Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1842

9 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

British and Foreign. the Wool Markets, Aug. 21

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 1 January 1842 · page 4

Leeds.--English: Sales to a moderate extent may be noted this week, chiefly to supply the immediate wants of manufacturers. Prices remain unchanged…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wool Circular

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 12 February 1842 · page 4

SIR -- The public sales of wool which commenced on the 17th ult. were brought to a close on Friday last. The catalogues comprised the following quantities and…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Correspondence. Wool Sales. To the Editor of The Gazette

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 9 April 1842 · page 3

SIR--In the Sydney Herald of the 22nd March we are treated with an account sales of wool, and a few lines as leader from the editors, wherein they call…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Getting Up of Wool

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 14 May 1842 · page 2

THE prosperity of the Colony so evidently depends upon the celebrity which its great and only article of export, viz., Wool, continues to maintain in the European…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Liverpool Wool Circular, January 16

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 14 May 1842 · page 4

THE year commenced with a lively demand for wools of all descriptions. In the month of January, an extensive business was done in anticipation of a good spring…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Colonial Farming

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 28 May 1842 · page 2

WE have always been anxious to appropriate as frequently as possible, a portion of our columns to promote the extension of agricultural knowledge amongst all…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Alpaca Wool

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 11 June 1842 · page 2

OUR readers are no doubt aware of the existence of an animal, a native of the mountainous districts of South America, named the Alpaca, whose fleece is in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Inspectors of Wool

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 11 June 1842 · page 2

THE necessity for a public inspection of all wools previous to shipment is daily becoming more apparent. On the high character which this staple production of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Rural Intelligence. Sheep Washing

The Hunter River Gazette; and Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, Politics, and News · Saturday 18 June 1842 · page 3

THE Australian flocks were formerly washed in a running stream, swimming them through it for several successive days previously to, as well as on, the day of washing, and penning them up wet…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →