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

Farming & the land, 1888

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 October 1888 · page 4

At the auction sales on Friday 4448 bales were offered, and competition being brisk 3868 bales were quitted, as will be soon by the following report:—Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 November 1888 · page 2

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, report having offered 3300 bales wool at auction on Wednesday to a crowded attendance of English, foreign, and American buyers…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 November 1888 · page 4

At the auction wool sales on Monday there was brisk competition. 6304 bales were offered, and 4931 bales were sold. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report having submitted a…

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The Wheat Crop of 1888

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 November 1888 · page 4

ON this subject, winch is attracting much attention at the present time, owing to the probability of a considerable deficiency in the world's supply of wheat,…

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Butter Factory at Laggan

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 November 1888 · page 2

THE committee appointed by the public meeting held at Mr. Claney's on the 22nd ultimo met on Monday last. They reported having visited the site for the proposed factory at…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 November 1888 · page 2

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, report:—On Monday our catalogue contained 2,303 bains wool, the bulk of which were in the grease and were of medium…

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Sydney Wool Sales. the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company's Report. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 November 1888 · page 2

We offered for sale yesterday, 3000 bales, and sold 2700 bales at auction, and privately. There was a large attendance, and a spirited competition. Greasy wool sold un to 18¼d…

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Dairy Inspection

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 November 1888 · page 2

SUB-INSPECTOR FENTON of Goulburn visited Crookwell on Tuesday last and inspected the dairies of Messrs. Robert Bensley and William Bensley, Westwood Farm. He found…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 November 1888 · page 4

MESSRS. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited at their tenth sale of the season on Friday, offered a catalogue of 3036 bales of wool, and report having sold at…

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The Farmer of the Future the Value of Irrigation.“what to Do with Our Boys ! ”

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 November 1888 · page 4

THERE be many dreamers amongst us, and doubtless, in a materialistic age, we need them all ;but in presence of the man of action, before whose will the thought…

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Spdney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 November 1888 · page 4

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report having submitted a catalogue of 3554 bales wool at their sale on Monday. There was a very numerous attendance of buyers from all quarters,…

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The Wheat Crop

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 November 1888 · page 2

THIS year's wheat yield throughout the whole world is estimated to be 5 per cent, below the average in quality, that is to say the flour obtained from a quarter of wheat will be 5 per…

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Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 November 1888 · page 2

AN adjourned meeting was hold at Laggan on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock, composed of shareholders and others interested in the formation of the proposed…

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Brighter Prospects for the Wheat Grower

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 November 1888 · page 2

UNDER the above heading an article appears in the Daily Telegraph of Monday last, It quotes a Mr. Bear, whose contention is, "that the foreign wheat, with the possible exception of…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Wednesday. Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Report :—

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 November 1888 · page 2

We offered an attractive catalogue of wool to-day amounting to 3100 bales, and had a most Successful sale. The attendance was very large and the prices obtained were the best of…

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London Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 4

SINCE the close of the last series of the wool sales the market has been quiet, The number of bales privately disposed of amounts to 1600. Values are slightly firmer…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 3

GOLDSBROUGH, MORT, AND Co. report having held their eleventh auction sale for the season on Wednesday, when they submitted a well-assorted catalogue,…

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Victorian Farmers' Protection Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Farmers' Protection Association on Wednesday evening adopted a manifesto to guide the farmers in voting at the next general election. The…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 November 1888 · page 2

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report having offered a catalogue of 3826 bales wool at their weekly sales on Monday. There was a numerous representative attendance of buyers,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 November 1888 · page 4

JOHN BRIDGE report:—For my weekly wool sale on Tuesday I brought forward a catalogue of 1400 bales. An extremely large attendance of buyers and brisk competition throughout enabled…

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