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Farming & the land, 1840

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Wool Sales. 536 Bales Australian Wool. 28 Bales Port Phillip Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1840 · page 2

Ex " Duchess of Kent" from Sydney—E over C C. S at 1s Sd, 5 1s 7d; 1 1s 5d, 1 1s; R C. 9 1s Sd, 1s ls Chd, 7 1s 4, 4 ls shd, 3 ls Sd, I 1s 7d, 3 ls 8hd. 1'locks, 1s 2hd; Eover CC in…

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Price Current of Colonial Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1840 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Herald

For Australian flocks, first-rate Clothing, in fair condition, Is. 10 to Is. 4d.; first ditto, dry and dusty, Is. 7d. to 2s. 9d; second ditto ditto, ditto, Is. 4d. to is. 7d.; Lambs' ordinary,…

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Wool Markets—saturday, Feb. 15

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1840 · page 2

LIVERPOOL.—Foreign Several sales have occurred this week it. Spanish and Portugal Wool, and a fair demand was experienced for East India, Russia, and low classe generally, at steady prices ;…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser. Friday Morning, June 26, 1840. Nothing extensive, nor ought set down in malice. SHAKESPEARE. Wool Trade

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1840 · page 2

We have great pleasure in congratulating bur wool growers on their improved prospects. There is every probability of a favourable spring trade, for the woollen manufacture; and if this be…

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Wool

The Sydney Herald · Monday 29 June 1840 · page 4

FROM the Liverpool Courier, of the 26th February, we extract the following information of the Wool Market. WAKERIRLD. There has been a fair…

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Australian Wool

The Sydney Herald · Monday 29 June 1840 · page 4

We have been kindly favored by several mercantile houses, with a continuation of the account sa[?]es of Australian wool, the commencement of which appeared in our…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Herald · Monday 29 June 1840 · page 4

Account Sales of 1024 bales Australian Wools sold by Loughnan & Hughes, January 31, 1840. Ex Andromache; from Sydney — JC, 4, damaged, 1s 7d; 4,3 bags damaged, 1s 7½d; 4, 3 bags…

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Home Wool Markets—feb. 26

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 30 June 1840 · page 2

WAKEFIELD.—There has been a fair demand for deep combing wools this week, at rather reduced sates; clothing and blanket wools move slowly, and prices for some weeks past are without variation…

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English Extracts. Price Current of Colonial Wool

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 30 June 1840 · page 1

For Australian flocks—First-rate combing, none; first-rate clothing, in fair condition, 1s. 10d. to 2s. 4d.; first-rate clothing, dry and dusty, 1s. 7d. to 1s. 9d.; first rate clothing, scoured, none;…

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London Wool Sales

The Colonist · Wednesday 1 July 1840 · page 3

SALE of 1024 bags of Australian Wool, by Messrs Loughman and, Hughes, at London, on the 31st to January, 1840:— Ex Andromache—J. C. & Co., 1 bag, at 9½d per…

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Liverpool Wool Sales

The Australian · Thursday 2 July 1840 · page 2

We have been favoured, by Mr E. Lee, with the account sales of wool of the 20th March, consisting of 1315 bales Australian, 74 Tasmanian, and 11 Port Phillip, per…

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Wool Sales. The letter in denotes a Half-penny. Account Sales of 669 bales of Australian Wool, sold by Southey and Son, Feb. 3

The Australian · Thursday 2 July 1840 · page 2

Ex Duchess of Kent, from Sydney—JH, 9, is 6d, 5, is 7hd, 20, 1s ohd; 5. 1s 4hd, 2, damaged, 1s 1d, 1Th, 8, 1s 7hd; 4, 1s 6d; 12, 1s 5hd. Fk, 5, 1s 7d; 2 1s 6d, H & H over F. 2. 1s 7d, 1…

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Important to Farmers and Graziers. Growth of Wool

The Sydney Herald · Friday 3 July 1840 · page 1

Thomas Bigg, Chemist, &c., 15, Crawfordstreet, Partman-square, London, begs to call the attention of Farmers and Graziers to his valuable Sheep Dipping Composition, for curing of the…

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Cure of the Scab in Sheep

The Sydney Herald · Friday 3 July 1840 · page 1

SIR,—In reply to a subscriber to your valuable paper for a receipt for dipping sheep I with pleasure send him one I have used for twelve years, and found it answer very well. Take ½[?]b. [?], ½1b. sulpher…

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State of the Wool Market

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1840 · page 3

MARCH 20.—At Leeds, there was a little more animation in the foreign wool market, but prices remained without variation. It the English wool market anies continued dull, though stocks were light for the season, and prices were a shade lower…

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Liverpool Wool Sales. MARCH 21, 1840

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1840 · page 2

The public sales of Colonial and other Wools commenced yesterday, and were concluded to day, the total quantity. offered was 3692 bales, and the sales amount to 2044 bales; as at foot,…

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Liverpool Wool Sales

The Sydney Herald · Monday 6 July 1840 · page 5

On Friday, the 20th March, there were brought to public sale 1,468 bales Australian, and 85 bales Tasmanian and Port Phillip Wool; also, about 2,000 bales of various descriptions, comprising…

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Cure of the Scab in Sheep

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1840 · page 4

SIR,--In reply to a subscriber to your valuable paper for a receipt for dipping sheep I with pleasure send him one I have used for twelve years, and found it answer…

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Wool

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1840 · page 1

We have been kindly favored by Edward Lord, Esq., with the following Liverpool account sales, and other intelligence respecting Colonial Wool:—…

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