The Farm & Garden. Early Cultivation of Sweet Potatoes
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 7
Professor M. B. Waite, United States Department of Agriculture, in a report, says that:—Sweet potatoes do not start off very promptly after planting, especially the earlier…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm and Garden. Early Cultivation of Sweet Potatoes
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 6
Professor M. B. Waite, United states Department of Agriculture, in a report, says that:—Sweet potatoes do not start off very promptly after. planting, especially the earlier,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Singleton Letter. Crop Prospects
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 6
As a result of the recent heavy and bountiful rains, the district has had a thorough soaking, and prospects are very bright indeed for the summer, while there is every reason…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool and Produce Reports
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 4
REPORT for week ending Ootober 10: — "Wool.—The regular selling season was successfully inaugurated during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collapse of a Mountain Side. a River Blocked and Farms Wrecked. LONDON
Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 3
A square mile of a mountain side has slid'into the bed of the Dulieure River in Canada, and has blocked a mile and a half of the stream, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Heavy Rains and Storms. Damage to Crops
The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 October 1903 · page 2
SINCE last issue, the weather has been, as forecasted, very unsettled. On Tuesday night, about 9 o'clock, a heavy windstorm came from the west,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 3
The Associated Wool-brokers report under date 10th October:—The regular selling season was successfully inaugurated during the past week, when the catalogue reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →the farm & garden. Dairy Notes
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 6
Professor Clinton D. Smith, of the Michigan Agricultural College, after five years' investigation of the milk question publishes the folowing conclusion:—"1. A cow yields as rich milk as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farm and Garden. Dairy Notes
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 3
Professor Clinton D. Smith, oF the Michigan Agricultural College, after five years' investigation of the milk question publishes the folowing couclusion:-"1. A cow yields as rich milk as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers' Produce Market
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 15
Excellent supplies of produce came forward at the Farmers' Union sales in West Maitland on Wednesday, vegetables, hay, and Reasonable fruit constituting the principal lines. Poultry was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Home Dairying
Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 4
We have receied from Mesers Grainger and Falkiner a well-compiled pamphlet, entitled, " Home Dairying." Tbe little work in question contains many practical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Separator Trial. At the Farmer's Central Markets on
Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 5
A TRIAL of the celebrated Crown Separator will take place at the Farmer's Central Markets on Tuesday next, at 11 o'clock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Implements
Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 4
Inspect our Stock in the Depot, Johnstreet. Grainger & Falkiner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Next Year's Wool Sales
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 3
The dates for the wool sales next year have are arranged. The first series will open on [?]ary 19, when the number of bales will [?] unlimited. Other series will open on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 3
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., report's The wool market is firm at late rates. We sold greasy at 11¼d and scoured 20¼d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Eggs and Butter
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 October 1903 · page 3
The Odessa correspondent of the London Standard" says that Russia is much give to using leading European export countries as a sort of "middleman" for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Sales Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., Report
The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 3
WE held our fifth wool sale of the season on Wednesday, and sold 1500. bales by suction and privately. Competition was keen. The market remains firm for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Store Cattle
Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 4
Attention is directed to an advertisement elsewhere settiug forth that Messrs Tindale and Co.. auctioneers, of Muswellbrook, will conduct a big sale of store…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm and Garden. Warts on Cattle
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 3
Two modes of treating warts on cattle are described by Professor A. L. Cottrell, formerly of the Agricultural Station, Texas. He says:—" In order to experiment on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter and Milk
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 3
Some interesting remarks on the limitations of the cow as a butter-producer are made by the "Field" on the results of the butter trials at the Tring show, held early in August…
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