H. R. Farmers' Association
The usual weekly sales in connection with the above Assooiation were held on Wednesday in the ehedß and yards adjoining the Church-street Railway Station. Mr. J. H…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1887
686 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 35
Singleton Farmers' Association
Mr A. Houston disposed of the fo?owing at at hte sale sheds on Tuesday last:-Butter from 3d to 6d per 1b ; eggs 1s to 1s [?] per doz ; sheep 2½ to 2½ per 1b ; cheese 2d to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Australian Wheat Harvest
The South Australian Register's returns in connection with the wheat harvest show that the net increase of cultivated land is 20,000 acres, the total area being 1,097,000 acres, yielding 10,835,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets
WALGETT STOCK REPORT—Saturday evening. The weather during the past week has been cool, with every appearance of rain, but up to time of going to press none had fallen. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wool Market
This market continuos to be characterised by considerable activity, and the increased turnover previously noted is maintained, while quotations have shown a further upward tendency. According…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Stampede during a Thunderstorm
Tho most thrilling incident in the life of the cowboy occurs on the occasion of a thunderstorm at night. Such an occurrence is thus described from personal observation by Wm. A. Baillie…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Shearing by Machinery
A VERY numerous company assembled at Messrs. Goldsborough's wool store, Melbourne, last week to witness an exhibition of sheep shearing by machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral News, Stotk Movements, and Markets
NARRABRI STOCK PASSINGS—500 store cattle, Sheldon's, from Baffle Creok, Bitdaberg, for Capel Bros., Gorian; Markham in harge. 1963 fat wethers, Hocken and Co.'s, from urren to Sydney;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Wool Sales. (From the S. M. Herald.)
Sale of 1212 bales, from Sydney, by Charles Bairne and Co., on Friday, December 10,188G:— Ex Hubbuck and Potosi, from Sydney: FEW, Harlem Vale, 4 grease black at 20½d, 3 black pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →H. R. Farmers and Consumers Company
Following are the result of the sales, on accou nt of the above company, held yesterday. Mr. H. O'Neill was the salesman:— 07 lbs. butter from 8d to lid per lb, 46 dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →H. R. Farmers Association
The usual sales were held at Newcastle this week in connection with the above Association. Mr. J. H. Brunker represented the Association's salesman, and disposed of the following lots:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Monster Farm
In the extreme south-west corner of Louisiana lies the largest producing farm in the world. It runs 100 miles north and south and twenty-five miles east and west, and is owned and operated by…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Singleton Farmers Association
Mr A. Houston disposed of the following at the sale sheds on Tuesday last:-Butter [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmer. Management of Breeding Ewes
I would now draw attention (says" A Practical Farmer" in the Agricultural Gazette) to the important subject of the treatment of breeding owes during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wolseley's Sheep-sheering Machine. (Melbourne Australasian, March 5.)
Ever since Australia became a great pastoral country the shearing of sheep by machinery has occupied the attention of flock masters, and has formed the topic of conversation on many a shearing floor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Driving Cattle in the Streets. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—It would be as well if persons who are in the habit of driving wild cattle through the streets in prohibited hours were made an example of. Only a fortnight ago the writer Baw a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River Farmers and Con. sumers Co-operative Co. General Meeting of Shareholders
In the hall of the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Saturday afternoon, the third half-yearly general meeting-adjourned from a previous day—of shareholders of the Hunter River Farmers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep-farming in the Argentine Republic
AN old Australian, who recounts his impressions formed during his recent visit to the Argentine Republic to the Age, describes the system of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Origin of Shorthorn Cattle
THIS noble breed of bovines is of remote origin. For some centuries previous to the conquest of England by the first William, in the year 1066, the warlike…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Wool Market
Messrs. Dalgety and Company (Limited) report: —The first series of colonial wool sales opened on the 25th instant, with an estimated available total of about 250,000 bales, out of which about 43,000…
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