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

Farming & the land, 1889

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. LONDON, Sept. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 September 1889 · page 3

The aeries of Antwerp wool soles have now closed. Prices for superior to medium River Plate wool are firm, but inferior descriptions and lamb's wool show weakness in the rates…

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Sheep-breeding

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 2

ABOUT fifty years ago, when nearly all the sheep in Australia were in New South Wales, and they counted only thousands instead of the millions of to-day, some of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 6

F. L. Barker reports.:—I held my usual weekly sale on Wednesday. The attendance was large and biddings fairly brisk up to a shade below those lately ruling,…

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Sale of Store Cattle at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 3

BRAIDWOOD, THURSDAY.—Mr. W. J. Chapman held a spring sale of store cattle to-day. 1600 head were yarded. Competition for all good-conditioned lots was…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 4

Mr. F. L. Barker reports:—At my usual sale on Wednesday there was a large attendance of buyers, biddings were spirited, and most of the offerings changed owners at good rates, the…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON, Sept. 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 4

At the September series of the London wool sales, which opens on Tuesday, 275,000 bales will be offered…

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A Large Farm As Seen by an Old Farmer

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 4

A FEW weeks since I went over what I believe is the largest agricultural farm in South Australia, and propose to give the public the result of my inspection, and…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON, Sept. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 September 1889 · page 2

Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. and Jacomb, Son, and Co. opened the fourth series of London wool sales to-day with a catalogue of 8000 bales. There was a large attendance of the trade, and…

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The Euralie Pure-bred Sheep Sale

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 2

FINLAY & CO., of Goulburn, held an important bure-bred sheep sale last Friday, on account of Fred. W. Hume, Esq., Euralie, near Yass, the celebrity of this gentleman as a…

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The Wool Market. Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and CO.'s Report:-- Sydney, Wednesday

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 2

The London wool sales opened yesterday with a large attendance, and prices were in favor of sellers, some sorts showing an advance of a halfpenny on last series. The Sydney…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Sept. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 October 1889 · page 4

At the, wool sales good secured merinos are ½d to 1d above the July closing rates. Medium scoured and good greasy merinos show an advance of ½d, and fine crossbreds are from par to…

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Melbourne Wheat Carriage. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 October 1889 · page 4

SIR,—In my last letter, in reply to Mr. O'Sullivan's statement that our farmers could not compete with the Victorian farmers as they could get wheat brought by water for 4s per ton,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 October 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe on Tuesday held a sale of wool under the old conditions of sale. Competition was brisk. The catalogue comprised small fellmongers' lots, and sold up to 9 1/4d for…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 October 1889 · page 2

MR. F. L. BARKER reports:—Wool: Just previous to my sale on Wednesday news arrived from London of the very satisfactory state of the market there, and quoting a rise of ½d on greasy…

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The Wool Market. LONDON, Sept. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 October 1889 · page 4

The wool sales continue with prices firm and unchanged…

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The London Wool Sales. London, October 1

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 3

Compared with the closing rates of the July series of wool sales, the present sales show that an advance has been established in fine crossbreds of ½d. per lb. ; other…

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The Wool Market. LONDON, Oct. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 3

There is nothing to add to recent advices as regards the London wool soles now progressing. Values as last quoted still rule, and the market generally is unchanged…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON, Oct. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 3

Compared with the closing rates of the July series of wool sales, the present sales show that an advance has been established in fine crossbreds of ½d per 1b.; other crossbreds are…

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The Wool Market.—Prices Very Firm. LONDON, Oct. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 4

The tone of the sales of wool is very firm, especially for good merinoes. The Victorian Defences. LONDON, Oct. 3…

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Gunning Sheep Show and Horse Parade

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 2

THE spring sheep show and horse parade in connection with the Gunning Pastoral, Agricultural, and Industrial Society was (says the Goulburn Herald) held on the show-ground,…

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