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Farming & the land, 1889

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Brands on Wool Ba[?]. To the Editors of the Ar[?] E[?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—I have just some across the following sentences in an English newspaper; "In Peterborough there was [?] Unionist majority. The railway m[?]…

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The London Wool Market. Higher Prices

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1889 · page 4

LONDON, November 26.—At the London wool sales to-day Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. and Messrs. Helmuth, Schwartze, and Co. disposed of 60,500 bales, five-sixths…

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Wool Report. Sydney, Nov. 23, 1889

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1889 · page 7

MESSRS. J. H. Geddes & Co. report that they offered a catalogue of 1912 bales at their ninth weekly wool sale yesterday, comprising some bright, light, shafty…

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The Wool Market. London, Nov. 27

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1889 · page 4

IN the wool market the rates of the opening sales continue to be well maintained, and even in some instances exceeded. There is excited competition, the bulk of…

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To-day's Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1889 · page 4

WE (Harrison, Jones, & Devlin) offered 4200 bales. There was a large attendance, and, under spirited competition, we sold 3700 bales at excellent prices. Greasy…

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Fattening Sheep for Market

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1889 · page 3

IN some localities, under certain conditions, the fattening of sheep for market can very often be made profitable. Like the keeping of another kind of stock, it…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney, Nov. 25, 1889

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1889 · page 4

MESSRS. J. H. Geddes & Co. report that at their tenth weekly sale yesterday they experienced keener competition for their large catalogue than during any other sale…

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The Bob-tail Sheep Dog

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1889 · page 3

THIS variety has little in common with the collie dog, and is a rare companion for people in the higher class of society, as his homely and…

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Latest Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 December 1889 · page 4

WE (Harrison, Jones, & Devlin, Ld.) offered 3500 bales to-day. Competition was very strong, but, owing to cablegrams reporting a decline of 5 per cent, in…

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Seed Wheat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1889 · page 8

SHRUNKEN wheat is not necessarily the product of a wheat plant, for oftener than otherwise a plant of more than average thrift bears shrunken grains. Some…

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Commercial Intelligence. the Wool Market. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1889 · page 4

TO-DAY'S wool sales closed with prices slightly below the highest of the series. The next series opens on January 28…

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To Salt Butter

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 6

IT should be completed before the hot weather comes on. If it is to be kept for several months it will be necessary to put a good deal of salt in it—1 oz. of salt to 1…

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The Boom in Wool. a Rise of £2,000,000

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1889 · page 3

PEOPLE seem for the first time to realise that another boom had set in, this time in connection with out staple product wool. Telegrams were received early in…

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