The Overland Cattle Trade. (From a Dubbo Correspondent of the Darling Downs Ga[?]tte.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1859 · page 2
Within the last few years quite a new traille has sprung up between the Northern and Southern Districts in sheep and cattle, commonly known as the overland trade. This has caused many places situated inland to become of importance, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Thursday, December 1, 1859. Irrigation As a Farming Process
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1859 · page 1
IT is a common remark among the older colonists, that farming does not "pay" in this colony, if attempted on the scientific and careful systems recommended so strongly for Great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Garland and Binghams Pastoral Circular
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1859 · page 2
The prices of fat cattle and sheep have recently been so low in the Melbourne markets that the graziers in Victoria are afraid to purchase stort stock for the present. Speculation has now turned almost wholly towards Queensland, where there is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Giant Wheat. From the South Australian Farm and Garden for October.[?]
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1859 · page 6
In our last number we inserted a letter from Mr. J. W. Excell, of Limestone Valley, relative to a peculiar kind of wheat, a few grains of which he transmitted to us for distribution, and to which he had given the name…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1859 · page 2
October 17.—Since the close of the sales there have been but few inquiriee in our market Holders are firm, and will not sell at a lens profit than 1d. to 1½d Several small contracts have been made at the latter a advance to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cattle Diseases Prevention Act
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 December 1859 · page 2
A Bill to regulate the importa ion of cattle for the purpose of preventing the introduction of contagious or infectious disorders. The preamble recites that it is expedient to check the…
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