Wool Sales
At tho woolsales the competition was fair for good fleece, Scoured is meeting with stronger support, but without material alteration in values, and a quantity was passed in…
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Farming & the land, 1891
492 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 25
Bathurst Free Press "Magna eat veritas et prœvalebit." Tuesday, February 10, 1891. Carriage of Farm Produce
WHATEVER other complaints the farmers of this colony may have against the management of the railways as it effects their particular calling, they certainly…
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Last week 89,000 tons of wool were shipped at Newcastle, being the largest quantity ever shipped in one week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Sales
At the wool sales good wools are firm, but prices for medium and inferior are in the buyer's favor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. a Lenten Pastoral
The Lenten Pastoral issued by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn deals at considerable length with the Education Question…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market. SYDNEY
We offered 2641 bales of wool yesterday to a full and representative attendance of English and Continental buyers. Competition was brisk at prices fully equal to…
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At the wool sales competition was slack, the market was weaker and a quantity was witHDRAWN. Quotations for good greasy were 7½d to gd, scoured 11d to 14½d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Cattle Sales
Best bullocks brought £7 10s, others from £s gs 6d; 27,000 sheep were penned and prices declined; best merinos us others from 5s 5d…
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At our second sale this week we offered yesterday, 6764 bales of wool, to the usual attendance of buyers, augmented by a contingent of Melbourne operators…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shropshire-down Sheep
MR. C. J. WEST, of Euarra, Brewongle, has been breeding Shropshire-down sheep for many years past, and has always found a ready sale for young…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How to Judge Wool
AN expert gives the following, judging wool on live sheep:—" The finest and softest wool is always shoulders of the sheep. An expert in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Farmers
IF we can write a few lines that will benefit but very few of our farmers (say only two or three) we shall rejoice at that, as a success…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damaged Crops
Fully 75 per cent of the wheat in the Murrumburrah district has been damaged by rain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Farmer Drowned
A farmer named Thomas Kay, while crossing a creek at Magill, in Queensland became entangled in the weeds and mud and was shortly drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Department. the Technological Museum, Sydney, 3rd Feb., 1891. Report of Wools from Springfield, near Orange, N.S.W.—Executors T. G. Webb, Esq
THESE samples have received my careful attention, and as requested, give my opinion as under. They are classified according to their merits as for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's Telegrams Sydney, Friday morning. Cattle Sales
The cattle market was lower; best beef bringing 15s. Best bullocks sold at £6 16s od, others from £a is od. Sheep sales were dull; best merinos…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Western Farmer. Struggling with Adversity. the Barren Seed Wheat Bargain. Keeping the Collapse Dark. Two Sets of Sympathy—mr. Joseph Wren Unfolds the Story— Tracing the Ruin. (From the Star.)
About three years ago the farmers applied to the Government for seed wheat. There was scarcely a grain of wheat in the market, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Farmers' Friend
THE present Government since first it assumed office has had only one song to sing, and though the different vocalists of the party gave it as many airs as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Yield
The wheat returns for 1890 were below the returns for the previous year, as regards the area harvested and the yield per acre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Western Farmer. the Case Continued. Entertaining the Enemy. Queen Quotations—a Few Illustrations—a Terrible Alternative—what Is Required—protection a Necessity
Mr. Wren, a local farmer, was asked how land in the Molong district compared with that of the rival wheat-producing territories, and he replied…
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