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Farming & the land, 1877

315 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 16

Pastoral News Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1877 · page 11

MACDERMOTT BROTHERS' STOCK AND STATION REPORT.—Stations: S[?]les are almost confined to western properties, for which there is a great demand. We have constant in[?]ries for stocked and…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1877 · page 7

GUNNEDAH WEATHER AND STOCK REPORT.— There has been no marked change in the weather A few drops of rain fell one night during the week, but the next morning was clear and cloudless. The…

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Sydney Cattle Sales. (From our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1877 · page 5

Messrs. Brunker, Wolfe, and Badgery report having sold at Homebush, to-day, a draft of fat cattle, on account of Messrs T. and R. Button, at an average of £7 8s 8d per head…

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The Wool Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1877 · page 3

The following extracts from the circulars of some of our wool br[?]ker's will show the features which have marked the progress of the sales:— Writing on May 31, Messrs. Hoare and Hud…

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Messrs. Mort and Co.'s Weekly Wool Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1877 · page 9

Wool—The quantity offered to-day was very limited, but competition was active and nearly every lot offered was disposed of. Sheepskins also were in brisk request, at prices ranging from 5d to…

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State of the Viotorian Crops. (Melbourne, Australasian, July [?]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1877 · page 3

The advices regarding the crops are almost universally cheering. On the Wimmera the weather continues fine, but the frosts have checked growth, and rain would be welcome;…

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Messrs. Griffiths & Co.'s Australian Wool Market Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1877 · page 5

As usual at this time of the year the quantity of wool offered during the month has been very limited, but prices have had a hardening tendency. New England scoured wool offered here was sold 1s 10d…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1877 · page 2

GUNNEDAN STOCK REPORT.—Our anticipations of rain last week were again disappointed, and we have still the same monotonous story to tell of dry weather, shallow water, and no grass Much more…

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The Weather and Crop Prospects in Victoria. (Melbourne Australasian, July 28.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1877 · page 7

The heavy rainfall of the 19th and 20th inst. extended northward only as far as the Dividing Range, such fall as occurred further north having been comparatively trifling Rain is badly…

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Latest London Wool Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1877 · page 3

Sale of 1214 bales by Halmuth Swartze and Co., on May 22:— Ex Queen of Nations: F and GT over Neila, 18 greasy at 12d, 41 at 10½d. 3 damaged at 10d; [?]P, 19…

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Infectious Cattle Diseases in England. Melbourne Australasian, July 28.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1877 · page 9

About the middle of May another outbreak of cattle plague occurred in the metropolis. A small dairy in Whitechapel was the immediate site. There were only five cows on the premises,…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets. Goondiwindi Stock and Station Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1877 · page 11

Mr. T. Hunter reports: Delivery of Wyage, with cattle, sold by me on the 6th June last, was made during the week. Demands for ligh[?]y stocked properties continue on the part of southern capitalists,…

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Sydney Markets. F. L. Barker's Wool and Produce Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1877 · page 11

Wool.—The catalogues presented at last week's sales were small, and consisted of scoured parcels and odd lots. Prices keep steady at last quotations, but none of the new clip coming to market presents any…

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[?] Farm Villages

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1877 · page 2

WE reprint the follwing from on American paper, in[?] to it can be profitably rean by the politietions of Australia and New Zealand. This April number of…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1877 · page 7

NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—August 2, 1877: Our report for the post week must, again, be an unfavourable one. The drought continues, and the country round about here looks miserable. It is…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1877 · page 7

JERRY'S PLAINS STOCK MOVEMENTS.—The stock movements at Jerry's Plains for the week ending 6th August, have been as follows:—1st August— 200 fat cows from 'Martindale to Sydney;…

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An Australian Farmer Takes a Common Sense View of California

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 August 1877 · page 6

The following extracte from a letter received by a gentleman at Dupto, from an Illawarra dairyman, who recently proceeded to California to settle with some of his friends there, amidst…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets. Goondiwindi Stock and Station Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1877 · page 11

Mr. T. Hunter reports: Business in stations this week has been confined to inspection only, the prices asked for one or two properties has interrupted the closing of sales with them. A brisk demand still…

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Commercial Intelligence. Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1877 · page 5

DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—Thursday: The weather shows no change. Warm days, cold nights, frosty mornings, and no sign of rain are what prevail, and people, who had some hope before, now look for the…

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Tuesday, August 7rn, 1877.,; (Before messrs. a Brodik, A.J. KINGS-MILL, G.G. BRODIK and Dr. KBNOWLES, J.P's) Sheep Stealing

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1877 · page 1

Robert McPhail was charge with having on the 31st day of July stolen one hundred sheep the property of Joseph Skinner Pengilley of Yarraman…

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