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

Farming & the land, 1893

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Taralga Show. Farmers' Dinner

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 2

As briefly mentioned in last issue the usual farmers' dinner in connection with the annual show of the Taralga Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Association was held at the…

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Cable News. the Butter Market. London, Mar. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

In the London market the prospects of Victorian butter are being interfered with by Danish competition. Increased shipments of Danish butter are being received, and this is having the effect of…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. London, March 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

The Antwerp wool sales have closed. The business done was small, and the sales closed with prices on an upward tendency. James Stanbury, of Sydney, champion carsman…

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Rabbits V. Sheep

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 7

WHITTON, Saturday.—The country is greatly overstocked throughout Riverina generally, consequently sheep are sold and given away. In other…

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The Goulburn Agricultural. Pastoral, and Horticultural Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 6

THE thirteenth annual show of the above opened on Thursday under most unfavourable auspices. In the morning a thick drizzle occasionally blew up and effectually damped all things not under shelter…

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Exodus of Victorian Farmers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 March 1893 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday—A number of Victorian farmers are abandoning their colony owing to excessive protection, and are acquiring land in the Riverina district for agricultural purposes. Several…

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How About the Seed Wheat?

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1893 · page 4

THE commencement of another wheat season raises the question again of which is the best seed to sow. Reference is not made in this paper so much…

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American Frog-farming

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1893 · page 4

A new industry is said to have sprung up quite recently in America, that of frog-farming, and it is reported to be most prosperous and lucrative. It would appear that…

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Farmers' Sons on the Farm

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1893 · page 3

MR. ANDERSON, Director of Agriculture, during a recent visit to Wagga, addressed a large and appreciative audience at the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 2

THE fortnightly wool sales were resumed on Tuesday. There was the usual attendance of buyers. Spirited competition attended the proceedings, and nearly the whole of the wool offering…

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London Wool Market. London, March 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 2

The wool market is firm, and it is expected that wool will shortly experience a rise of ½d per 1b The will of the last Sir Andrew-Barclay Walker, Bart, the chairman of directors of the brewery firm…

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Purchases of Show Cattle

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1893 · page 3

A SALE cattle was held at the agricultural show-ground, Sydney, on Saturday. Buyers were few, and the bidding languid. Among the purchasers were the following:—Mr…

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The Wool Sales. London, April 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 April 1893 · page 2

The arrivals of wool to date amount to 451,574 bales. The quantity sent forward direct is 120,000 bales, and the total quantity available for the next sales is 358,000 bales…

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The Wool Sales. London, April 5

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 3

The arrivals of wool to date amount to 451,574 bales. The quantity sent forward direct is 120,000 bales, and the total quantity available for the next sales is…

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The Wool Sales.—a General Advance in Prices. London, April 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 4

Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. and Jacomb, Son, and Co. opened to-day the now series of London wool sales, when catalogues comprising 13,868 bales wore submitted. The attendance of…

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Victorian Dairy Produce. London, April 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 2

Mr. D. Wilson, the dairy expert sent to London by the Victorian Government in order to study the conditions of the batter and cheese trade, to-day opened, in the presence of the whole London experts…

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The London Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. At the London wool sales, which were continued to-day, the following prices were realised : --Atlas Works, 8½d per lb ; Suitor Boyd, 9¼d;…

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London Wool Sales. London, April 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 4

The total quantity of wool which has been catalogued to date is 54,800 bales. The total quantity sold is 52,600 bales. The sales continue with a brisk demand and firm…

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The Baby-Farming Case

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 2

THE cases of John and Sarah Makin, sentenced to death for the murder of an infant, was considered by the executive council yesterday. It was decided that in the cane of the husband…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 4

THE fortnightly local wool auctions were resumed on Tuesday. Notwithstanding that London cables advise the market for merino wools slightly weaker, and that the advance which has marked the current…

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