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

Farming & the land, 1888

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The Price of Wheat. LONDON, Sept. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 4

In opposition to the expressed belief of other authorities that the late wet harvest and the decreased supplies forward from America will affect the wheat market, Mr. Lawes, a…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON, Tuesday Night

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 8

The number of bales offered at the wool sales to-day reached 13,000. Wednesday. The attendance at the wool sales continues…

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The United States Wool Duties. LONDON, Sept. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 September 1888 · page 3

The Tariff Bill prepared by the Finance Committee of the Republican party in the United States Senate proposes to further protect wool…

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Wagga Sheep Test of 100 Sovs. Valuable Prizes

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 October 1888 · page 2

IN connection with the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association it is proposed (says the Advertiser) to offer a special prize (as mentioned at the late show dinner) for a novel…

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Land Legislation in Queensland. Grazing and Agricultural Farms

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 4

THE land legislation of Queensland with respect to crazing and agricultural farms, is, as will be seen below, very liberal, and it should encourage healthy settlement. The freehold of agricultural…

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Wheat Sales. LONDON, Oct. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 October 1888 · page 4

The cargo of wheat by the Eurydice sold at 39s. The cargoes by the Brahmin, Glasgow, and Kinclune sold at 40s. There was a small meeting of shippers to…

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The Chicago Wheat Corner. LONDON, Oct. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 October 1888 · page 4

The Chicago wheat corner is selling wheat at two dollars a bushel. It is believed the corner has made a profit of 3,000,000 dollars. There have beer several fallures outside the corner…

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Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 2

A MEETING to consider the advisability of establishing a butter factory is to be held at Laggan on Wednesday next. About eighteen months ago a meeting for the same object was…

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Wheat

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 2

OWING to the advance of 2- per quarter in England, as cabled during the past few days, the markets in all the Australian colonics have hardened considerably ; and the crop prospects…

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Washing Sheep

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 4

The impolicy of washing sheep is beginning to be recognised by wool-growere, as it has been for pome time by the manufacturers. It is an expensive…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 4

AT Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co.'s (limited) sale on Friday, only 986 bales of wool were actually offered at instructions. 1400 of the bales included in the original catalogue did not arrive in…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, Oct. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 4

The late advance for best marine combings is fully upheld, but the weakness is more pronounced for short, faulty, and scoured, except for the best grades of those classes…

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Pastoral, Finance, Trust, and Agency Co. of Australasia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 October 1888 · page 4

BY advertisement elsewhere it is notified that the time for receiving applications for shares in the above company has been extended to November 10. This resolution has been come to…

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Butter Factory for Laggan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 October 1888 · page 2

CROOKWELL, Wednesday.—A meeting was held at Laggan this afternoon, the object being to consider the advisability of establishing a butter factory. Pending further information…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 October 1888 · page 4

THE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, held their opening sale of wool for the current season in the Sydney market on Monday, and as the catalogue…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 October 1888 · page 2

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, report:—We held our third auction sale for the season on Wednesday, when we offered a catalogue of 1400 bales. The attendance of buyers was…

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Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 October 1888 · page 2

A MEETING to consider the advisability of forming a company to establish a butter factory was hold at Clancy's hotel, Laggan, on Wednesday afternoon. On the motion of Mr…

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Wheat Market

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 October 1888 · page 2

THE wheat market is steady. If warm weather continues, the harvest in the early districts of Victoria, will commence in about a month, Prime samples of wheat are at present worth…

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Some Wool-Growers' Fallacies

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 October 1888 · page 2

If you are not a wool-grower, don't waste your time rending this; if you are, read it, and rend the heading to suit yourself; read it as "Some Fullncies of "Wool-Growers," "or "The…

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Grain Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 October 1888 · page 4

THATCHING AND COVERING COVERING the grain stacks is a course too often neglected, and the loss resulting is considerable. All that has been said in…

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