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

Farming & the land, 1899

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London Wool Sales. a Great Advance

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 2

LONDON. Tuesday.—The third series of London colonial wool sales for the current year opened to-day. The market was greatly excited, and an advance in prices…

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Seed-wheat

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 2

In consequence of the number of inquiries received for seed-wheat Mr. J. L. Henderson, stock inspector, applied to the department for instructions and received the…

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Does Wool Increase in Weight

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 4

THIS question was asked of a well-known shipping man by a Sydney Morning Herald representative who had been informed that quite a…

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Wool Sales. Twenty Per Cent. Advance

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 2

London, May 2. The wool sales commenced to-day. The market was very excited. Prices showed an advance of from 15 to 20…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 4

THE board for inquiring into the best available means for remedying tuberculosis in cattle has not yet been officially appointed. Several gentlemen who have been asked to…

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Seed Wheat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 4

REPRESENTATIONS having been made to Mr. J. L. Henderson, Goulburn Stock Inspector, by farmers desirous of obtaining seed wheat from the Government he wrote to headquarters concerning the…

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Wool Sales. London, May 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 5

The third, series of wool sales which opened yesterday with advances up to 20 per cent. on last closing rates, wore continued to day. The competition at to-day's auctions was animated,…

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Increase In the Price of Wool. What Sydney Merchants Say

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

As appears in another column, at the big sales which commenced in . London on .Tuesday, there was a general increase of from 15 to 20 per cent in the price of wools. A representative of the…

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To Our Farmers, Graziers, and Selectors

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—It is to be hoped that none of the above will allow themselves to be influenced by the absurd and childish statements now being made…

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State Butter Competitions

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

MR. Cook, Minister for Agriculture has received from the judges a statement showing the points gained by each competitor…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

THE Sydney Wool Selling Br[?]kers' Association, for week ending May 6th, 1899, report as follows. Wool. -- The news of the opening of the London May sales, at an advance of 15 to 20 per cent in…

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Wool Sales. London, May 5

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

The wool market to-day was animated, Prices were unchanged. May 6. The following prices were realised: -- Galdon,…

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COMMERCIAL. Yass, Monday. Farmers Produce Market

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

BUSINESS has not been so animated during the past week, and further showers are anxiously looked forward to in order, that the beneficial effect of the recent rains may not be lost…

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Sheep Stealing. Suggested Checks on the Practice. Gundagai

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 2

Many pastoralists of this district believe that a systematic robbery of sheep has been perpetrated. The muster at shearing time shows alarming shortages in nearly every flock. Last week Mr…

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Wool Sales

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 2

THE Sydney wool sales were resumed on Tuesday, after a month’s interval. The supply was rather better than had been anticipated, but the demand was as strong,…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 4

IN consequence of the great rise in the London wool market exceptional interest was taken in the Sydney wool sales held on Tuesday. As the result proved, buyers responded to the upward movement…

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State Butter Competitions

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 4

THE Minister for Agriculture has received from the judges a statement showing the points gained by each competitor in the above on the day…

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The Farm. Useful Outdoor Paints

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 4

When farm buildings are kept in good repair, and neatly painted, it may be taken as as infallible sign that the farm is well managed, the owner…

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Wollonbar Experimental Farm

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 6

A VISIT has just been paid by Mr. Cook, minister for agriculture, to the Wollonbar Experimental Farm, in the Richmond River district. A sum…

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