London Wool Sales
Sale of 151 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by R. W. Ronald and Sons. Ex Windsor Castle: T Eve, 1 scoured at 21½d, 4 combing ata 21d, 2 at 19d, 1 mixed at 15½d, 1 at 14½d, 1 pieces at 10d…
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Commercial. [Griffiths and Co's Wool Report.]
Almost immediately after the publication of our last report, fresh telegrams arrived from London correcting the quantity reported withdrawn in the last sales from 125,000 bales to 62,100. Even the reduced quantity is remarkably large, and from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Telegrams. Ex-Priest Chiniquy at WolL[?]geng—The Dairymaid
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. —The Rev. Mr. Chiniquy lectured in the School of Arts here last right to a large audience; subject—Why he left the Church of Borne. The Hex. J. A. Stuart…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Price for Wool
A small lot of thirteen bales superior washed wool from the Mudgee district was sold at Ma[?]urs. Mort and Co's. auction sale yesterday, at as high as 83d per lb for fleece, other portions of the lot bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep and Cattle Sale Yards. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Time rolls on and it is quite evident that we shall have to pass another winter, selling cattle knee deep in mud. Just at a time when one begins to think something will at last be done, a cry is got up that the Corporation of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral
Again do the pastoral reports present a cheerful view, and speak of fine pastures and well-conditioned stock. There is but one exception, that of Narrabri, where the grasshoppers are eating off many paddocks. A few cases of pleuro are…
Continued on Trove, page 781 →The Grazier. Sheep Breeding on Farms
IN our issue of the 9th instant, page 879, one of our subscribers, R. C. (Young) asked—"What kind and class of sheep do you think would suit small farmers, taking all things into consideration?"…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A Great Cattle Sale
A sale, or rather three sales, of shorthorns, were, held at Stone-cross, Ulverston, Lancashire, during the third week of September. The first herd, the properly of Mr. Alex,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Cattle for Australia
Despite the asseverations of the advocates of perpetual prohibition that foreign strains were unnecessary to improve the herds and flocks of Australia, there are some breeders who already have some choice animals…
Continued on Trove, page 774 →A New Sheep Protector
Now that many settlera are engaging in sheep farming on a limited scale, we think the following notice and illustration of a new sheep protector well worthy of consideration. For many obvious reasons it is very…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society
From the Hobart Town Mercury we learn that the fourth annual exhibition of this society was opened on the 23rd ultimo on the grounds of Hobartville, New Town, kindly placed at the disposal of the society for the occasion by the…
Continued on Trove, page 774 →Commercial. Wool Sales.—wednesday
By Messrs. Mort and Co.—Wool: JB over M, 1 bag wool and skins at 4d, 2 broken at 5¼d: RK over [?] in diamond, 1 pieces at 8¼d; LF over C, 1 lambs at 9¾d, 2 locks at 7d; M2G, 1 bale grease at 6¾d; AS over Burradah,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Western Wool Clip
From all sides we (Dubbo Dispatch) hear excellent accounts of the season's wool clip. The quantity of wool out has been greater than the most a[?]ngnine expected. To give some ides of the splendid yield, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Wool Market
We (Yass Courier) have noticed that Mr. G. Merriman's wool has passed through the town for the railway station, and we were pleated to learn that the whole of it was being sent to the Sydney market this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victorian Wool Market
MELBOURNE. Saturday.—Messrs. H astings, Cunningham and Co. report that they of fend, on Friday, 2700 bales of wool for sale, and sold 2080 at quotations equal to those of last report. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clothing and Combing Wool. To the Editor
SIR,—Looking over the abstract of Messrs. Mort and Co.'s wool sales in the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL of the 26th of October, I observed wool classed or sold as super combing, first clothing, &c. Would you…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →English Trade Circulars. "Wool. [Willans, Overbury and Co.] September 27
During the month which has elapsed since the dispatch of the last mail the colonial wool market has become sensibly weaker. From time to time a temporarily larger attendance imparted greater spirit to the biddings, but the advance quoted soon after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Splendid Crops in the West
We haw now (remarks the WESTERN INDEPENDENT) the most delightful weather imaginable, perhaps a trifle too hot for some folks, but just the weather to bring out a most abundant harvest. A shower…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather and the Crops
The metropolis has been favoured with one fine week, with an even and slightly high temperature, the maximum being 83 degrees. Our table of rainfall shows that there have been light rains in some…
Continued on Trove, page 781 →Mudgee Farmers' Association
The prize schedule for the first annual exhibition of the Mudgee Farmers and Free Selectors' Association, which will be held on the 19th, 20th, and 21st of March next year, is for a maiden effort one of the most creditable…
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