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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1864

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The Scab in Sheep Act

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1864 · page 4

The following letter appeared in the Herald of Thursday last:— SIR—Will you allow me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to call the…

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Rust in Wheat

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1864 · page 2

The Adelaide Observer, in extracting the following article from the Goulburn Argus, says that it is believed to have been written by a gentleman who formerly lived at Lyndooh Valley, in South Australia. It is in…

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The Approaching Intercolonial Wool Show. (From the Melbourne Argus, Aug. 26.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1864 · page 5

The promoters of the Intercolonial Show of Wool have fixed on the 12th of January as the day on which the bales to be opened in the colony are to be shown in Melbourne. As…

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Rust in Wheat

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1864 · page 2

At the [?]eeting of the Acclimatisation Society on Monday, as reported by the S. M. Herald, Mr. J. F. Josephson, chairman of the sub-committee appointed to inquire into the cause of rust in wheat, brought up the…

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Wool Circular. (From Buxton and Metcalfe's Price Current, London, Aug. 26.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1864 · page 2

The third and most important sale of colonial wools for the year, which commenced on the 21st July, was then reported on as opening at the average rates paid in May for all descriptions, but the unparalleled quantity to be sold, say 140,000 bales, and…

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Shipment of Cattle to Otago

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1864 · page 2

The proclamation issued by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago, admitting the importation of cattle into that province from all Australian ports, has been republished in the Gazette for general information, as…

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