Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1884 · page 2
WILCANNIA STOCK REPORT.—Dec. 24.—Stock movements are at a standstill, and will continue to be so while the present dry weather prevails. The whole of the travelling routes may be said to be…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1884 · page 3
Lord Carnarvon [?] been giving his tenantry and neighbours himpressions with respect to Canada. The w[?]e mind of the people of the Dominion is,[?] says, turned to the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 3
FORBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, Dec. 28,—We have still no change of weather to report. The rain which fell on the coast on Christmas Day has not extended this far. It is wanted badly…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 5
Yesterday there was a fair attendance of buyers at the weekly sale of farm and dairy produce, conducted by Mr. J. H. Brunker (for Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe), in…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1884 · page 4
The usual monthly meeting of the committee was held at Mr. A. Tulip's, Morpeth, on Monday evening last. There were present: Mr. G. H. Stephens, V.P., in the chair;…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 7
NARRABRI WEATHER AND STOCK REPORT.— January 1,1884.—Our reports from the local office, unfortunately do not show the slightest indications of rain; fine weather prevailing throughout. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TheThe Farmer. Chichicken-Cholera
Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1884 · page 2
PUBLIC attention has again been direct the researches professor Pasteur in [?] inoculation with the germ of various distinguished continental scientist delivered…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1884 · page 3
NARRARRI STOCK REPORT.—Janunry 4, 1884.— Unfortunately, we cannot but repeat the same old report of calm and fine throughout all stations in the district, without even a sign of rain. [?]…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1884 · page 5
BREWARRINA WEATHER REPORT,—During the past week the weather bas been very warm, the thermometer registering up to 105° repeatedly in very cool places. There does not see[?] any prospect of a…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1884 · page 5
Masers. Mort and Co. report:—We offered 3700 bales wool to-day, and sold 2500 at 7d to 11½d for greasy; 14d to 17d for medium fl[?]ce; and 15d to 20d for scoured. Foreign buyers are still operating…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1884 · page 6
On Monday evening the fifth half yearly meeting of the Hunter River Farmers' Association was held at the School of Arts, Largs. The day had been very hot, and the heat continued…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 7
F[?] STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, Jan. 4. —We have still no change in the weather to report; everything in the way of pasture, although fairly plentiful, is parched and dry, and rain is badly…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 3
Dalgety DuCroz & Co. report as follows:— The fourth series of Colonial Wool Sales for the year opened on the 20th inst. New arrivals reached 105,540 bales, and inclusive of parcels held over from…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 14
The Melbourne Australasian is in the habit of publishing, in advance of the Government statistical record, its own estimate of the years' crop of wheat in Victoria, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sheep Farming in the Burke District, Queensland. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 13
SIR,—This is a subject which should command more attention than has been bestowed upon it by practical sheep farmers and capitalists, because if successful it must lead not…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 4
The Australian Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited) report:—We offered to-day nearly 3000 bales wool, and sold 2300, Competition was very brisk for all descriptions. Tooma, greasy, brought…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1884 · page 14
The latest reports from the principal centres of tobacco culture in the southern district (says the Herald) confirm the anticipations formed in the early part of the season with…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1884 · page 2
DOBBO STOCK REPORT.—Jan, 10.—The weather since our last has been almost unbearably hot. Friday and Saturday were warm enough to satisfy the most exacting, in the matter of heat, but Sunday was…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1884 · page 3
A San Francisco paper states:—" From what we have seen of Spanish merino sheep bred in California, especially those exhibited at the late fair at Sacramento, we think they…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1884 · page 5
The proceedings of the fifth half-yearly meeting of the members of the Hunter River Farmers' Association were resumed last evening in the Largs School of Arts The weather was very oppressive, and close…
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