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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Melbourne wool market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 October 1899 · page 2

Greasy wool brought 15[?]d per lb at the Melbourne wool Bales yesterday; scoured 25[?]d per lb. These are both record prices…

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Sydney Wool Report

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 October 1899 · page 2

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd. ; Dalgety and Coy. Limited; Goldsbrough, Mort, and…

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Melbourne wool market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 2

At the Melbourne wool sales greasy is quoted at 16d and scoured at 24nd per lb…

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Sydney wool sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday greasy merino brought 16d, and seoured 24d per lb…

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Maffra Cattle Market

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 November 1899 · page 4

Messrs A. M'Lean and Co. report, under date Oct. 27:—Fat Cattle.—Heavy supply, small attendance of the trade; biddings dull; prices somewhat lower…

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The Bombala Co-Operative Dairying Co., Ltd

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the above Company, was held in the Bombala School of Arts on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of…

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Cancer and Cattle. British Medical Journal

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1899 · page 2

A contemporary has recently published a communication from Mr. Jasper More, M.P., stating that cancer in cattle is…

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Suggestions for Wool-classing

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 November 1899 · page 3

EACH fleece must be carefully skirted, so as to take off everything objectionable in the way of bellies, stained wool, burrs, etc., but leaving as large a fleece…

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The Sydney Wool Market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 3

The Sydney wool market yester day was very strong and active. The highest price paid for greasy was 16 1/4d per lb, and scoured 29 1/4d…

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Crop Prospects in India

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1899 · page 1

According to the latest reports, the Government will probably have to expend one million five hundred thousand rupees between now and the…

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Melbourne wool sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 2

Compaction at the wool sales in Melbourne is very animated. Greasy brought to 16¼d, and scored to 28¼d per [?]b…

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The Bombala Co-Operative Dairying Co. Ltd. Extraordinary General Meeting

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 2

The adjourned extraordinary general meeting of the above Company, for the purpose of dealing with a proposed alteration of the Articles of Association, was…

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Sheep poisoned in dipping

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 3

Eighty-two cattle out of 88 which were inoculated for tick died at Bundaberg, Queensland, after being put twice in the dip. The…

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A Sheep Mustering Case

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 December 1899 · page 2

Martin Engelman summoned Thomas Wren Faulkner, for having on 25th November mustered sheep without having given notice…

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The Sydney wool sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 December 1899 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales bidding is very spirited and prices are unchanged…

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Boer cattle losses

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1899 · page 3

Sir Redvers Buller believes the Boers lost eight hundred cattle near Ladysmith on November 9th…

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Argentine wool and wheat

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1899 · page 2

The wool clip of Argentine will represent 225,000 tons. The wheat, exportable, is two million tors…

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Sydney Wool Report. (Week ending Dec. 9, 1899.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1899 · page 2

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Dalgety and Coy. Limited; Gold brough,Mort, and…

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Dairy Notes

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 14 December 1899 · page 6

THE following is translated from the "Milk Times," the official organ in denmark:— Dr. Erchloff, the German Government…

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Wool Loading at Cooma. a Satisfactory Letter

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 December 1899 · page 2

Concerning the delays complained of by consignors of wool from the Cooma Railway Station, to which reference was made in these columns…

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