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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

734 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 37

Alleged Cattle Stealing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 2

ON Tuesday, at the Singleton Police Court, before Mr G. F. Scott, P.M , and Mr St. Thomas, J.P., William Rigg appeared on a charge of stealing…

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Secret of Dairying Success

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 2

The making of ensilage being of so much importance to dairymen, it is gratifying to have it brought under our notice in where attempts to store up the surplus growths…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 3

The [?] wool [?], which will take place on the 26th, 27th, and 28th [?], willcomp[?] 9200 brief, including 2850 bales from the Cape and 370 Australian…

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The Wukalo's Wool Cargo

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 3

The appal [?] of the wool [?], which was [?], against the New Zealand shopping Company, the owners of the…

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Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 3

The wheat markets are fires, despite the favourable weather in Europe. A [?] business has been done. Victor as a wheat which is due has been sold at 30s 6d…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 4

Wanted known that E.J.Head is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity. Telegram From Roherts to A. Sinnons, Singleton:-"Your boons have worn…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 5

Considerable interest was centred in the resumption of auction sales of wool in Sydney, owing to there having been an interval of over three months since the last…

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The Export of Butter. Market Affected by Low Grades

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 7

IN view of adviees received from England to the effect that the great portion of butter imported into London from N.S.W. last season was of very…

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Sydney Wool Market. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 1

Wool.—The long deferred local wool auctions which have been awaited with much interest, took place last Wednesday and Thursday. Throughout the sales there were present—for the time of…

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Dairy Hints

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 6

Be sure to milk thoroughly; milk to the last drop ; the last milk is the best. Keep nothing but the best and most modern butter making cows obtainable, if you want…

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The Farm & Garden. Growing Potatoes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 6

A sandy loan is the ideal potato soil, but some varieties will do equally on black prairie soil, as I have found by experience. Wellrotted horse manure (never fresh, as it will…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 2

Wanted known that; E. J. Hrad is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity…

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Foot and Mouth Disease in Sheep

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 4

"THE outbreak of foot and mouth disease (the River Plate Review reports) is the universal subject of conversation. A line running south-east…

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The Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 3

Wheat in very wrong. At Mart Lane the price has advanced [?] a quarter in a week. Owing to the future of the American spring [?] the expert purpose from America will be only 150,000,000…

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The Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

After an interval of three months the Sydney wool sales were resumed last week. But what a fall was there! The best prices offered were…

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd, repert: —Hides —We had a good attendance of buyers, and the bidding was very…

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Butter and Eggs

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 June 1900 · page 2

"Wanted known that E. J- HEAD is a buyer of Butter and Eggs in any quantity,…

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The Sheep Show. a Eplesdid E. HIRITION. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 June 1900 · page 3

The named [?] in [?] with the Now [?]…

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Sydney Sheep Show. the Official Opening. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 3

The Show was officially opened to-day by Ka[?] B[?]uchamp. The President of the Association, the Hon, G. M. Cox. M. L.C., in welcoming His [?] said…

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