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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
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NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—August 9, 1877.— Another week of dry weather has left the district in worse case than when our last report was issued The country is in a decidedly bad state, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In my letter per steamer Lusitania, I was able to give hurriedly the general results of the second series of the London colonial wool sales, which closed on the evening ofthe 2[?]th ult. The brokers have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The London colonial wool sales opened this evening. All the brokers, including Messrs. Balme and Co., and Hazard, CAladecott, J[?]comb, and Co., have well-selected cata[?]gues. 5142 bales have already…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SIR,—Knowing that many people are losing cattle from the above, I beg to say I have for years adopted with the greatest success the following remedy: Pulverise the gum of the spotted gum tree, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CROSSING AND COX'S MUDGEE AND GULGONG REPORT.—Fat Cattle: The improved tone noticed in our last has been fully maintained throughout sales of the past week, which closed with a decided firmness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the recurrence of each session of Parliament [Victoria], farmers are tantalised by the apparition of alaw for the suppression of the dog nuisance. The power of dealing with dogs has long been possessed by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GUNNEDAH STOCK REPORT.—The weather still remains dry, and the days warm. There is not the slightest indication of a change, and the effects are now being most seriously felt throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By our mail advices and letters we leam that the condition of the wool trade is not unnaturally causing some anxicty amongst the more far-secing English formare. For some time past…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The opening competition is well maintained Prices improve as sales progress. Home buyers are operating vigorously. 30,000 bales have been sold…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CROSSING AND CO[?]'S MUDGEE AND GULGONG REPORT.—Fat Cattle [?] We have no material change to report, supplias ha[?]ng been about equal to trade requirements of quality ranging from medium to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →From where the river Goulburn derives its source in the Great Dividing Range, in its downward course to the Murray it flows through some of the most fertile land in the colony of Victoria. The soil cannot,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Paris correspondent of the Melbourne Argus writes:— I shall end my letter by a few observations drawn from a farming review recently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I was glad to see an article under the above, heading, copied from the Australasian, in your issue of 21st instant. What the Australasian says of many parts of Victoria is equally true of this colony, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →For the wool sales, there have been 70,000 bales catalogued. Prices are well sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We are now in possession of telegraphic news concerning the opening of the third series of sales in London with prices ranging on a level with those ruling at the close of the May sales. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—August 24, 1877 We have still a bad report to furnish. The drought continues, and matters are looking more and more serious. We are as yet unable to furnish any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. I. Friedlander, in his Grain Circular for the cereal year 1876-7, remarks:—"We are now entering upon a new crop, and it may not be out of order while giving our best judgment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOONDIWINDI STOCK AND STATION REPORT. Mr. T. Hunter reports: In stations nothing has transpired during the week, enquiries still continue from those southern parts where the severe drought…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →COOLAH STOCK PASSINGS.—The following are the passings for the past week:—August 21st—1700 fat wedders (Town's), for Sydney; 22nd—130 [?]t cattle (Saunders'), for Mudgee; 260 fat cattle (Mackay's),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual Melbourne sale of high class stud sheep was begun on August 28, in the wool stores of Messrs. Hastings, Cunningham and Co, Collins-street. There wes a good attendance of…
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