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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

640 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 23 of 32

The Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 17 September 1896 · page 3

The wool sales opened yesterday with an unusually large attendance, but greasy merino was 5 per cent. and scoured 7½ per sent, below the opening islet of last…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 17 September 1896 · page 3

The Antwerp wool sales opened with aa animated demand, but prices declines 5 to 10 cetimes per lb…

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Opening Wool Sales. SYDNEY, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1896 · page 2

The first official sale of the new season's wool attracted to-day a very large attendance, including many English and Continental buyers. Bidding was…

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Death of a Sheep Eater. GUNNING

National Advocate · Friday 18 September 1896 · page 3

A large animal resembling a wolf which for a considerable time ha[?] wrought great havoc amongst the flock of the district has been shot…

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Sydney Wool Sales. SYDNEY, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 18 September 1896 · page 3

The wool sales to-day were again disappointing. Prices showed a general redaction, and there were large withdrawals of lots…

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2nd Edition The World Antwerp Wool Sales. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 18 September 1896 · page 2

The Antwerp Wool sales opened yesterday. There was an animated demand, but the sales effected were at a decline of from a halfpency to a penny per lb…

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Diseased Cattle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 3

The Albury police yesterday seized sixteen bullocks, portion of a mob travelling from Queensland to Victoria, suffering from tuberculosis and cancer. The animals were…

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The Wool Sales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 3

Daring the present week 22,000 bales of this season's wool have been received at Darling Harbor…

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The Wool Season. the Decline in Prices

National Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, underrate, September 16th 1896 report: Wool sales were held at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie Place to-day…

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The Wool Season. the Victorian Grab

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 21 September 1896 · page 3

Quantities of the Riverina wool, which was formerly tent to Sydney, will this year be forwarded to Melbourne. The Victorian Railway authorities claim to…

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Dignity of Farmers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 1

Farmers as a rule may underestimate their importance. Too many of them feel that their calling is a menial one, and above all lo many of them think that they…

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The Price of Butter

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 3

At a meeting of produce merchants to-day it wh decided lo reduce the wholesale quotation for butter to 10d per Ib…

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Model Farm at Glen Innes. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 2

Mr. Sydney Smith Minister for Minoa promised a deputation to-day that an Experimental Farm would be established at Glen Innes…

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The Price of Butter. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 2

At a meeting of produce merchants this morning at Sydney it was decided to reduce the wholesale quotation for best creamery butter to 10d per pound, being…

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Interesting to Dairy Farmers

Molong Argus · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 4

In another column will be found the advertisement of Messrs. Waugh and Josephson, who are the representatives in New South Wales and Queensland…

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Sydney, Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 3

A very fair supply of chaff was trucked at Redlern yesterday A line specimen from T.A.Lord., Junce realised the top rate of £5 is 8d The lucerne market exhibited no…

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Sydney Markets. Farm Produce

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 3

A fair supply was offered at Befern yesterday The manifest showed 46 trucks to arrive The following prices were obtained:— Chaff — Wattorson, Millthorps, 3s 9d: Humphreys…

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The Price of Wool

National Advocate · Monday 28 September 1896 · page 3

At the London wool sales on Friday the market was dull and prices showed no recovery from the recent low range of values. A number of bales were…

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2nd Edition The World The Wheat Harvest. Rumored Shortage. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 3

Messrs. Beerbohm, in their "Wheat List," estimates that the wheat-importing countries of the world will require to receive during the coming season…

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The Wheat Market

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 3

The price of wheat has advanced Is as compared with last week's rates…

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