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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1886

617 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 31

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 17

Continuation sale of 3738 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, & Co., on Wednesday, March 2d, 1886:- Ex Potosi, from Sydney: WH in circle, 15 scoured…

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District News. [From Various Correspondents.] Muswellbrook. Upper Hunter Pastoral and Agricultural Associaton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 7

An adjourned meeting of the above was held a few days ago, and although the business to be transacted was of considerable importance the meeting was attended by only a few. The…

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Hunter River Farmers and Consumers Co-operative Company

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 7

Weekly Report.—Sydney.—Lucerne Hay: RG, 3 bales at 100s., JW, 6 at 100s, 2A, 7 at 80s, TS, 16 at 100, XB, 1 at 91s; CB, 2 at 91s; RG, 3 at 100s; TP, 5 at 86s; PO, 6 at 96s; GG, 6 at 92s;…

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H. R. Farmers' Association Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 8

At Newcastle yesterday, Mr. J. H. Brunker held the usual sale, and disposed of the following lines:- 9 cases butter at 1s 10d per lb., 3 at 1s 11d, 1 at…

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H. R. Farmers and Consumers Cooperative Company

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 1

Mr. H. O'Neil, salesman of this association, held the usual weekly sale at West Maitland on Wednesday, and disposed of the following lines:— 8671bs butter from 1s 5d to Is 10d…

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Commercial. H. R. Farmers' Association

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 1

On Wednesday the usual weekly sales of the above association were held at the yards and sheds adjoining the Elgin-street railway station. Mr. J. H. BrunKer conducted…

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Farmer. The Hunter—How to Breed, Rear, and Train it

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

OF the many manly sports for which Englishmen are famed, there are none which take precedence of hunting. Participated in by all degrees of men, it brings all classes…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1886 · page 2

DUBBO WEATHER REPORT.—We have had magnificent weather since out last. On Monday morning it commenced raining early, and continued at intervals throughout the day. It fell on Tuesday…

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The Farmer's Wife

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 June 1886 · page 4

SOME formers think their wives ought to be compounds of angels, steam-engines and rubber-belting. A farmer meets his neighbor the doctor, and says:…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1886 · page 6

WALGETT WEATHER REPORT.—Saturday evening, May 29—The drought has completely broken up all over the district; it commenced raining steadily on Monday and continued till to-day, leaving a fall of…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1886 · page 4

Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co. reported on April 21:—The second series of public sales of colonial wool for this year, which began here on March 23, closed yesterday, of the total quantity sold, about…

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H. R. Farmers Association Maitland Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1886 · page 5

At the sheds and yards of the above Association yesterday, Mr. J. H. Brunker conducted the usual weekly sale. There was a large attendance of buyers present, and the following were the prices…

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H. R. Farmers and Consumers Company

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1886 · page 5

Yesterday Mr. H. O'Neill, salesman for the H. R. Farmers and Consumers Co-operative Company, disposed of the following lines at the usual weekly sale:—…

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The Wheat Supply

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 6

In the commercial article in the S. M. Herald is the following information with reference to the wheat crop in various countries:—Our Adelaide telegram reports a steady…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 14

Messrs. Dalgety and Company report:- The second series of Colonial wool sales for the current year, which opened on the 23rd ultimo, closed yesterday…

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London Wool Sales. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 21

Sale of 649 bales from Sydney and Queensland, by Henry P. Hughes and Sons:- Ex Ab[?]rdeen and Cimba, from Sydney: CAA, New England, 3 scoured at 11½d, 1 at 8d, 13 grease…

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H. R. Farmers' Association Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 4

The usual sales in connection with the H. R. Farmers Association were held at Newcastle yesterday by Mr. J. H. Brunker, and the result will be found below:…

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H. R. Farmers' and Consumers' Co-operative Co.'s Weekly Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 7

Sydney.—Lucerne Hay: JF, 11 bales at 100s; 4H, 3 105s; TJ in one, 8 110s; W, 6 96s; W, 8 102s; GG, 6 111s; DX, 5 100s; GK, 6 101s; 1, 12 109s; JD, 8 101s; SB, 13 113s; 4H, 7…

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The Dairy Trade of the World

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 22

The Vienna Agricultural Gazette has endeavored, says the Irish Farmers' Gazette, by means of statistics obtained from the different countries of the old and the new world, to give some idea of the…

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H. R. Farmers and Consumers Company

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 1

On wednesday Mc H. O,Neill, salesman for tha H. R. Farmers and Consumers Cooperative Company, disponed of the following lines at the usual weakly…

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