London Wool Sales
LONDON, August 13 — At the wool sales, today, about 10,500 bales were disposed of. Prices were firm, and there was an active demand. LONDON, August 14.—At the wool sales…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farming & the land, 1884
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Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral
Warm days, accompanied by a very generally diffused rainfall, have given the crops and pasture in most of the country districts an excellent start. In spite of the want of sufficient nourishment, the lambings will, it is expected,…
Continued on Trove, page 387 →Latest Pastoral News. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
Messrs. King and Co. report:—Cattle, 1156 yarded; quality better; bidding dull; prices in mest cases a little eaiser; prime bullocks, £14 to £466; good, £10 10s to £12, medium £8 10s to £10 10s; prince cows, £8 to £1; good,…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Sale of Stud Sheep in Corowa
The annual stud sheep sales were held after the show by Messrs. F. C. and A. A. Piggin. The biddings on the whole were rather slacker than usual. Some pairs of stud sheep were sold at satisfactory figures for Messrs. Gray and…
Continued on Trove, page 371 →The Wool and Produce Sales
LODON, August 20.—10,100 bales were sold to-day. For fine merino in the grease prices were 1/2d to 1d higher. Other sorts barely maintained former rates. Adelaide wheat, off the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report
WOOL.—The wool catalogues of the week have been of an unimportant character, chiefly comprising small lots of scoured and inferior greasy. For these, however, there was very fair competition, no doubt in some measure due to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Forbes Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Forbes
The annual show in connection with the Forbes Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Association was opened yesterday and continued to-day. The weather was all that could be desired, and the attendance was very fair on both…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Franco-chinese War. [By Cattle.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 22
Intelligence has been received from the East, announcing that the Chinese Government has forbidden the evacuatio[?] of Lang[?] Son, which was occupied by Chinese troop…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Weather, Wool, Movements of Stock. the Week's News in Brief
A WEEK of spring weather over most parts of the colony, although the reports from the mountain districts still indicate that [?]ost is about. But, as a whole, the weather has been of a mild and favourable…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Walter A. Wood's Twine Binder for the Coming Wheat Harvest
STRING binding reaping machines take no important a part in wheat harvesting now that it is as well to bring before our readers, especially those who are interested in labour-saving machines, the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Annual Sale of Stud Sheep at Havilah. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Mudgee
The fifth annual sale of the Havilah stud sheep was hell to-day, and despite the depressing iufluences of the past seasons, all the flock sheep offered were sold. A special train, under the superintendence of Mr. Fishburn, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wheat Market
LONDON, August 22.—The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated, at 1,800,000 quarters. Adelaide wheat is quoted at 38s per 4961b ex warehouse. New Zealand…
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Sale of 8866 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Charles Balme, and Co., on Wednesday, 4th June, 1884:- Fx Orontes, from Sydney: 8MP&Co. in diamond, 19 scoured combing at 20½d, 8 scoured at 15d; R in diamond, 83 scoured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Wool Sales
LONDON, August 23.—At the wool sales 115,861 bales have been catalogued since the opening of the series, of which quantity 7000 bales have been withdrawn. Competition among…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Sales
LONDON, August 22.—At the wool sales, to-day, about 10,800 bales were disposed of Prices were firm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Australian Sheep-breeders' Association Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Melbourne
Since its inauguration, six years ago, the above show [?] increased greatly in importance, and before long it should constitute the great vantage-ground not alone of Victorian sheep-breeders, but also of those belonging to the other,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep-Breeders' Show
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The seventh annual show in connection with the Australian Sheep breeders' Association, held in Goldsbrough's wool warehouse, was opened to-day by his Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stopping a Cattle Stampede
"ONE of the smartest things I ever saw in my travels," said a passenger from the. West, to a newspaper reporter, "was a cowboy stopping a cattle stampede. A herd of about six or eight hundred had got frightened at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London Wool and Produce Market
WOOL.—Under date London, 15th July, Messrs. Buxton, Ronald and Co. write:—"The interval which has clapsed since our last circular of the 12th ultimo has been unproductive of any material change for the better in the state of general business,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Wool-clip of 1883
NOTWITHSTANDING the extension of our railways, only 116,012,8941b. of wool were shipped from Sydney out of 171,146,0531b. produced in New South Wales during 1883. Over forty-and-a-half…
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