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

Farming & the land, 1881

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Sydney Wool Sales. by Messrs. Harrison, Jones, & Devlin. Monday, January 3

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 January 1881 · page 4

JH over S, 6 bales scoured 1sts at 17d.; C over B over Barraba, 7 greasy at 10d., 1 pieces at 4¾d.; JT, 12 fleece at 15d., 1 clips at 7¾d.; JF over Uarah, 9 1st pieces at 15d.; W&Son, 13 fleece at…

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Commercial. Agents' Reports. [Messes. Finlay and Co., GOULBURN.] January 7.--Fat cattle: We have no sales to

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 January 1881 · page 4

report. The market remains much the same. Prime bullocks may be quoted at £4, although sales have been made for forward delivery at even leas than this. Store cattle: We sold this…

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Exportation of Butter

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 12 January 1881 · page 4

IT is not generally known that from Geelong there is already a considerable export trade in butter—a trade which commenced eight years back with a weekly average of three…

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Telegraphic Intelligence Sydney Wool Sales. Saturday, 1.44 p.m

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 12 January 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co’s, catalogue for this week included 4600 bales. Competition was active for all fairly conditioned lot which sold up to 21½ for washed fleece,…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 January 1881 · page 2

THE monthly meeting of the committee of this society was held in the secretary's office, Rossi- street, last Tuesday afternoon. Those present were Messrs. R. P. Johnston (in the chair), A…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Monday. January 10

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 January 1881 · page 4

AT, 17 bales greasy at 10d., 1 Leicester at 8½d., 1 broken at 5¾d 2 broken and pieces at 5¾d.; RPK over New England, 11 greasy at 9¼d ; JB over Tarrabandra, 2 lambs at 11d., 1 bellies at 9¾d.,…

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The Farmer. Seasonable Farmng Notes for January

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 January 1881 · page 3

IN some of the earlier districts harvest is now well advanced, And at the very earliest opportunity, as soon as the crop has been removed, and the weeds and…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Sydney Wool Sales. Thursday, 1.21 p.m

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 January 1881 · page 2

Mort and Co. offered 2000 bales of wool to-day. Competition was active for good lots, but inferior not so much warned. Washed fleece brought 14d. to 19½d; scoured, 16½d…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 18 January 1881 · page 2

MESSRS. HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN REPORT :-- Only fourteen hundred bales were catalogued by us to-day. Our sales at auction and privately amount to nearly nine hundred…

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An Old Farmer's Advice

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 January 1881 · page 4

THE following advice is given by a man who has tilled the soil for forty years;— I am an old man, upwards of three score years, during two score of which I have been…

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Sydney Wool Sales. by Messrs. Harrison, Jones, & Devlin. Monday, January 17

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 January 1881 · page 4

MG, 6 bales greasy at 9¼d.; WW over O, 6 greasy at 9d.; HC in square, 1 pieces at 10d.; DL over DW, 9 fleece at 17½d.; EC over F, 1 bellies and ; pieces at 11d., 1 locks at 8¼d., 1 lambs at 13¼d.; JC…

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Flower Farming

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 24 January 1881 · page 4

Mr. Theodore Piesse has recently advocated the cultivation of flowers on a large scale in Australia, for the production of perfumes. The Melbourne Argus gives the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney. Saturday, 1.50 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 January 1881 · page 2

Messrs. MORT AND Co. report:--We hare sold two thousand one hundred bales of wool this week. Fleece realised fourteen pence to nineteen pence; greasy sixpence halfpenny to…

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Telegraphic Intellig Sydney Wool Sat Sydney

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 26 January 1881 · page 2

Mort and Co., sold 2,100 this week. Fleece realised greasy 6½d to 10½d, and s 18½d per lb. Demand active…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Monday, January 24

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 January 1881 · page 4

D&Co. over Deepwater, 3 bales scoured [?] at 18½d., 1 scoured lambs at 13d., 5 scoured B pieces at 13½d, 2 scoured 1st pieces at 13½d., 1 scoured D pieces at 10½d., 4 scoured locks at 10½d., 1 scoured…

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A New Zealand Farm

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 January 1881 · page 4

THE New Zealand Pastoral Times gives the following account of what is one of the best known farms in New Zealand viz.:— Greenfield, the estate of James Smith Esq…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 February 1881 · page 2

Messrs. MORT AND CO. report: We offered 1600 bales wool at auction to-day. Competition was active for good lots, and 1060 bales were disposed of at up to 18¼d. for fleece, and…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Sydney Wool Sales. Saturday, 11.10 a.m

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 February 1881 · page 2

Messrs. Mort and Co. offered 1600 bates of wool at auction to-day. Competition was active for good lots, and 1060 bales were disposed of at up to 18¼d. for fleece,…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Monday, January 31

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 February 1881 · page 4

I over C over New England, 23 bales fleece at 17d.: I over C over No. 245, 2 fleece at 17d., 1 clips at 7¼d.; HC in square, 8 fleece at 17d.; MOM, 16 fleece at 16¼d., 1 locks at 8d.; E over M, 1 bellies at…

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Telegraphic Intelligence Sydney Wool Sales. Thursday, 8 p.m

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 February 1881 · page 2

Messrs Mort and Go, offered over 1000 bales of wool at auction to-day. Competition was active for good parcels, but for faulty lots lower, rates have to be submitted…

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