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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1881

409 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 21

London Wool Sales. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1881 · page 5

Sale of 2245 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Charles Balme and Co., on Wednesday, 24th August, 1881:- Ex Pericles, from Sydney: GF, Lansdowne, 4…

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Pastoral: Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1881 · page 2

DU[?]O STOCK REPORT.—Thursday Evening, Oct 13.—The weather since our last has become unmistakeably summery. On [?]unday, Monday, and Tuesday we had an earnest of what we may expect…

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The Opening Wool Sales in Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1881 · page 6

The Argus of Thursday last gives the following account of the opening wool sales of the season by Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. (limited):…

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Ostrich Farming. (Melbourne Australasian.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1881 · page 6

The subject of ostrich farming has been engaging a good deal of attention in South Australia. Mr. W. Jones, who has lately returned from a visit to the Cape of Good…

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The Size of Farms in Dry Paris of the Country

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1881 · page 6

A travelling reporter of the Melbourne Australasian writes on this question as follows:- In my excursions in the North-western…

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Agriculture. Station, Farm, and Garlen. By Ju[?] Value of Early Experience

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 October 1881 · page 4

IT is amongst the serious mistakes made in [?] with [?] farming, to imposes that early staining in farm life in the old word is of little if any, value…

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Melbourne Wool Markets. [By Electric Telegraph.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1881 · page 5

Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:—To-day we offered 2800 bales of wool and sold 2200 bales. Inferior to good greasy realized 7d to 11?d; inferior to good washed, 16d to 21½d. Very large attendance…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Recd. Friday evening 8.15

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1881 · page 4

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Campany (Limited) report:—We held to-day our first sale of the season. We offered 2250 bales of wool, and sold 1580 bales. There was a crowded attendance of…

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Hunter River Farmers' Association. (From our own Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1881 · page 7

Following out the excellent plan initiated by Mr. John Mitchell, J.P., for extending the objects of the Hunter River Farmers' Association, that gentleman arranged for a…

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Pastoral: Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 2

COOLAH STOCK PASSINGS —The following are the recent Coolah passings:—October 14th, 210 fat bullocks (B.Richards and Son's), from Riverstone, for Sydney, Charles Pitman in charge; 200 fat bullocks,…

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Carrying Cattle by Rail. (Melbourne Australasian, Oct. 22.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 3

Mr. M'Lean appears to be a useful farmers' representative. His latest efforts in their behalf has also for its object the worthy purpose of alleviating the hardships inflicted on cattle…

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Sydney Markets. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin's Wool Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 2

Wool.—At our opening sale held to-day, we catalogued 2681 bales. There was a very large attendance of buyers, and biddings were brisk at prices about 10 per cent. lower th[?]n opening rates of last…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wednesday, recd. 10.15 p.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1881 · page 5

Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:—To-day we catalogued 16,678 bales of wool, chiefly Riverina clips in the grease. There was a crowded attendance, and very spirited competition, the prices…

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Sydney Wool [?] Produce Markets. the [?]&Agency Company ([?]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 October 1881 · page 4

Wool- The [?] [?] of the season was cold on Wednesday, the 10th [?]., when [?]…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1881 · page 4

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Company report: We offered to-day 2040 bales of wool and had good competition, former prices were well main tained: Greasy, 8½d to 11¾d; scoured, to 20½d[?]…

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Hunter River Farmers' Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1881 · page 6

On Saturday evening a meeting in connection with the Hunter River Farmers' Association, was held at Mrs. Risby's Falls Hotel, West Maitland. There was a fair attendance…

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Pastoral: Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 November 1881 · page 2

NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—October 27, 1881.— The weather during the past week has been very changeable, warm days with cold wintry nights, and the past two days have given indications of a change…

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London Wool Sales. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 November 1881 · page 7

Sale of 4568 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Friday, 26th August, 1881:- Ex Alexander Duthi[?] and Gladstone, from Sydney;…

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The London Wool Market. (Home News, Sept. 23.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 November 1881 · page 5

Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co. reported on September 21, 1881, as follows:— The following are the totals available for sale in this series, the quantities catalogued…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 November 1881 · page 5

Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:—We have this week sold 4500 bales wool—greasy from 7d to 14d, latter price for fifty-one bales from Retreat, Narrow Plains clip. One hundred bales sold at…

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