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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
686 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 35
DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—The weather during the past week has been wintry. The nights and mornings have been cold. The days, however, have been warm. It looked very like rain on Monday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A new sheep-shearing machine has been invented at Murrurundi by Mr. Bell, a fitter at the local locomotive depot, and it is very likely to create a sensation in the pastoral world. The machine is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of 2411 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Helmuth Schwartze and Co., on Monday, 7th February, 1887:— Ex Thermopylæ, from Sydney: ALSN in triangle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"D'you ever know a feller by the name o' Smith?" he suddenly inquired, with his right forefinger on the picture of a Shanghai rooster. "Absolum Smith was his full…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WAGGA WAGGA STOCK REPORT.—May G. Since our last report winter soems to have approached considerably, the nights being very cold and sometimes frosty towards morning. To-day the sun…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The sales progress with spirit, there being a continued good attendance and keen competition for desirable lots. Writing under date March 30, Messrs. Charles Bairne and Co. remark that there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The committee of the above held their usual monthly meeting in the Morpeth School of Arts on last Friday evening. Mr. J. J. Kearney (vicepresident) occupied the chair, and the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. H. O'Neill, the Company's salesman, disposed of the following lots at the bi-weekly sales held in Newcastle this week:— Butter, 16 lbs. at 1s 6½d, 8 at 1s 8d, 10½ at 1s 8½d,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. E. A. Powell, of Syracuse, N.Y., who is a breeder of choice dairy cattle, delivered a practical address on intelligent breeding and intelligent feeding as noteworthy factors in the production of…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mr A. Henston diposed of the [?] at the Union sheds on Tuesday last;-[?] 2d to 2½d per 1b; pork, 3d to 4d [?] allow, 2½d per 1b; mu?on fat, 2½ oer [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—The weather during the week has been cold. Tuesday and Wednesday were particularly raw. The sky was clouded, and it looked very like rain. The country around here keeps up its fine appearance, Stock are in good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A dairyman at Botany was to-day fined £10, or three months' imprisonment for not having registered his dairy according to the Act, and for keeping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—At a time like this when the revenue of the colony is low—why not tax the fat sheep and cattle? At the present time there is plenty of grass which costs the owners nothing, and I would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FORBES WEATHER REPORT.—Friday evening, May 13.—One or two very light showers have fallen during the week. The weather has been excessively cold, and evidently there has been snow at no great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wolseley's sheep-shearing machine has created great interest in the pastoral world during the few exhibitions which have been held in order to give practical demonstration of its merits and utility…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Continuation of sale of 2002 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb, Son, and Co., on Wednesday, 23rd March, 1887:— Ex Delcomyn and Clyde, from Sydney: JJD in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →We have sold at Sydney.—Lucerne Hay: W, 3 bales at 40s; BX, 4 at 47s; E, 12 at 70s; RH, 7 at 45s; MV, 14 at 63s; J2, 6 at 60s; A, 7 at 66s; J, 3 at 61s; C, 2 at 69s; FC, 11 at 72s; F, 3 at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr A. Houston disposed of the following at the sheds on Tuesday last:-Pork 3½d to 4d per lb ; sheep 2½d per lb ; butter 11d to is 2d per lb eggs 1s 7d to 2s per doz ; cheese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I have before my astonished gaze your issue of the 19th instant, whose columns contain a letter under the above heading, signed "George Langham." Who this new scribe to newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DUBBO STOCK REPORT.—The weather during the week has been somewhat changeable. On Tuesday it rained intermittently throughout the day, but the showers were light. Wednesday was a bright…
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