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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1850

17 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Wool

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1850 · page 1

THE following state of the Liverpool Wool Market will be read with satisfaction:- Saturday, September 1.-Since the date of our last circular, business has proceeded…

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Wool

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1850 · page 4

WE regret to find from the last advices from England that the price of Wool has declined from one penny to twopence per lb. This fall has been attributed to many causes; but…

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Railways in India—wool and Cotton

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1850 · page 1

THE gloomy accounts relating to the cotton crop of 1849, which have been received during the last fortnight, naturally cause many of our Lancashire readers to turn with…

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The Wool Markets

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1850 · page 3

WE are much gratified at having it in our power to apprise our country friends of a very decided improvement in the price of wool at the December sales. In the report of the London Produce Market…

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Wheat

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1850 · page 6

The supply continues to be good, but the prices have suffered a decline. We have heard of but one lot fetching as high as 3s. 7d., to realise which price the sample must be exceedingly good;…

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The Wool Trade

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1850 · page 6

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.—Another rise has taken place in the trade. The following is from the trade report. The arrivals of Colonial Wool, since the last…

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Cheering News About Wool

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1850 · page 4

THE cheering news of a further rise of one penny to two-pence per lb. in the price of wool has been received at Port Phillip, by the Sir Robert Sale, from Plymouth 8th of…

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Small Farms

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1850 · page 4

Mr. Armstrong, the Government Surveyor, has resumed his duties, and is now engaged in laying out more small farms in the county. of King, which in due course will be put up for sale…

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Sheep-breeding and Wool-growing

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1850 · page 1

[The following remarks on Sheep-breeding are extracted from a letter by Mr. SHAW, of Geelong district, who is well known to be versed in the subject. The letter is addressed to the Editor of…

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The Wool League

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1850 · page 2

MR. FERRAND is strenuously endeavouring to gain agricultural adherents to his "Wool League." Since the initiative meeting at Pontecraft, he has held a meeting at…

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Police Intelligence. Tuesday, October 8, 1850. Before John Cropper, Esq., J.P., John Gerard, Esq., J.P., Henry Edenborough, Esq

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1850 · page 4

Before JOHN CHOPPER, Esq., J.P., JOHN GERARD, Esq., J.P., HENRY EDENBORUGH, Esq. VAGRANT ACT.—Margaret Knight and Elizabeth Hustles appeared on summons to answer a charge,…

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Wool Market

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 19 October 1850 · page 3

LIVERPOOL, JULY 1.—Although we cannot report a very extensive business by private contract during the past month, still the demand has been good for most kinds of foreign, and if the markets were better…

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Wool and Tallow

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1850 · page 4

IN another part of this day's paper we pubish some extracts relative to Wool, Tallow, and other Colonial Produce, from Messrs. Mort and Brown's Annual Circular; also…

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The Late Wool Sales

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1850 · page 6

We extract the following from the City article of the Morning Chronicle, of the 12th July. WOOL SALES.—Nothing can give more certain evidence of the prosperity of the country, and the…

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The Alpaca or Peruvian Sheep. [Mr. Mort's Paper read at the Australian Society.)

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1850 · page 2

MR. MORT read the following paper :— The Alpaca is a native of Peru, and forms one of thespecies common to that country, viz.—the Llama, Alpace, Guanaco, and Vicuna, the two former being…

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Ireland. the Crops

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1850 · page 8

THE FREEMAN of this morning publishes the following extracts from private letters on the all-engrossing topic of the condition and prospects of the growing crops:—…

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The Crops.—wheat

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1850 · page 4

THE rumours which were current during the last two-or three weeks with respect to the failure of the wheat crops have been strengthened by the-fact that at all the mills…

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