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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
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[?] first annual meeting of this society was [?]n Monday, at the Royal Hotel—Mr. S. B. [?] in the chair. There was a fair attendance [?]embers. The Chairman having read the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The drought has variously affected the quality of the crops; few of the wheats have suffered, the only instances of damage being in cooler districts, such as around Lancefield,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool.—A considerable quantity has changed hands during the month, 33,430 bales have been catalogued at the sales, of which 21,000 bales have been sold, either at auction or by private contract. The sales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Of late years the value of the co-operative principale has received very abundant illustration in nearly every department of industry. Although farmers are usually found fault with for an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool.—During the month 18,260 bales have been catalogued at the auction sales, and about 14,000 bales have changed hands. The sales were chiefly made during the earlier portion of the month, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have been requested by the manager of the Belar Run to publish the following correction:— (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.) "Sir—I beg to inform you that a mis-statement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The wool sales commence on the 17th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The February wool sales opened this evening, with total arrivals to date amounting to upwards of 160,000 bales. There was a large attendance of home and foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter, of which a copy was handed to us for publication, has been forwarded by Mr. Pottie, veterinary surgeon, to the Hon. the Minister for Lands:â…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool.—At the date of our report of last month the season was almost closed, and sales held since have been comparatively unimportant, the total sold being about 4150 bales. Small quantities continue to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Show opened this morning. The weather was propitious, and the attendance very large. Success far beyond most sanguine expectations. The exhibits in almost every section were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Burrows and Perks say:—The comparatively small stock of Australian wheat and flour now on the spot having been much reduced by large purchases for Leith and Glasgow, and there being now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Helmuth Schwartze's latest price current reports the following quantity has arrived for the first series of London sales of colonial wool, which is to commence on Feb. 12:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday I sent you a telegram for your Tuesday's issue, announcing the fact that a clever capture of supposed cattle stealers had been effected by Subinspector Wright and others; and I now send a few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool.—There has been very little business transacted in this market since the date of our last monthly report, the wool season having then virtually terminated here. The quantity coming forward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The above Society held its eighth annual exhibition on the ground of the Society, Grafton Racecourse, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, and drew together a very much larger attendance than we ever remember…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A correspondent of the Queenslander calls attention to a feature in "sheep growing," which is to a great extent borne out by New South Walef expenence, as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A correspondent of the Queenslander has the following remarks:—"As the time for sowing wheat approaches, enquiries increase respecting the varieties that are freest from rust, and also the descriptions of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The sales of Saturday commenced at an early hour, and continued until about four in the afternoon. Some of the lots reached very high figures, and some were passed in the face of good offers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It has been announced, on the authority of the Agricultural Department of the United States, that the American wheat crop is unusually promising, and that the acreage sown with breadstuffs has increased…
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