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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1887

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The London Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 11,600 bales were offered. The market is quieter. The total quantity sold was 177,800 bal s. All quealities of wool…

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Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1887 · page 5

WOOL: Yesterday Shere wore 13,300 bales catalogued. Market irregular. To-day 12,500 catalogued. Market quiet…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 5

The wool sales closed to-day with firm rates and more brisk competition. Some 280,000 bales have been sold during the series; 20,000 bales were…

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The Wool Trade of 1886

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 12

THE year just passed has been noticeable for the extraordinary rise and fal in wool. In the United Kingdom for many years past there has been no…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1887 · page 5

The next series of wool sales will commence on 22nd March. No limit has been placed by the importers' committee on the quantity to be offered…

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Land Under Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1887 · page 10

THE improved land in 1880 was but 15 per cent. of the total area, but even then, according to Mulhall, it produced 30 per cent. of the grain of the…

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The Area of American Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1887 · page 3

The farms of America comprise 837,628 square miles, an area nearly equal to one-fourth of Europe, and larger than the four greatest European…

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English Wool for 1886

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1887 · page 5

OUR wool clip for 1886 has been estimated by the compilers of the useful annual wool tables published by the Bradford Observer at 136,544,876lbs…

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The Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1887 · page 4

DALGETY & Co. write from Lombard-street, London, 27th January, as follows:—The first, series of colonial wool sales opened on the 25th inst., with an estimated available total…

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Wool Merchants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1887 · page 5

The qualification for admission to membership in the Colonial Wool Merchants' Association have been considerably relaxed, and the society will…

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The American Grain Crop of 1886

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 2

THE estimates recently completed by the Department of Agriculture of the area, product, and value of corn, wheat and oats show that the corn crop for…

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Proposed Bounty on English-grown Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1887 · page 6

A MEETING of the Council of the Central and Associated Chambers of Agriculture was held recently at the Society of Arts, London, under the presidency…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1887 · page 5

The second series of colonial wool auctions opened to-day. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers, and competition was fairly…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1887 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 9800 bales were offered. The market is firmer…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1887 · page 5

The wool catalogued is 10,500 bales, making a total of 29,400 bales. During the series prices have been firmly maintained. The withdrawals…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1887 · page 4

Wool, catalogued, 10,500 ba[?]. The market is film…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1887 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.; Limited, report under, date 17th February:—The first series of wool sales for this year, which opened on the 25th ultimo, closed this evening. The…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 5

Wool catalogued, 11,200 bales There is a good competition…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1887 · page 5

AT the wool sales, to-day 10,400 bales were offered. The market is firm…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. the Wool Auctions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 April 1887 · page 5

The colonial wool auction closes on the 23rd…

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