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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1885

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London Wool sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 14

Sale of 3131 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Cnarles Balma and Co,, on Tuesday, 16th June, 1885:- Ex Woollahra, Carlisle Castle, Caledonien, and…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 10

Dalgety and Co,, Limited, report:—The third series of colonial wool sales tor the year, which opened on the 4th June, closed on the 10th inst. Out of an estimated available total of about 342,000 bales,…

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Cattle. Durhams or Sho[?]thorns

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 1

43 Bull, three years and over, silver medal; second, certificate. A. A. Dangar, Balmoral, roan, by Hillhurat's 6th Duke; D. F. Mackay, Lord Waterford, second…

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Fat Stock. Fat Cattle. (First Prize, £1; second, Certificate—except where otherwise specified.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 1

114 Durham Ox, not exceeding five years old, R. Binnie, jan.; J. H. Doyle, second; Geo. Loder, commcnded. 4 entries 115 Horeford Ox, not exceeding five years…

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Sheep. Fine-woolled.—housed. {First prize Silver Medal, second, Certificate, anless otherwise specified

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 1

77 Ram, six-tooth or over. G, L. L. Lethbridge 4 entries 78 pen of two [?] not exceeding fourtooth. 2entries; no award…

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Farm Produce. Sub-section A.

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 1

(First Prize, £1 ; second, 10. Three [?] each in [?] 182 to 191 inclusive. 182 Wheat, Colin C. Campbell; A. Amos, second. 6 entries…

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The Farmer. Poultry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 6

THe valuo of the poultry consumed in the United States. annually is estimated at $800,000,000, or six dollars to each inhabitant. The value of the eggs consumed is set at…

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Miscellaneous Prizes. Manufactures and Materials. Made in the colony of New South Wales and prepared by the exhibitor, unless otherwise specified. Sub-section A.—wool. (Prize Silver Medal.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 1

327 Three Fleeces Fine Wool, unskirted, in grease; second certificate. Mrs. G. P. Bowman; George Loder, second, 4 entries…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 3

Sale of 20 bales, from Queensland, by Willa[?]s and Overbury:- Ex Quetta, from Brisbane: DF in circle, [?] grease lambs at 9½d, 2 lambs pieces at 6½d, 1 grease at [?]½d;…

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H. R. Farmers Association Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 2

There was a large attendance of buyers at the yard and sheds adjoining the Church-street railway station yesterday, when the usual weekly sales in connection with the H. R. Farmers Association took place. Mr…

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The Farmer. A Cattle Queen

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1885 · page 2

AMONG the drovers who alighted from a cattle-train caboose at the Chicago stockyards the other night was a tall majestic looking woman of about 30 years. Though not…

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Farmers Association Sales. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 September 1885 · page 2

SIR,—I was informed last Tuesday that a man calling him self a business man' was not content with all the cowardly attempts that have been made to…

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H. R. Farmers' Association Ploughing Matches

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1885 · page 4

The entries for the ploughing matches in connection with this very prosperous association, which are to take place at Clifden to-morrow (Friday), closed yesterday at noon, and we are pleased to note…

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H. R. Farmers Association Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1885 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the shed and yards adjoining the Church-street station yesterday where the salesmen, Brunker and Wolfe, conducted the weekly sale of the Hunter River Farmers…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 11

Sale of 2147 bales from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Monday, 29th June, 1885:- Ex Caledonien, Scottish Wizzard, and Oceanien,…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, September 12, 1885. H. R. Farmers Association Ploughing Matches

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 2

The second series of Ploughing Matches held under the auspices of the Hunter River Farmers Association took place yesterday at Clifden, and the flourishing institution which promoted them may be…

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The Farmer. Growing and Training Ivies

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 2

THE [?] is one of the oldest and most venarable of all climbing shrubs and pre-eminently the [?] vine. In some of the older countries, especially in England, where the [?]…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1885 · page 7

DUBBO WEATHER REPORT.—Thursday, September 10.—The weather continues dry, and, as a matter of course, any slight wind which rises brings up clouds of dust. This tends to make…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 3

FORBES STOCK REPORT.—Friday evening, Sept. 11.—Notwithstanding the repeated threatenings, the long and anxiously looked for rain still keeps aloof. To-day the wind has kept in the favourable…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1885 · page 4

Continuation sale of 4304 bales from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Saturday July 4, 1885:- Ex Carlisle Castle, from Sydney: LB Lane, 3…

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