Wool & Produce Sales
THE Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgey and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1908
1,362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 69
Topics of the Day. the Dream Crops of a Farm
There is something in the owning of a piece of ground which affects me as did the old ruins of England. I am free to confess that the value of a farm is not chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Farm and Dairy. Millet Seed
Mr. F. B. Guthrie writes as follows in the Agricultural Gazette" of New South Wales :—As broom millet is becoming more extensively grown, it may be of interest to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Salt Farm
One of the strangest farms in the World is situated in Southern California. 265 feet below the level of the sea. The place is known as Salton, and the farm has an area of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Dairy Calf
The ideal dairy calf should give promise of developing into a functional dairy cow, one whose external make up gives every evidence of the animal's ability to devour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wheat Harvest
The present wheat crop promises to be the lowest since 1807, excepting, of course, that harvested in the drought period 1902-3. In October it was anticipated that 1,631,562 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Market
Messrs Schute, Bell and Co. report:— Although the Bank of England rate has not been further reduced from the 6 per cent. established ten days or so ago, there are various…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Arrivals
Arrivals of wool number 358,500 bales, of these, 181,000 have been forwarded to the manufacturers, direct, leaving. available with those left over from last sales 187,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Singleton Letter. Cattle Saleyards
One of the "burning" questions locally is that in record to the establishing of saleyards. Singleton has had yards for many years, but these have been privately owned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Grasshopper Scourge. Wholesale Destruction of Grass and Crops
The grasshopper pest is causing wholesale destruction to grass and crops in all parts of the district. Those hatched about five weeks ago are now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and the Drought. Incomes Spent on Fodder
Unless a good fall of rain soon occurs a large number of the tenant farmers about Albion Park will be absolutely ruined. It will take at least three good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Butter Factory
Finding their present promises inadequate to properly cope with the dairying business of the district, and having in view the convenience of handling cream from such a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Field. Progress in Wheat-Growing
Speaking at a recent meeting of farmers at Georgetown, South Australia, Professor Custance said that a great improvement had been made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Antwerp Wool Sales
[?] the Antwerp wool sales, which opened yesterday, there was a look of animation. [?] compared with November rates showed [?] from 5 per cent to 8 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Improving the Wheat Yield. Interesting Experience
Mr. Hugh Pye, principal of Dookie cultural College, Victoria, has carried for several years an interesting periments in breeding new varieties of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Market. Schute, Bell & Co., REPORT
ALTHOUGH the Bank of England rate has not been further reduced from the six per cent, established ten days or so ago, there are various indications of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farms in a Rich District
Ben Lomond, a noted estate in the heart of New England, has reached the end of its days as a pastoral property. Recently, the place changed hands, and the purchasers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jersey Butter Tests
I have before me (says a writer in the "Mark Lane Express") the records of some American Jersey tests under the auspices of the American Jersey Cattle Club…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wheat Harvest
The present wheat crop promises to be the lowest since 1897, excepting, of course, that harvested in the drought period 1902-3. In October it was anticipated that 1,631,562 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Market
Messrs. Schute, Bell mid Co. report:—A though the Bank of England rate has not been further reduced from the 6 per cent. established ten days or so ago, there are various…
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