Farmers' Produce Market
Unusually large supplies of produce, especially with regard to potatoes, came forward at the Farmers' Union sales in West Maitland on Wednesday. Onions and fruit were also fully…
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Farming & the land, 1904
704 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 36
Progress in Dairying
At the recent annual meeting of the Holstein Friesian Association, Professor H.H. Dean Said:— "True progress cannot take place in the dairy business, or in any other business, unless we have…
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In the feeding of young calves it is all-important not to over-feed them on milk. Far more calves are ruined by over-feeding on skim-milk than by underfeeding. The calf's stomach is small, thus it can…
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27,000 bags of wheat arrived at Darling Harbour this morning by rail from the country districts…
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THE Railway Commissioners report that during the year 1903 the number of sheep brought on the railways from country districts to Flemington…
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MR. JOHN PERRY, Vice-President of the Quirindi Farmers' and Settlers' Association, is nothing if not practical. This season he has been carving on…
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THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., John Bridge & Co., Ltd., Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Locall News. Special Cattle Sale
Attention is directed to the special cattle sale at Muswellbrook on Friday, January 29th by Messrs. Tindale & Co…
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The returns from Darling Harbour this morning showed 27,000 bags of wheat, which had arrived from the country districts by rail since…
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REPORT for week ending January 9: — Wool.—Auctions were resumed this week after the Christmas racess, when…
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The first series of wool sales for the your at Antwerp opened yesterday. There were numerous buyers, and competition was greatly animated. Fine woods were, fully equal to…
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The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday. Prices remained unchanged. 4522 bales of La Plata wood were offered, and 3237 were sold…
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WE offered 5000 bales of wool yesterday, and sold nearly everything at improved prices. The market was extremely active. Belcher's Reid's Flam, brought…
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The Associated Wool-brokers report under date 9th instant:—Auctions were resumed this week after the Christmas recess, when large and attractive catalogues…
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The second series of wool sales this year will be limited to 180,000 bales. No limit will be placed on the number of bales to be submitted at the third series…
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Woll.— At our sale yesterday the market was firm at the highest point reached this season. We sold for Corbett, Hunter's Vale, 11d; McLaughlan, Chipdale, 10½d ; Hogg, Ben More, 10¾d; Mitchel,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farm & Garden. Gause of Cream Ripening
Professor Conn, in his new work, entitled "Bacteria and Milk," says :—The chief agency in cream ripening is the growth of bacteria. The bacteria of milk collect in the cream and…
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No fewer than 34,000 bags of wheat were received this morning, at Darling Harbour, which is the record number handled during the present harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An English Duck Farmer
About 20,000 ducks per year are raised and marketed by Peter Walsh, of Lancashire, England. He buys eggs from farmers and hatches by incubators and hens. The field in…
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