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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

409 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 21

Sydney Wool Markets. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

Messrs J. C. Young and Co. report:—At our seventh sale of wool this season, held to-doy, there was a laree attendance of buysrs, and the soundest competition prevailed throughout the…

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London Colonial Wool Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 7

There has been but little alteration in currency since the beginning of the sales, report Messrs. Jacomb, Son and Co. Catalogues with a good proportion of the better classes…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 7

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin report:— Wool.—By public auction to-day we submitted a catalogue of 974 bales wool. The selection comprised some very fair parcels for this season of the…

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The English Butter Market Prospects of Australian Products

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 1

ACCORDING to late cablegrams the favor shown towards Australian butter is considerably increase. Mr H. Trongrouse of the firm of…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 5

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We offered to-day 1149 bales wool to a representative attendance of buyers, which included Victorian operators and local speculators, who bought more…

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Farmers' Central Markets

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 4

Messrs. Grainger and Sou report the following:—Owing to the heavy rains large lines of produce have been prevented from coming forward. During the week we…

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H.R. Farmers Association

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 4

On wednesday the usual weekly sales is connectin with the above association were held in the sheds and yards adjoining the Church-street Railway Station. Mr H. J…

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London Sales of Colonial Wool

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 7

The general tendency of the market has been downward since the opening, report Messrs. Jacomb, Son and Co. In Australasian merinoes, with competition from the U. S. A., all the best and super…

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Singleton Markets. Farmers Central Markets

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 6

Grainger and Son report the following for the week ending Friday, 26th March, 1892:—During the past week the supplies of bulk stuff have been limited on account of the recent rains, consequently…

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Farm and Garden. Points of Merit in Tomatoes

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 8

This is the queen of vegetables, and one in which there is as wide a difference between the good and bad as between a "frost" pear of the hedge tow and a well-grown seckel…

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Farmers' Central Markets

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 4

Grainger and Son report the following for the week ending Friday, 25th March:— During the past week theo supplies of bulk stuff have been limited on account of the…

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London Sales of Colonial Wool

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 4

The four weeks of the sales have shown but little distinctive difference, report Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co., or any wide fluctuations, the same characteristics having prevailed in a decided manner…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 6

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:— Wool.—To-day we held our usual fortnightly sale, submitting for the occasion a catalogue of 505 bales. The assortment consisted almost entirely of medium…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 3

At the fortnightly wool sales held on Wednesday the quantity of wool catalogued comprised 2012 ales. Competition was unfavourably effected…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., report:—We offered to-day 656 bales wool to a fair attendance of buyers, although the unsatisfactory advices regarding the current sales in London were not without…

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News by Cable. London, Thursday. The London Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 2

At the wool sales prices show no improvement…

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Scoured Wool in London Market. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 2

SIR,—Some interesting results of the benefits to be derived by scouring certain classes of wools are given in the report of a London correspondent with reference to prices paid for some of the well-known…

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Hunter River Farmers Association

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 7

A special committee meeting of the above society was held in the Morpeth School of Arts on Friday evening, the 25th March. The President (Mr. J. J. Kearney) occupied the chair. There was a good…

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The Farm and Garden. the Flower Garden

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 6

As a fertilizer, bone-dust can be used; to prepare it, burn the bones until they will readily pound up. Put this dust around the flowers, and in a very few weeks they will…

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Farmers' Central Markets

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 2

Grainger and Son report the following for the week ending Friday, 1st April:— At our usual sale we submitted a large catalogue, and the prices ruling…

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