Dressing Wheat for Market
The price of wheat is at the present time a subject of the greatest importance to the farmers of the colony, and a rise or fall of 6d. or 9d. per bushel makes the difference between,…
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Prospects of a Rise in Wheat
Me. Thomas C. Scott has a word of comfort for the English farmer. He advises him to keep his corn, believing that before long the price will go up. He states, upon the authority…
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The real secret of the success now attending American farming is, says the Live Stock Journal,' very simple. It lies in the present momentary, free command of virgin soil which…
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Mr. T. F. Patterson and Co, of Ulonga, have sold 16,000 two-tooth wethers to Messrs. M 'Donald, Smith, and Co., of Gurley. Wilkinson, Graves, Minchin, and Lavender,…
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MESSRS. R. GOLDSBROUGH and Co. report:—Wool. —Owing to the holidays there has been no business doing this week. On Wednesday next, the 7th inst., we shall resume our auction sales, and shall have a…
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Messrs. Mort and Co. to Advertiser:—Sold 2300 bales this week at up to 12½d for light greasy and 22d. for washed fleece. Competition was active for superior lots…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the Week. Gundagai Police Court. Friday, January 2Nd. (Before Mr. Love, P.M., and Dr. McKillep.) Breach of Sheep Act
Albert John Francis Hallynan was charged with mustering sheep for shearing without having given due notice to John Roche, of Chidowla, the adjoining runholder…
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350 fat bullocks, the property of Mr. Gardiner, of the Macquarie River, were [?]amped at North Wagga last night. These cattle have all the appearance of having been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International Wool Show. (Echo.)
THE judges in the wool section, after a long rest, assembled on Saturday afternoon to complete their labours, and before dusk succeeded in working through the long wool and…
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MESSRS. MORT AND Co. report.—Wool—Our catalogue for this week's sale included 3700 bales. Competition was active for good-conditioned greasy and well-washed fleece, and we quitted over 2600 bales at…
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Eight thousand mixed sheep, the property of Mr. F. Jenkin's, of Buckingbong, passed Wagga Wagga last Monday, bound for Nottingham Forest—a summer run…
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MESSRS. R. GOLDSBROUGH AND CO. report:—WooL —We catalogued 4384 bales for our sale to-day, and gold 8236 bales. The biddings opened with spirit, and competition was spirited throughout, late intes being…
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Messrs. Mort and Co. to Advertiser:—Morl's wool catalogues this week comprised upwards of 5000 bales. There was a large attendance, and the demand was brisk…
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Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:—We have this week sold 3800 bales wool at firm prices, competition being brisk; greasy realised from 6d to. 123/8d.; inferior to good…
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The following extract from an old book on agricultural subjects, we clip from 'The Queenslander:—"The practice of (steeping seed corn, which has of late been so greatly…
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The following sheep crossed the bridge yesterday:—8650 mixed sheep, the property of Messrs. Dight aud Mackay, travelling from Stoney Park, near Howlong, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and the English Wheat Market. (Hamilton Spectator, January 6.)
SIXTY shillings per ton is now the current quotation for freight of wheat and flour to England, and in consequence the highest price obtainable for wheat…
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Messrs. Harrison, Jones and and Devlin report: —Our sales since last week comprise over 2000 bales. The market keeps firm, and good competition prevails for all descriptions…
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Messrs. MORT AND Co. report.—Wool.—Our catalogues this week comprised 5100 bales. For good lines of greasy and washed fleece the demand was well maintained, and we realised up to 11¾g per lb for the former…
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(The Agents from whom we derive the information are responsible for the statement of agency emplyoed in each transaction reported in this column.) Mr. R. J. Gilman has sold and delivered…
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