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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1886

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Singleton Farmers' Association Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 3

MR A. COLEMAN reports as follows:-Butter 8d to 1s 4d; eggs, 1s 5d to 1s 9d; cheese, 4d to 5d; honey. 3½d to 4½d; hams, 10d; apples, 2d to 2½d; peaches, 1½d to 2d; melons, 1s 9d…

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H. R. Farmers' Association Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 2

Mr J. H. Brunker (for the salesmen' Messrs Brunker and Wolfe) wielded the hammer at the usual weekly sale of the H. R. Farmers Association at…

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Farmer. Milk Registers. (From the Live Stock Journal.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 2

At the dairy conference a paper, on "Milk Registers," was read by Professor Fream, college of Agriculture, Downton, as fol…

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American Cattle Breeding

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 8

In an addiess dolivored by Mr. H.C. Burleigh, at Booton, in January last, on the subiect of "The Meat Production of the New England States," many facts from the speakei's long experience as a…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 7

FOBBES STOCK REPORT.—The weather continues day, and though it has been of a more broken charcter than heretofore, there is still but little sign of the much needed downpour for which all…

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London Wool Sales. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 6

Continuation sale of 7199 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Wednesday, 27th January, 1886:- Ex Kenmore, from Sydney: W in circle, 2 scoured…

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Drought and Wool in the Argentine Republic

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 7

It would appear that heavy losses of stock from drought are not confined to the Australian colonies. According to the Scottish Agricultural Gazetta the losses of stock in the Argentine Republic from this…

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The London Wool Market. (Home News, March 5.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1886 · page 5

Messrs, Jacomb, Son, and Co. reported on March 3:—Since the close of the public sales here on Feb. 13, very little business has been done in colonial wools, as might naturally have been expected with…

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London Wool Sales. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 22

Continuation sale of 811 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Willans and Overbury:- Ex Duke of Buccleuch, Merkara, and Chyebassa, from Brisbane: DF, 10 grease combings at 9d, 8…

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The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, April 17, 1886. H. R. Farmers' Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 4

Yesterday (Friday), the sales in connexion with the above were held at Newcastle. Consignments to hand were fairly numerous, and the results satisfactory. Mr. J. H. Brunker represented the…

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

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 7

Sydney.—Lucerne Hay: T, 14 bales at 97s 6d; WB, 8 at 94s, 6 at 92s; AIS, 20 at 89s; PS, 16 at 94s; SF, 1 at 90s; MH, 4 at 90s; 4H, 8 at 101s; MH, 4 at 94s; T, l8 at 74s; SP, 5 at 103s; SE, 1…

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H. R. Farmers' Association Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 1

On Wednesday Mr. J. H. Brunker (for Messrs Brunker and Wolfe) conducted the weekly produce sale at West Maitland in connexion with the Association, with the following…

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H. R. Farmers and Consumers Co-operative Company

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 1

Following is result of sale held on Wednesday by the company, sale man, Mr H. O'Neill: 764lb, butter from 1s to 1S 7D; 320 dozen eggs from 1s 7½d to 1s 9½d; 8 pair fowls from…

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Singleton Farmers' Association Sale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1886 · page 2

MR. A. COLEMAN reports having sold; on Tuesday last, as follows:—Butter, 9d to 1s 6d, eggs, 1s 7d to 1s 9d; cheese, 6d to 6½d. Poultry: Fowls, 1s 9d to 5s per pair; ducks,…

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Sheep and Cattle Diseases in West Australia. (Australasian, April 17.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 8

From West Australia has again como a reminder of a very practical kind of the peculiar position occupied by that colony in relation to the rest of the continent. The returns to the end of last year…

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Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 6

Forbes Stock Report.—Friday evening, April 10.—Since our last we have had 40 points of rain, which fell on Monday morning. To the east and north of Forbes the rain fell for a short time in…

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H. R. Farmers Association Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 8

Yesterday the usual weekly sales of the above association were conducted by Mr. James N. Brunker, and the following lines were disposed of satisfactory rates:—…

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H. R. Farmers and Consumers Cooperative Company

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 8

The following sales were completed yesterday at the sheds of the company, Maitland South, by the salesman, Mr. H. O'Neill:- 827lbs. butter from 1s to 1s 7'.d, 285 dozen eggs…

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Judging Fat Sheep

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 1

WE think this subject of such importance that we extract the following from an English exchange: That of every pen of sheep one should either be taken at…

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Sheep—An American Opinion

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 1

MR JAMES LYNCH, the well-known New York wool merchant, and also Commissioner at Emigration, in his annual report of the wool trade for 1875, states…

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