The Wheat Harvest
THE task of compiling a reliable return of the colony's wheat crop has been rendered extremely difficult, owing to the adverse weather during the past few weeks. From…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1897
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The wheat Market
Business has been done in new wheat at 4s 2d. One of our veracious dailies says it has been offered at 4s, the inference being that the higher price was paid out of pure…
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At the colonial wool sales yesterday, the following rates were realised for fleece of the respective clips :—Coree, 8d ; Shaw, secured, 16½d; Yamburra, scoured, 14 7/8d ; Delta, 8¼d ; Warrnambool, 7 1/8d…
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THE effects of the drought are naturally occasioning a considerable amount of misunderstanding between brokers and their clients, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. Wheat Growing on the Hunter
SIR,—The last two years have witnessed a great revival of wheat growing on the Hunter and now that the crops are being harvested it is clear that the returns from these districts will far surpass…
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EVIDENCE of the very singular manner in which the country is governed is afforded by the interview which we report elsewhere of the deputation from the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H. R. A. & H. Association. Discussion on Dairying
The adjourned meeting under the auspices of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association, on the subject of " Dairying," was continued at the Town Hall, West Mailand, last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton Deputation to the Minister of Agriculture. They Want an Experimental Farm
Yesterday afternoon, as mentioned briefly in our last issue by telegraph, a deputation, appointed by the Northern Agricultural Association, waited upon the Hon. Sydney Smith, Minister of Mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Model Farm for Singleton. Deputation to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture. [By Telegraph] (From Our Own Reporter.) Sydney
THE deputation consisting of Messrs R. T. Blaxland, John Hayes, and Edward Alford, appointed by the Northern Agricultural Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Singleton Creamery and Butter Factory. Further Improvements
The small seed falls—the big tree grows. On the 17th of June last, Singleton, to use a stereotyped expression, was on fele when Messrs. James Moore and Company's Creamery and Butter Factory was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Experimental Government Crops
We have heard about a "Government Stroke" and a Government debt, and a Government loan, but a new idea has been before the public…
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The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report, that at late auctions very heavy catalogues have been submitted to buyers. Those districts which suffered…
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The representatives of Continental houses were the chief purchasers of merinoes. The following rates have been realised :—Ooondooroo, 6 1/4d ; Comongin, 6 7/8d ; Gunbar, 7 1/2d; Coongoola, 7 1/4d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Carried on the Railway
As the season advances the disparity between the quantities of wool carried on the railways this year and last becomes lessened. At one time there waa a falling off as compared with last season of about…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →FARM & DAIRY Hygiene in the Dairy
Hygiene in the dairy has not had many votaries, and we are glad that every dairy teacher in future will have to master the science of sanitation. The increased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Experimental Farm at Singleton
A deputation from waited upon the Hon. Sydney Smith, Minister of Agriculture, in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon to ask that an experimental from should be established in the Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farming In Now Zealand
The close of winter, with the opening of spring, on the North Island, is a convenient period for reviewing the winter record and estimating the prospects of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Model Farm for Singleton. Deputation to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture. An officer to be Sent up to Report on the Site. (By Our Own Reporter.)
LAST Tuesday afternoon, the Hon. A. J, Gould introduced a deputation, representing the Northern Agricultural Society, to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Singleton Butter Factory and Ice Works. a Great Industry. Extension of Messrs Moore and Co.'s Works. Completion of the Cold Storage Rcoms Great Alterations and Improvements Effected. The Addition of Rotrigerating Plant and Electric Lighting. An Institution of Which the District Might Well be Proud
THE enterprising firm of Messts James Moore and Co. are still moving forward in the work o completing their Singleton Butter Factory, and have…
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Wool is unchanged in price Sales close to—morrow…
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