Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1877 · page 7
NARRABRI STOCK AND STATION REPORT.—May 16, 1877.—The past week has been so far an improvement on previous ones that several good showers have fallen, and there have been heavy dews…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1877 · page 7
HAY STOCK REPORT.—May 16, 1877.—Another partial break in the weather took place on Sunday last, when some good, showers fell, and nearly three quarters of an inch was added to our rainfall. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Matters in the Albury District. (Albury Banner, May 19.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 May 1877 · page 6
On the night of Sunday last we were favored with a heavy fall of rain, which continued with slight intermission during the whole of Monday, and appears to have been general over a wide…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Importation of a Flook of Pure Linooln Sheep
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1877 · page 4
We have received information from Messrs. Sparke and Clift, of the importation of a fl[?]ck of 201 pure Lincoln sheep, for Messrs. William Borron and Co., of Walhollow station, Liverpool Plains. They have…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1877 · page 2
A little, but imperfect, light has been thrown upon the results of the late harvest by the publication in last Friday's Gazette of a portion of the agricultural statistics for the year ending…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1877 · page 5
MUDGEE STOCK MOVEMENTS.—The following stock have passed through Mudgee for the metropolitan market:—220 fat cattle (B. Richards's) from Yarradool, Williams in charge; 240 fat cattle (York…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cost of Farm Fences
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1877 · page 7
A very intelligent correspondent of the Country Gentleman has this to say about farm fences:- The fence question has become most pressing…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1877 · page 7
WAGGA WAGGA STOCE REPORT.—May 25, 1877. —The weather during the past week has been variable. There has been a good deal of rain, which on Wednesday was, very heavy. As fax as we have…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1877 · page 3
The first series of colonial wool sales for the present year in London terminated on the 26th March. The total arrivals amounted ot 268,417 bales, of which about 13,000 bales went into…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1877 · page 2
EXPERIENCE teachs us that cattle thrive beet on a mixed diet; all hay or all grain will produce less beef than hay and grain. The animal atrnoture of the [?] also demands…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1877 · page 9
CROSSING AND COX'S MUDGEE AND GULGONG REPORT.—Stations: Enquiries are on the increase for good pastoral properties, and when the ravages of the recent drought become supplemented by good…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1877 · page 8
NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—May 30, 1877: The [?] of rain referred to in our last report, proved [?] A few light showers have since fallen, but the wholesome [?]ownpour required rather urgently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Infectious Cattle Diseases in England. (Melbourne Australasian, June 2)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1877 · page 7
The foreign cattle question is the great one of the day, in the news brought by the last English mail. "Alarming," writes the Field, "is the continuance of cattle plague. It is now many…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Markets. Griffiths and Co[?]ssydney Wool Market Report, Sydney, May, 1877. Sydney, 30th May, 1877
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1877 · page 8
Our wool market has not undergone any very marked alteration since the date of our last, though when we received news from London of the opening of the second series of sales, and of a further decline…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 3
We copy from the S. M. Herald the following report on the London wool sales ending March 26th by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 5
FORBES STOCK REPORT.—On Sunday last we had a few hours rain, followed on Monday and Tuesday by bitterly cold weather, the coldest we have had since winter set in. Since then the nights have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 7
Sale of 234 bales by Willans, Oyerbury, and Co., on Friday, March 16. 'Ex'Whampoa [?] at 18½d; E in diamond over P, 8 scoured at 26½d, 2 crossbred at 21d; JF in…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1877 · page 8
NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—June 6, 1877. Another week of dry weather, and still no show for a change. The winter's prospects are cheerless. The grass is all but done; and the herbs and clover have as yet…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1877 · page 2
HAY STOCK REPORT.—The only chances we have to notice as affecting the pastoral interests in this district during the past few days, are a higher temperature and a commencement of the river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gallant Arrest of two Cattle Stealers. (Correspondent Monaro Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1877 · page 4
The following are further particulars of an occurrence referred to in our telegraphic columns last week—The depredators, Wilson and Manby:—These two men made their appearance…
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