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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 3

The following rates have been realised:—Browne, 8d; Doondi, 8¾ d; Wargon, 10d. Bradford holders are baking for an advance of 1d. In sixties there is nothing doing. Crossbreds are from ¼d to ¼d…

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Latest News by Cable. London, Tuesday. the Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 January 1896 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day there was brisk competition for merinos…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 3

At the wool sales this afternoon there was again brisk competition, especially for merinos. Crossbreds are a little firmer. The following rates wore realised :—French, 8½d; Mangoplah,…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1896 · page 3

Merinoes are 1d above the prices obtained at the opening of the series. The firmest prices ruled for scoured wools. The following rates were realised:— Mildura, 8½d; Mungyer, 9[?]d; Grong Grong, 9¾d…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1896 · page 3

The series of London wool sales closed to-day. The market was strong, and the highest prices of the series were realised…

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London Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 3

As compared with the December closing rates all merinos were fully 5 per cent. dearer. Fine crossbreds are on a par with December rates, and inferior wools are 5 per cent, lower. American…

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The London Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 5

The London wool sales closed to-day. The market was very strong, and the highest prices of the 'series were realised…

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The Farm & Garden. Impure Water

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 14

It is not always that the effect of impure water is apparent. It may not kill, but simply weaken the animals so that they can not do their best. It affects the milk of the cows so…

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The Orizaba's Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 3

The shipment of Australian butter by the R.M.S. Orizaba has arrived in good condition…

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The Sunflower Crop

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 3

The despised sunflower promises to be a paying crop in the country (says an American exchange), especially in States where it thrives naturally. In…

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New Zealand Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 3

Sir W. B. Perceval Agent-General for Now Zealand, has appointed a butter expert for the colony…

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Muswellbrook. Alleged Cattle Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 3

At the police court yesterday Edward Alfred Sudden was committed to take his trial at the Singleton Quarter Sessions on the 28rd March on two charges of cattle stealing, Accused was…

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Latest News by Cable. the Wool Market. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1896 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales opened to-day, There was a large attendance and grant animation. Prices show a rise of 10 per cent. compared with the opening prices of October sales…

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Muswellbrook Farmers Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1896 · page 2

The annual meeting of this association was held in the School of Arts on Thursday afternoon. The President (Mr. P. Healy) occupied the chair. The reported balance-sheet were road as follow:…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1896 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales were opened to-day, There was a large attendance, and great animation was shown in the bidding. Prices show a rise of 1O per cent as compared with the opening prices of…

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Alleged Cattle-Stealing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 2

At the Muswellbrool. Police Court on Tuesday, Edward Buddcn, sou of a respectable farmer of the district, was brought up and committed for trial to the Singleton…

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Free Trade Wool in America

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 5

The American press is not unanimously enamoured of the so-called but not very apparent beauties of protection. The Philadelphia Record says: If free trade in wool be not "a boon" to the…

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To-day's Sporting News. Warwick Farm Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 3

The weather was fine this afternoon, and the attendance at the race meeting at Warwick Farm was excellent. Results follow:—WHY HANDICAP of £150; 6 furlongs…

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H. R. Farmers' and Consumers' C. Agency Co., Ltd. THE HAlF-YEARLY MEETING

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 February 1896 · page 4

The twenty-first half-yearly meeting of the Hunter River Farmers and Consumers Co-operative Agency Company, Limited, was held on Saturday afternoon on the company's premises, Morpeth…

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Loss of Sheep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 3

During the voyage of the steamer Angers 91 sheep perished in two days…

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