumors, as the scarcity is by no means confined to these colonies, but to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Market
The price of flour line been raised 2s 6d per sack in the country markets of Britain. Bread is 6d per 4lb, leaf. There is great excitement in the American grain markets, but prices are a shade lower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Market
The arrivals for the next series of colonial wool sales amount to 124,000 bales. 84,000 bales have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers. It is expected that the total quantity available will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wheat Markets
In Mark Lane to-day wheat fell 1s per quarter. The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Bradstreet's," is 22,168,000 bushels as against 22,245,000 bushels last week, 57,700,000 bushels for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairying in the District
Some six weeks ago Mr. Frank W. Melhuish, member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and Inspector under the Board of Health, commenced his annual inspection of the dairies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat
Whatever may be the fate of other Australian. staples it seems certain that wheat will feteh a good price for some little time to come. That, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Tastes in Butter
Mr. Fairbairn, who represents in Australia the Wholesale Co-operative Societies of Great Britain has, at the instance of the Minister of Agriculture explained to the Export Board what kind of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wheat Market
The reported damage recently done to the spring crops in the western And north-western States of the Union has caused wild speculation in Philadelphia and Chicago. Soles of wheat have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FARM & DAIRY Shelter For Cows
The bitterly cold nights and bleak winds experienced on the Hunter during the past few weeks have demunstrated to every farmer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Told at the Expense of the Farmers
At a banquet given to Mr. A. H. S. Griffon, field assistant in the Roads Office, East Maitland, on Monday evening, there was a number of men who obtain their living by employment on the roads, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & garden. a New Fodder Plant
Mr. R. T. Keys has introduced to the Muswellbrook district a species of fodder plant known as the African purslane tree (Portulacaria). The Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Judging a Dairy Cow
Every practical dairyman who selects a cow for dairy work has a more or less defined notion of what her form must be and how she shall be built and finished, and while…
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