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

Farming & the land, 1896

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Salting Butter

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 4

Popular taste demands that there must be salt in butter. Then which is the best way to apply the salt? The ordinary process is to spread the salt…

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London Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 3

The sixth series of wool sales opened on Tuesday. Competition was brisk, at an advance of 5 per cent above the opening rates of the October series…

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The Wool Market

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 2

THE wool clip in the Yass district this year surpasses that of all previous years for weight and quality. Mr. F. W. Hume of Euralie, has an exceptionally heavy clip, and of a very superior…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 3

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that wool sides were held on Tuesday at the Wool Exchange, Macquaric-place, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8083 bales, and the…

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Commercial. the Wheat Market

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 3

(The Cootamundra "Herald" says):-- Farmers will not br able to blame us if they miss any opportunity of keeping themselves posted in wheat values; and, as a day may make a great…

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Advance in Price of Wool. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 3

By the Australian Mortage, Land, and Finance Company, Limited.--The sales opened with a large attendance of both home and foreign buyers and competition is very animated. For the bulk…

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London Wool Sales. Opening of the Sixth Series

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 November 1896 · page 3

London. November 24.--The sixth series of wool s ales opened to day. Competition was brisk, at an advance of 5 per cent. above the opening rates of the October…

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Pastoral and Agricultural

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 4

ACCORDING to the American Agriculturist the State of Utah is in a very flourishing state, and as far as agriculture goes is really a remarkable stale. The paper says that her…

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London Wool Sales. London, Nov. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 2

At the wool sales last evening business was very brisk, and prices showed a hardening tendency. Good shafty greasies and faulty scoured wools had most improvement. The present series will close on…

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London Wool Sales. London, Nov. 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 4

At the London wool sales this evening there was. a better sale, and the advance in prices was maintained. Mr. Harold C. Sleigh, of Melbourne, has given orders in Glasgow for the construction on the Clyde…

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The Crops in India. London, Nov. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 4

The Earl of Elgin, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, telegraphs to the home Government that following upon the recent rains the prospects of the crops show a great improvement in the Deccan…

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London Wool Sales

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 November 1896 · page 3

A private cablegram received states that at the wool sales combing, grassy, and medium scoured wools are ten per cent. dearer than the closing rates of last series…

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Rust Proof Wheat

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 December 1896 · page 2

Messrs. P. L. C. Shepherd and Son, seedsmen, of 202 Pitt-street, Sydney, have on exhibition in their window a sheaf of wheat of the white Tuscan type, which has been grown…

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London Wool Sales. London, Nov. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 December 1896 · page 2

At the London wool sales this evening the catalogue comprised a good selection. Prices remain unchanged. Nov. 29…

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The Wool Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 4

THE hardening prices of wool in the London market appear to have culminated in an advance equal to what was expected at the beginning of the present series of sales. The Pastoral Finance…

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London Wool Sales. London, Dec. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 2

At the wool sales this evening a choice selection of New South Wales wools was offered. Business was very animated. Dec. 2…

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London Wool Sales. London, Nov 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 4

At the London wool sales to-day a large election of the best wools was offered. Prices wore firm. The representatives of American houses were the chief buyers…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 2

At the wool sales during the week, the somewhat more favorable news received from London this week regarding the progress of the sixth series was reflected…

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The Prices for Burrowa Wool

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 2

The "A. Hume" wool, grown by Mr. Rawdon Hume, of Everton, near Yass, which topped the Sydney market last season, has achieved the same distinction this year, being sold on…

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The Crops in India

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 3

The Earl of Elgin, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, telegraphs to the home Government that the recent raine have greatly improved the prospects…

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