London Wool Sales
At the wool sales last evening the following rates were realised for the respective:— Thurulgoona 17[?]; Manfred, 8[?]; Matmata (crossbred), 9[?]; Woodlands, 11½d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1896
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 27
The Wheat Market. a General Decline. [By Cable.] London
THERE is a general decline in the wheat market, and prices are Gd per quarter lower…
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The following rates have been obtained for the respective clips:— Woollabra, scoured, l9¼d; Gargenle, 8½d; Gunbar, 8½d. The third series of wool sales will be opened on April 28. The quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Produce Sales. H. R F. and C. C. A. Co.'s, Ltd., Report
Butter from 6d to 1s per lb,, eggs 1s to 1s 3d per dozen bacon 6d to 7d per lb., choese 4d to 6d, hams 7d to 8d. lard 3d to 4d, live pigs 4s 9d to 8s 6d each, honey 2¼d to 3d per lb., small tins ditto 2s 9d to 3s,…
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The Nowra Leader writes:—The farmers who embraced freetrade have now good reason to go in sackcloth and ashes. On Monday last the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Market
At the wool sales to-day an excellent selection was offered, and prites were unchanged…
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The wool market is very firm find will probably remain so till the close of the sales. The following rates were realised for the respective clips:— Mundi Mundi 7d, Iris Downs 9[?]d, Matapiro (crossbred)…
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The values of store sheep have advanced…
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In the House of Commons last night the Government was asked to remove the restrictions placed upon the landing of live cattle from New Zealand. Mr. Walter Hume Long, President of the Board of…
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At the wool union this afternoon an excellent. selection was offered. Prices were unchanged. The following races have been realised for the respective clips:—Bynza, 9 1/8d Cobaan,…
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A private wire from London states that the wool sales closed strong; prices are ten per cent. higher compared with closing rates last season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shorthorns As Dairy Cows
It is time something was done to place the shorthorn in the high position it ought to occupy as a valuable dairy cow. We are so prone to regard shorthorn cattle as invaluable beef…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farmers and the Government Seed Distribution
Mr. A. A. Dunnicliff, Inspector of Agriculture, was in Maitland three days this week receiving and making arrangements for re-payment for seed distributed to the farmers some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farm & garden. Rock Salt for Stock
Whenever we find a man who uses rock salt ho always speaks of it in the highest terms. The writer can say from experience that there is no other way of salting stock so…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Seed Distribution to Farmers
THE Minister for Mines and Agriculture has issued notifications with respect to the seed to be distributed to farmers. The seed consists of wheat, barley,…
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Medium merinos were 10 per cent. above the closing rates of the January sales. Superior merinos and all descriptions of crossbreds show an increase of 5 per cent. American buyers took 2300…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singleton Quarter Sessions, Tuesday, 21Th March, 1896. (Before His Honor Judge Backhouse) The Court re-opened at ten this morning. Cattle Stealing
Frederick A. Brosi, on bail, appeared to answer a charge of stealing one white cow, branded BE over S, the property of the late Canon Shaw. There was also a second count for receiving. The accused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Best Butter Cow
The following paper was read before the Vermont Farmers' Club (says an American exchange):—"I hope the time is not far distant when we must either have a cow that…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Cattle Importations at Western Australia Prohibited
For some time past shipments of cattle from the Hunter River district have been made at Newcastle for West Australian ports. Another shipment had been arranged to take place this…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Black Sheep of a Reigning Family
Now that the question of altering the order of the succession to the throne of Austro-Hungary has become a matter of public discussion in the semi-official press of Vienna, and…
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