Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1884 · page 3
FORBES WEATHER REPORT.—Friday evening, June 20.—The weather during the week has been all that could be desired, showery during the early portion, while both days and nights have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hereford Cattle for Queensland. (Queenslander, June 21.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1884 · page 3
A pioneer consignment of fourteen Hereford bulls from the New Zealand Stud and Pedigree Stock Company (Limited) has just been landed in Brisbane. The bulls are in very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River Farmers' Association Sales
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1884 · page 8
Yesterday the usual weekly sales in connection with the above Association were held at the sheds, Church-street, when Mr. Jas. H. Brunker conducted the business. There was a very large attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Effects of the Wheat Decline
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1884 · page 14
The American farmers may as well prepare for low prices during the coming year unless some unforeseen disaster befalls the coming crop. The foreign markets appear to be well…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Condition of the Wheat Crop in England
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1884 · page 2
The frosts which occurred late in April did little or no permanent harm to the wheats. During the second week of May the weather changed completely; it became warm and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Farmers' Association
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1884 · page 4
The last meeting of the committee of the above Association for the half-yearly term ending June 30th was held in their usual meeting room, Morpeth, on Friday evening last. Mr. Thomas Gunning, one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1884 · page 3
NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—June 27, 1884.—The weather since our last issue has again been very seasonable, beautiful rain having fallen on Thursday last. This fall will serve to still further increase the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Diseases in England
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 11
The Cattle Diseases Bill, as our readers learned by telegram, passed the third reading in the House of Commons by 124 to 21. The Lords' amendments (against the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Markets. Mort and Co.'s Monthly Wool and Produce Circular
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 7
Wool.—The second series of London sales, which commenced on 29th April, terminated on 12th June, 358,000 bales having been offered, of which 38,000 were withdrawn. Catalogues have been received up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Farmer. A Little Good Blood etter than None
Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 2
EXTRAVAGANT claims in be[?] of any breed of animals or in behalf improved stock in general, we believe to [?] harm. There are some statements [?] are often seen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Fields of the World
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 July 1884 · page 1
THE Mississippi valley is at present, says an American writer, the greatest wheat field of the world, and produces a large surplus to feed other than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 July 1884 · page 3
NA[?] WHATHER REPORT.—July 4, 1884.— During the past week, the weather has been showery, scarcely a day passing without some rain falling. Herbage is now growing luxur[?], the trefoil in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sale of Tasmanian Stud Sheep. [By Electric Telegraph From [?]'S Telegram Company.] Friday, received 4.50 afternoon
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1884 · page 4
The annual sale of stud sheep was commenced yesterday by Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe. Following is a summary of the prices:—Messrs GibBon and Son —80 stud rams, averBged £1519s 9d; the best 12…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer. A Word of Warning to Stockbreeders. (From The Live Stock Journal.)
Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 July 1884 · page 2
WE do not feel quite comfortable as to the present tendency of thought and action amongst a largo section of the breeders of high-class farm stock. Without wishing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1884 · page 2
DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—The weather during the past week was, like most of the weather we have had since the break, changeable: We have had rainy days, succeeded by genial spring like weather. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat and Flour in Melbourne. (Australasian, July 12.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1884 · page 7
In Melbourne the market for breadstuffs, being in harmony with that of London, is very depressed. The prices offering from home do not leave any margin, and shipments…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter River Farmers' Association
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1884 · page 4
The committee of the above Association held a special emergent meeting in their usual meeting room, Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon last. Mr. W. Shelley, J.P., one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Mort and Co. Stud Sheep Sales. (From the Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1884 · page 3
When Mr. J. Abbot, of Messrs. Mort and Co., mounted the rostrum in the firm's wood warehouses, Circular Quay, on Monday, he must have felt eminently gratified at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River Farmers' Association Sales
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1884 · page 4
Yesterday, at the yards and shed near the Elgin-street Railway Station, the usual weekly sales in connection with the Hunter River Farmers' Association were conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The St[?]d Sheep Sales. (From Wednesday's Echo.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 July 1884 · page 16
The above sales were continued yesterday at Messrs. Mort and Co.'s wool warehouses, and although there were not so many buyers present as on the day previous, the sales…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →