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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1881

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1881 · page 4

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Company report:—Our wool sales passed off briskly to-day; fair quality greasy fully maintained former values, there was more activity in scoured and washed, but…

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Agriculture. Big Farms on the Pacific Coast

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 January 1881 · page 2

THE "Mommoth Farm," of the Blacklock Wheat Growing Company of Washington territory, comprises 60,000 acres of wheat land, of which 25,000 acres are [?]…

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Sydney Wool Sales. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, received

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1881 · page 5

Messrs.Harrison. Jones, and Devlin report:—Only fourteen hundred bales were catalogued by us to-day. Our sales at auction and privately amount to nearly nine hundred bales. For fair quality wool,…

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Mount Irving Farm, Queensland. (By the Queenslander's Agricultural Reporter.)

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

As a sample of what can be done and what can be grown on land in the neighbourhood of the Westbrook Homestead Area, I purpose giving a short account of my visit to the…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 January 1881 · page 7

COOLAH STOCK REPORT.—The following are the recent Coolah passings:—7th instant—157 fat cattle (Short's), for Sydney, Owen in charge; 200 fat cattle (Rundle's), for Sydney, Allan in charge. 9th—213…

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Scheme for a Pastoral Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1881 · page 6

A committee was some time since appoin[?] ted by the Sheep Directors of the Merriwa district, to draft a scheme for combined action on the part of all the boards of directors…

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The Melbourne Exhibitio[?] Wool Show. [?] [?] (Melbourne Australasian [?])

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1881 · page 3

The determination of [?]tion commissioners to hold a [?] of woolwas one of the right [?] that body has done; the date too, [?] chosen…

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

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

The Australian Morgage & Agency Co. report:—At our wool sales to-day good greasy merino sold well and inferior at unaltered values. Quotations—from 7d to ll¼d; scoured of low quality and washed were…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph] Monday evening, read, 7.30

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1881 · page 5

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin roport:—Our wool catalogue to-day numbered about 1500 bales. The competition for good wool is much about the same as last week's; but medium and low quality…

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Wool Items

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1881 · page 2

FROM Goldsbrough's monthly circular for January, we take the following: The auction rules were resumed on the 5th inst., after the usual interval for…

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The Most Profitable Sheep

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1881 · page 2

GOLDSBOROUGH'S monthly circular, dated January 18, says :— The International Wool Show in connection with the International…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1881 · page 7

BREWARRINA STOCK REPORT.—January 18.— Beyond another 4 points of rain which fell last Wednesday in addition to that reported in our last, and the universal green appearance which the…

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Meeting of the Farmers of the Hawkesbury. To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury

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

SIR,—I would request the insertion of this letter in your valuable paper. I do so with pleasure, knowing that its columns are ever open to whatever may advance the interests of New South Wales,…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1881 · page 2

Sale of 394 bales, from Sydney, by Chas. Ba. and Co., on Tuesday, 23rd November, 1880:- Ex Damascus, from Sydney: A heart over hal[?] circle, 2 grease damaged at 6½d, 1 clips at 5d; WW…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1881 · page 2

NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—January 27,1881.- The weather during the past week has been variable, Friday and Saturday last was intensely hot and on Sunday a change occurred with every appearance of…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1881 · page 5

Mort and Co. offered 1600 bales of wool at auction to-day. Competition was active for good lots, and one thousand and sixty bales were disposed of at up to 18¼d for fleece, and to 10½d for greasy…

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Agriculture. Good Cattle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1881 · page 2

Good cattle are the best investment, a farmer can put his money, into. I never knew a man satisfied with himself or his trade, who bought poor stock at any price…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1881 · page 10

MELBOURNE LIVE STOCK MARKET.—Richard Gibson and Co. report:—Fat Cattle: 2300 head were entered for the week's supply, 1300 of which were yarded and disposed of yesterday. Of these only…

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Sydney Markets. Mort and Co.'s Wool Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1881 · page 10

Messrs, Mort and Co. submitted a moderate catalogue for to-day's sale, including only about 1050 bales. For good parcels of washed wool, and fairly-condition greasy, competition was active; but for…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1881 · page 7

Sales of 2867 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Wednesday, 24th November, 1880:- Ex Min-y-don, Chimborazo, John Elder, and Potosi,…

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