Wool and Produce Reports
The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd. John Bridge and co., Ltd.; Dalgety and Co. Ltd.; Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd.; Harrison. Jones and Devlin…
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Farming & the land, 1899
951 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 48
Dairy Farming
FOLLOWING is the essay awarded first prize for the above subject at the recent demonstration at Aberdeen of the Dairymen's Protective Association:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Selected Story. the Young Lady of Tarrion Farm
On the southern bank of the River Darling in New South Wales nestles the town of Brewarrina and close by is Tarrion Creek which gives it name to the farm house in its vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & garden. Symptoms of Swarming
Although we can sometimes tell when bees are going to swarm, I do not think it will be safe, by any means, to assume that we can always do so. It has been said, that the bees…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers' Demonstration at Muswellbrook
The eleventh annual demonstration of the Muswellbrook Farmers' Association was held on Thursday, 12th instant. The procession, headed by cyclists, paraded the…
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The capital of the proposed "combine," promoted by the Yorkshire Woolcombers' Association £2,500,000, has been largely over-subscribed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial News. Wool and Produce Report
THE Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report as follows:— Wool.—This week opened with a generally firm market which continued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COMMERCIAL. Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market
At the local sale yards yesterday Mr. Ed. Higgens yarded over 2000 head of store cattle. The demand was good and high prices realised. 1000 bullocks (Whitfield and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool and Produce Reports
THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Dalgety and Co, Ltd.; Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd.;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Domestic Dairying
The butter factory system has quite overshadowed what might be now-a-days termed home dairying, yet there are a few farmers who still make their own butter as well for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Summer Fodder Crops
The season is getting advanced for sowing, but it is not too late yet to put in green fodder crops such as sorghu[?]n, maize, and millet. The…
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Messrs James Moore and Co., Ltd., have shown us the first sample of this season's wheat. It is a remarkable fine sample of the "Steinwedel" variety, and they have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Market
Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd.. report on Sept. 21: The Fifth Series of Colonial Wool Sales for the current year opened on the 19th inst. The following are the estimated net quantities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drought in the West. Enormous Losses of Sheep
A CORRESPONDENT near Louth, in the western district, writes:—"I see by last week's ARGUS that you people are under the impression that with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer. Pastures and Fertility
IT is not uncommon to hear it stated that if stock eat off the grass and carry away a part of it, the pastures must become poorer if nothing else is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Salt
At one time very little care was taken in the purchase or selection of salt for use in the dairy, and it was frequently the case that a much coarser article was there used than for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farm garden. Vegetable Makrow Culture
Dig out a bed, about 9 inches deep and 4 feet wide into which put some 48 inches of partially decayed manure, and then cover the whole with the soil originally removed. In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Selected Store. The Young Lady of Tarrien Farm. (By a Special Contributor.)
ON the southern bank of the Hirer Darling in New South Wales nestles the town of Brewarrina and close by is Tarrion Creek which gives its name, to the farm house in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairying Industry. Interesting Remarks by an Expert
IN the course of an address in one of the northern towns the other day, Mr Thompson, attached to the Department of Agriculture, and it was not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drought in the West. Enormous Losses of Sheep
A CORRESPONDENT near Louth, in the western district, writes to the Singleton Argus:—"I see by last week's Argus that you people are under the…
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