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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

951 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 48

Sale of Scone Butter Factory

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

PURSUANT to notice, the property of the Scone Co-operative Dairy Co. was offered at auction on Friday morning in the presence of a fair number of…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 1

THE Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report for week ending 12th August, 1899, as follows:—Wool.—No auctions will be held in…

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—THE—Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! hut with honest zeal To rouse the henchman of the public weal Wednesday, August 16, 1899. Australian Dairy Produce

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

IN view of the acknowledged suitability of the Hunter District for a flourishing dairy industry, and the establishment by the A.C. and F. Co., of a factory at…

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Sheep. Fine Comeing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 2

Run six tooth or over, George L. Lethbridge Harold A. Wright, Blandford, second. 2 entries Ram not exceeding four tooth, H.A…

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Cattle. Durhams or Shorthorns

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 2

Yearling bull, H. L. M'Deugall, Nillo, West Maitland, Clansman ; T. A. Fascett, second. Three entries Cow in calf or with calf at foot, H. H…

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Farm Produce

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 2

Milling Wheat, H. Knight; W. Thomas, second. 2 entries Oats, B. J. Dawes. Only entry…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Vii. Red Polled Cattle. (Continued from last issue.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 1

At the milking trials under the auspices of that worthy institution, the British Dairy Farmers' Association, held in 1897, there were entered twenty-two…

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Conveyance of Live Stock to Market. Watering Sheep and Cattle En Route. an Exerimental Truck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 10

The railway stock business forms a very considerable item of traffic in the railway transactions. The results for last year showed earnings of about £370,000 from this source, sheep numerically…

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A Shipment of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 3

The mail staamer Omrah sailey to-day with 2540 boxes of butter…

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The Berry Butter Factory

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 7

A SYDNEY correspondent writes : Than the Berry Centra! Butter Factory there is probably not a better institution of the kind in Australia…

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Cattle. Durhams or S[?]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 2

Yearling bull, H. L. M'Dougall, Killo, West Maitland, Clansman ; T. A. Fawcatt, second. Three entries Cow in calf or with call at foot, H. H…

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Fat Stock. Fat Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 2

Durham ox, Thomas Cook, Taranville; Thomas Ellis, Arrowfield, second. 4 entries Hereford ox, Thomas Cook: Edward Whiter Martindale. 2 entries…

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Cattle at English Shows. a New Departure

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 8

BY the incoming mail we are informed that Mr Richard Stratton the wellknown breeder of milking shorthorns, has carried, by a large majority of…

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Experimental Farms and Private Enterprise

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 4

Dr. Ross asked the Minister for Agriculture, in the Legislative Assembly, whether, in view of the large areas of land,, and the amount of public money…

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Farmers Produce Sales. James Moore and Co.'s (Limited) Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 2

At auction, on Tuesday, we sold Butter 9ld to 1[?] lb., eggs 6[?]d dozen (bulk), 9d (small lots), jam 6s to 8s, jelly 8s to 10s, honey 1[?]d to 2[?]d lb, small tins 5s to 6s dozen, beeswax 10d ld,. cheese 6d, horsehair…

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Poultry Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 11

Mr. Cook, the Minister of Agriculture, has received the following report from Messrs. Brooke and Sons, of London, with regard to the chickens recently sent to England through…

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The Farm Garden Skim Milk for Poultry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 7

Skim milk for poultry. Any farmer who has his skim milk in a fit condition for his stock should see that his poultry get a fair share of the good things going. A report on…

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Crop Returns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 7

Mr. Henry Hamel, who has 300 acres under Cultivation in the Armidale district, wants to know how it is that farmers cannot get the crops now-a-days that were common in times…

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Farm Produce

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 3

Milling Wheat, H. Knight; W. Thomas, second. 2 entries Oats. R. J. Dawes. Only entry Cape Barley, R. J. Dawes. Only entry…

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Practical Dairy Rules

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 8

A SUCCESSFULL dairy farmer condenses 20 dairy rules that he recommenends for cutting out and keeping for ready reference, as the result of his own…

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