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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1880

362 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 19

Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1880 · page 2

WILCANNIA STOCK REPORT.—The weather dur ing the week has been cool, and one slight shaws has fallen. By our telegraphic intelligence it will be seen that the government of South Australia are…

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Creameries or Butter Factories

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1880 · page 14

It is somewhat difficult to give in the space of a newspaper article all the information asked by an inquirer. It is hardly likely that any person knows the names and locations of…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1880 · page 6

BREWARRINA STOCK REPORT.—April 13.—During the past week matters pastoral appear to have been undisturbed by any break in the monotony which has been prevalent for some time. It is still…

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A French Critic on Australian Sheep. (Melbourne Australasian, April 17.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1880 · page 14

M. de Savignon concludes his examination of the merino sheep shown at the late Intercolonial show at Sydney, by an inquiry into the weights of the best animals exhibited…

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The Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. (Abridged from the C. and R. Examiner.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1880 · page 14

The fourteenth annual show of the above Society was held at Grafton on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 14th, 15th, and 16th April. The weather was unfavourable,…

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Agriculture. Tillering of the Wheat Plant. Professor Levi Stockbridge. (In Rural New Yorker.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1880 · page 2

THE wheat plant, like some others of its class, has the habit of developing underground atoms from the base of its main upright atem. These are full of nodes or…

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London Wool Sales

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1880 · page 2

The advance in wool is well maintained. Washed, scoured, and merino is 1½d. to 2d. higher, greasy 1d., and crossbreds ½d. The demand for lambs wool is weak…

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Extra Farm Produce

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1880 · page 1

Recommended for prize-W. Briggs, Pineapple growing. Highly Commended W. Rolton, Skinless Barley, commended C. C. Campbell, Broad Beans…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1880 · page 2

WAGGA WAGGA STOCK REPORT.—April 23.—The rain which commenced last Friday was the commencement of what appears to be a general breakup of the dry weather. Since then it has continued…

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Australian Dairy Industries

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1880 · page 6

The Melbourne Australasian has the following pretty plain remarks on this subject:— Take, for example, the article of butter; not more than 25 per cent, of the potted…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1880 · page 2

NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—April 30,1880,—We have been favoured with a copious and welcome rainfall since our last issue, 3.17-100 inches being recorded by the gauge from the 22nd to the 24th…

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Wheat Crop Prospects in Victoria. (Melbourne Australasian, May 1.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1880 · page 6

The abundant rainfall of the last month lends hope that the droughts that have so long interfered with the success of farm husbandry are at an end. The land is soaked to a greater…

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A Victorian Experimental Farm. (Argus.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1880 · page 7

Mr. J. G. Duffy, Minister of Agriculture, paid a visit to the experimental farm, near Cashel, on Friday, April 23. He waB accompanied by Mr. Wallis, secretary of the…

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Wool v. Wheat. (To the Editor of the Melbourne Australasian.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1880 · page 2

Sir,—Your correspondent "E. H.," of King River, Oxley, has raised the subject of the loss incurred to the country by the production of wheat, but more particularly does he…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1880 · page 7

GUNNEDAH STOCK REPORT.—May 6th, 1880.—We have nothing of importance to report in respect to the weather this week, which is now steadily settling into winter—the nights and mornings being sharp…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 2

BREWARRINA STOCK REPORT.—Tuesday evening May 4.—During the past week we have no change in the weather to report, except that the nights are assuming a decidedly wintry feeling. Some nights…

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Rot in Sheep. (From the Agricultural Gazette.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 7

When an amateur student with Professor Wiliams, principal of the new Veterinary College, Edinburgh, I interested myself in diseases which cause loss to stockholders,…

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Classifying Merino Wool. (To the Editor of the Melbourne Australasian.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 6

Sir,—I have just read a paragraph in your paper of November 1, 1879, respecting the classifying of merino wool, and the inquirer asks for explanation in respect to bales of…

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The Cashel Experimental Farm in Victoria. (Melbourne Australasian.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1880 · page 6

The following is a memorandum of partipculars regarding the objects of the experimental and educational farm at Cashel, and the conditions under which students will…

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Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 11

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held at the office on the Show [?]ound. Present—the President, and Messrs, Bowman, R. Smith, F. W. Thrum, and Blunt…

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