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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1884

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 4

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Company report—We offered to-day 1620 babes and sold 1400. Values were well maintained: greasy sold at ll¾d for a Tasmanian lot, and ll[?]d tor 24 bales from Stawell…

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Turkey Farming in California

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 2

ALONG the foot of the Sierra Nevada on the west side, intervening between the foothills proper and the great alluvia plain, there is a strip of barren land from one to five miles in…

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The Farmer. Surface Stirring for Fruit Trees

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 2

MR. P. PARRY, a leading American nurseryman, gives the following opinion on this subjeet: "According to my observation, whereover the soil was kept finaly pulverised and…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1884 · page 7

DUBBO WEATHER REPORT.—Thursday, Nov. 6. Since our last, we have had, probably, the most extraordinary weather ever experienced in Dubb[?] On Saturday after much threatening, the rain…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1884 · page 6

narrabri stock passings.—The stock passings from the 27th ult, to the 2nd inst., were as follows:— —11 bulls, Towns and Benson, from Milchengowrie, for Caidmurra; 170 store cattle, T, Wall's, from…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1884 · page 5

Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:[?]We have this week offered 6500 bales wool, and sold 500O bales. Prices are firm and competition very brisk. The lots bought in will probably be sold by private…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1884 · page 5

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—We offered the largest catalogue of the season, numbering two thousand eight hundred and sixty eight bales. Demand was brisk and competition keen at…

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New Wool Warehouse

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 3

The new wool warebouse of Messrs. Hill, C[?] Co.at Circular Quay, was for[?] opened yesterday in the presence of [?] the leading woolmerchants…

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The farmer. Cart-horses

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 2

FROM the paper by Mr. James Howard,, M.P, entitled "Notes on Ourt-horses" in the newly-issued number of the Journal of the Roynl Agricultural Society of England, we…

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A Handful of Wheat

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 November 1884 · page 2

A hasty man never wanted woo. A slothful man is a beggars' brother. Children and chickens must always to picking…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1884 · page 7

FORBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, Nov. 14.—After a week of unusually hot weathers change set in this evening, accompanied by thunder and lightning. A little rain fell about seven o'clock but…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1884 · page 4

Messrs. Mort and Co. report:—We offered 4350 bales wool at our auction to-day. There was a very large attendance, but excessive reserves hampered many of the lots, Greasy realised up to 11½d,…

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Alleged Cattle-stealing at Gunnedah

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1884 · page 3

At the Gunnedah Police Court on Thursday David Grover, Jun., of Boggabri, was charged with cattle-stealing from Browne's Pullaming station…

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Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1884 · page 1

Messrs. Mort and Co; report:—We offered 4150 bales wool at our auction to-day. There was a very large attendance, but excessive reserves hampered many of the lots…

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"Clydesdale" on Lee Cattle. (From the Tribune, Oct. 24.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1884 · page 4

I dare to say live stock apostles will think it presumptuous of me to venture an opinion on animals so well known and so justly popular as the "Lee" cattle; but as Messrs Bruaker and Wolfe are…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1884 · page 4

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company report:—We offered to-day 3000 bales of wool, and sold 2000; best qualities maintained their values, but low to medium merinoes and rough crossbreds…

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The Farmer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1884 · page 2

EVERY farm should he an experiment station and every farmer an experimenter. We don't mean by this that the whole farm and the whole time of the farmer should be devoted to…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1884 · page 5

Messrs. Mort and Co. report: We offered 3100 bales wool at our weekly auction to-day, and sold over 3000 at from 7d to ll½d for greasy, 15d to 18d for scoured, and 12d to 16½d fer washed fleece…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 November 1884 · page 5

Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:—We have this week offered 8200 bales wool and sold 7200 bales. Prices continued firm and late rates are fully maintained. Americans bid freely for suitable lots,…

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The Farmer. Rational Agriculture

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 November 1884 · page 2

BY R. W. EMERSON MACLVON, F.I.C., F.C.S.&c. Lecturer on Agriculture, Technical College, Sydney. All soils not naturally barren when in a virgin…

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