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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1881

409 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 21

Colonial Markets. Goldsbrough's Weekly Wool Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

Wool.—We did not hold our usual sale to-day, as the quantity forward is so limited. Now that the season is virtually over the sales will be held irregularly. Quotations are nominally the same as last…

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Original Correspondence. Our Farmers, North and South in the Coast Districts V. Those Inland. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 6

SIR,—I wish, through the columns of your widely-circulated journal, to call public attention to what I conceive to be the large amount of unfair treatment our farmers in…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

FORBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, March 18.—We have still to head our weather report with "no rain," and the consequances are beginning to be felt seriously throughout this district. No rain…

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Do Sheep Impoverish Land

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 6

A passage in an article of the Melbourne Australasian, relative to a large farm on which pigs were bred largely, reads as follows:—"Pigs, moreover, are better stock for the land than sheep, which indeed…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 7

WILCANNIA STOCK REPORT.—Wednesday Evening, March 16.—During the past week the weather has been most enjoyable. Unfortun[?]tely we are still unable to chronicle any rain fall and there is at…

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Skinning Dead Cattle. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 6

SIR,—Having had occasion to make several post mortem examinations of horses and cattle that died from "Cumberland," "Pieuro," and other diseases lately, I would suggest through your paper for…

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Pastoral News, Sto[?]k Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1881 · page 7

NAR[?]ABRI STOCK REPORT.—March 24, 1881.— We have really nothing new to report in weather matters. Ap[?]earances of rain have been prevalent almost every day during the past week, but as yet…

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American and Australian Farming. (Melbourne Australasian, March 26.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1881 · page 4

Some "plain facts about American farming" are told in a very plain and succinct fashion in the columns of the Mark lane Express—date January 31 —by "A new Yorker." In treating lately of the…

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The Distress amongst English Farmers

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1881 · page 4

The independent reports from all parts of the country leave no doubt of the reality and severity of the distress which prevails among the English farmers. The richer men among…

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Pastoral News[?] Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1881 · page 2

FORBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, March 25:—The weather has been variable during the week, with frequent threatenings for rain and an occasional sprinkle, but nothing more. The highest…

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The Wool Trade

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 1

LIKE the iron trade, the wool trade suffered severely during the last year from rash speculation. Since August, however, there has been an improvement,…

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Agriculture. the Boy on the Farm

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 2

FROM a thoughtful, interesting leading article in the New York Tri[?] by Charles A. Green, we take the following :- "Our homestand farm was one of the…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1881 · page 3

DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—Thursday evening, March 31.—The weather since our last has agreeably changed, and we have had splendid rain. On Sunday, it threatened all day, but none fell—on Monday,…

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Pastoral News [?] Movements An[?]ts

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1881 · page 2

FORBES STOCR [?] has rain, enough [?] —Since our last we have setisfy general req[?]emnts [?] able, but not sufficient to (and since then [?]t has bee[?] about 2[?] inches fell. It was…

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Pastures and Stock and Sheep Directors

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1881 · page 5

The Gazette of April 1 intimates that the following appointments have been made under the Pastures and Stock Protection Act and under the Diseases in Sheep Act…

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Sydney Markets. Mort and Co's Monthly Wool and Produce Circular

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1881 · page 7

Wool.—The arrivals have been very limited during the month, and consequently the quantity available for Auction has been comparatively small, Fairly washed fl[?]ece and scoured have sold somewhat better,…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1881 · page 4

MELBOURNE LIVE STOCK MARKET.—Fat Cattle: 1,764 came forward for the week's supply, the bulk of which were well suited to trade requirements, and included some prime pens of heavy weights. The…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1881 · page 2

NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—April 7, 1881.—Since the date of our last report the weather has remained fine, although at times threatening rain. The fall we reported in our last has not been sufficient for…

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Hunter River Farmers' Union. Public Meeting at Largs

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1881 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon a well attended meeting of persons interested in farming pursuits was held in the School of Arts, Largs, with the view of forming a farmors' union, to be…

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On an Australian Cattle Station

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 April 1881 · page 1

THE station buggy into which we were now transferred was a strong vehicle, built especially for mountain and bush travelling; a compound of the ordinary…

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