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

Farming & the land, 1894

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The London Wool Sales. London, May 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 4

At the London wool sales yesterday there was a good attendance, and spirited bidding. The Walsh clip realised 13½d per lb. The Daily News states that the Parnellites…

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Taxing the Farmer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1894 · page 4

THE land value tax (not area tax), as advocated by land taxers and the extreme section' the single taxers, would not tax the tenant farmer at all; indeed, it would relieve…

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Australian Butter. London, May 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 4

The Dutch are packing margarine for export to England in boxes similar in shape to those in which butter is brought from Australia…

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Carriage of Butter for New South Wales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 3

WE (Sydney Herald) understand that the communications passing between the steam companies and the exporters of butter from New South Wales are likely to result in a…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 4

At the current London wool sales 116,000 bales have been sold to date. Good combings remain steady, but interior combings and crossbreds are irregular to price…

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Another Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 2

ON last Monday week a meeting was held at the residence of Mrs. A. McLachlan, Woodhouselee, to take stops to form a butter factory. There was a good…

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The Butter Export Trade

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 2

IN the history of all successful branches of production there comes a time when the local market is no longer able to grapple with the increased supply, and the…

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Books Ahead for N. S. W. Butter Trade

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 4

NEVER, since the earliest days of husbandry, has butter been so largely manufactured or widely used as at present. For the past few years…

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N. S. Wales Dairy Farmers Export Association

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 3

THE following is the grader's report:-- Large quantities of butter for export are doming forward, white the quality shows a marked improvement. The want of…

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The Potato Crop

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 3

REPORTS to hand show that that the potato crop in this district promises to be a very large one this year, the yields in some instances being wonderful. Mr. Robert Howland, of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 2

THE fortnightly Sydney wool sales were resumed on Wednesday. There was the usual attendance of buyers, and, although some irregularity in prices was still reported, especially in the case of medium…

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New South Wales Dairy Farmers' Export Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 4

THE following is the grader's report:—Gentlemen,—I have to report for the week ending May 12th the consignments of butter now coming forward show a general falling-off; still the supply is…

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Sheep Directors

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 2

A MEETING of the Board of Sheep Directors for the sheep district of Young, under the Diseases in Sheep Acts, was held at the Stock Office, Young, on…

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Butter Factory at Woodhouselee

Goulburn Herald · Friday 18 May 1894 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT of the Crookwell Gazette reports that a well attended meeting was held at Woodhouselee on 7th instant to initiate a butter factory for the district. Mr. R. F…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 6

MR. F. R. WILSHIRE, the Berrima Police-Magistrate, has written a long letter to the Moss Vale Scrutineer on the 19 years Australian cycle theory, at which periods severe…

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Sheep Directors

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 4

A MEETING of the Board of Sheep Directors for the sheep district of Young, under the Diseases in Sheep Acts, was held at the Stock Office, Young, on Monday, 14th instant…

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The Butter Company

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 2

A MEETING of the provisional directors, or committee of the Young Butter and Dairy Produce Company was held at Mr. C. Wright’s office on Thursday. Mr. J. A. Mackinnon occupied the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 4

THE wool sales were resumed on Thursday. Competition was fairly active up to buyers' limits, but prices showed no improvement. Some important and attractive clips of…

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The Farmers and Dairymen's Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 4

THE commodious premises in Harris-street, Ultimo, recently built by the Farmers and Dairymen's Co-operative Milk Company for a metropolitan factory and storehouse, were…

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Calabash Farmers’ Union

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 2

A MEETING of the above-named union was held at the residence of Mr. M. O’Dea, Nine-mile, on Saturday, May 12. There was a fair attendance of members…

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