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

Farming & the land, 1900

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Our Sheep

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 2

THE diminution in the flocks of the colony has been remarkable. In 1892 the number of sheep was estimated at 58,080,000, while in 1899 it was…

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Spray. Sheep in the East

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 5

A species of sheep in the East, common in Syria, are so encumbered by the weight of their tails that the shepherds fix a piece of thin board to the under…

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Wool Sales. London, Oct. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 4

At the wool auctions to-day there was a very spirited sale at the opening day's prices. It is reported from Bourke that the latest estimate gives about 600,000 sheep in the Bourke…

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Wool Sales. London, Oct. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 6

At the wool sales yesterday, Messrs. Buxton, Ronald, and Co., Messrs. C. Balme and Co., and Messrs. Jacomb and Sons offered 11,571 bales. Two-thirds of the amount was…

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Hindoo Dairymen

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 15 October 1900 · page 4

A [?]INDOO in the neighbourhood at Wyrallah has applied to the Lismore Bench for a dairyman’s [?] , and his application is under consideration. In…

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Local & General News. Manitoba Wheat

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 2

We have received from Mr. Henry Boswell a simple of Manitoba wheat. person wishing to see the wheat [?]ay do so by calling at this office. We…

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The Wool Sales. London, Oct. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 4

Up to Saturday there were catalogued 47,650 bales, and there were sold 44,954. Competition yesterday was brisk and prices were very firm…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Thursday, October 11, 1900. SHEEP

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 2

29,000 sheep and lambs were penned, consisting mostly of good quality, with many primes included and odd lots of shorns. The usual buyers were present,…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 October 1900 · page 3

There was an infrior selection of wools at the recent sales. Good parcels are very firm…

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Fodder Crops

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 October 1900 · page 1

Considering tile large development of the butter and dairying industry in our colony, and the immense capital invested in this great source of national wealth and…

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Wool, Grain,& Produce Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 2

The New Zeeland Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:— WOOL.—The position of the market arranged by the co[?] of prices for merino…

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Homebush Fat Stock Sales. Monday, October 15, 1900. SHEEP

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 2

Of sheep and lambs 15,234 were penned, the quality generally being very good, with a number of primes included. The usual buyers, including the Sydney…

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The Wool Hales Seventh Day London, Oct. 16

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 3

At the wool sales today an inform selection was offered. For good parcels prices Mere very firm. Oct, 17…

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Judging Dairy Cattle

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 6

In establishing a dairy herd the importance of using a sire descended from a deep-milking strain is admitted (remarks the Australasian), but even when such an animal is provided,…

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Wheat

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 4

MR. H. R. CARTER, Wheat Broker, Sydney, reports as follows:— There is practically no change in the local value of this cereal, which is quotable from…

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The Wool Sales. London, Oct. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day a poor selection was offered. For inferior sorts prices were irregular, but good lots were firm. The late Marquis of Bute bequeathed £100,000 to…

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Important to Farmers

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 October 1900 · page 4

As announcement appears in our business columns which will be .read with interest by the farming community. As all farmers are aware when their chaff, hay or straw…

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Estimate of the Wheat Crop

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 October 1900 · page 1

Mr. T . A. Coghlan, Government Statistician, has completed the compilation of his estimate of the probable area under crop during the present season. The following gives a comparison of the present…

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London Wool Sales

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1900 · page 3

At the wool sales there was good competition. Prises for greny were equal to the highest of the series. Scoured was elightly wanker…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 3

At the opening wool sales of the season in Sydney on Monday business was quite as brisk as was anticipated after the unfavourable news from London. There was good competition up to certain…

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