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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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Wool Sales

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 6

MESSRS. Winchcombe, Carson &' Co. report:—The new wool year opened with a very firm market for all descriptions Our sale was particularly attractive…

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Record Sales of Cattle

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1902 · page 2

Among the many remarkable sales made at Homebush since the cattle famine set in, the most surprising were recently conducted by Pitt, Son, and…

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Winchombe, Carson & CO's Market Report. Wool. Sydney, 27th August 1902

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Market remains firm for all classes of scoured wools, though buyers are prepared to pay higher prices for any long sound stapled parcels, which…

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Bombala Co. Operative Dairying Co., Ltd. Annual Meeting

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1902 · page 2

The above meeting wes held in the School of Arts on Thursday afternoon. Mr. C. Murphy in the chair. The advertisement convening the…

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Chairman's Report. to the Shareholders of the Bombala Co-operative Dairying Co., Ltd

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1902 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—Owing to the fact that the factory ceased operations on the 31st March last your directors have little of interest to report to you except to draw your attention…

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Winchcombe, Carson and Co's Market Report. WOOL

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 2

The first of the new clip will be offered in Adelaide on Thursday the 25th inst. Those sales have attracted a large number of the regular Sydney buyers who are…

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Wool. October 1st, 1902

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 2

Winchcombe Cars[?]and Co. Ltd, report:—New wool is still coming to hand very slowly, and it seems certain that the quantity to be offered at the opening…

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Boer farmers visit Canada

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 October 1902 · page 2

M Joste and a party of Boer farmers are now in canada. They are investing the methods offering [?] fruit growing adopted in this…

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Winchcombe, Carson & Co's Market Report. WOOL. 15th October, 1902

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 2

No auctions were held during the current week but sales will be resumed on Monday 20th inst., and then will be carried weekly right through the series…

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Melbourne wool sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 2

At the wool sales in Melbourne yesterday the market, as compared with the opening sale last year, shows rise in merino of 15 to 20 per cent,…

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Conference of Dairy Directors. Suggested Reduction of Freight. Formation of an Association. Bega

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 31 October 1902 · page 3

A conference of factory directors, representative of the whole of the south-eastern part of the State, at the invitation of the directors of the Bega…

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General Cables. LONDON, Monday. London wool sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 November 1902 · page 2

The dates fixed for the sales of colonial wool in London next year are 20th January, 10th March, 5th May, 7th July, 15th September and…

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Wool Sales

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 6

MESSRS. Winchcombs, Carson & Co. report, under date Oct. 29:—We offered at to-day's sale 2394 bales wool and cold 2333 bales at auction and privately. The…

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The Markets Maffra Cattle Market

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 2

Messrs A. M'Loan and Co. report, under date Oct. 24:—Fat Cattle.—Small yarding; not many buyers present, and prices lower than previous week's high…

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Spoiling a Farmer

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 9

A Chleage business man recently utilised a rather unique method of dismissing an employee. His bookkeeper had formerly been a farmer and had came to Chicago to…

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Australian wheat in South Africa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1902 · page 4

The State Minister for Agriculture has received from Mr Valder, Commercial Agent for New South Wales…

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Sam M'Gaughey, the World's Wool King

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 3

IN the Riverina the other day, a "Catholic Press" representative met on the road over 50,000 sheep going in search of grass to the mountain country. The…

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Melbourne wheat market

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1902 · page 2

The Melbourne wheat market is hardening, Saturday's quotations giving 5a 8½d per [?]…

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Brief Hints to Dairy Farmers. M. A. O'callaghan in the "Agricultural Gazette."

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1902 · page 4

Never send milk from a newly-calved cow to the factory until after the seventh milking. The food from which the…

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London Wool Sales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1902 · page 2

At the wool sales in London on Saturday business was of a very excited nature. Prices were exceedingly firm…

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