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Farming & the land, 1896

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Wagga Sheep Tests

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 17

The following are the results of the sixth Wagga sheep tests: Petersen and Sargood, of Wunnamurra, first, with a fleece rained at 21s 9d; the representatives of the late R. Howley, of Yabtree, second, with…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 24.—Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, firm at 29s 9d per quarter; Melbourne wheat, ex warehouse, quiet at 29s 9d; New Zealand long-berried is…

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Victorian Wheat Shortage

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 163

A deputation from the Operatives and Millers' Association urged the Minister for Customs on Monday to permit gristing in bond for 12 months, as in consequence of the shortage in the production…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 10

No public sales have been held during tho week, and all transactions have been confined to private dealings, the terms of which are at all times difficult to ascertain…

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Bradford Wool Market

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 24.—The Bradford wool market is quiet. Makers of tops demand an an advance of Id per lb, but spinners at present refuse to pay the increase…

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Cattle, Meat, and Produce Export

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 162

Says the London correspondent of the Adelaide Chronicle:—The fact of the Shiels Thermostat and its necessary fixings having been removed from the Gothic 'has been accepted by some people as an…

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Export of Cattle to England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 163

The bulk of evidence in the way of opinions from experts is condemnatory of the methods of shipping cattle which have been in force recently. A well-known gentleman in New Zealand…

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Decrease in Wheat Acreage

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 165

At the annual congress of the National Agricultural Union in London on 12th December Earl of Winchelsca made the opening address. He said that the feature of the past year was the fact that 513,000…

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Wheat-growing in Queensland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 163

Notwithstanding the failure of the wheat crop in many parts of Queensland last season, there are evidences (says the Brisbane Courier) that the farmers are by no means discouraged, and that a…

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Wagga Wool Competition Awards

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 164

The awards have been announced in connection with the sixth Wagga sheep test for prize wool aa follows:—Messrs. Petersen and Sargood, Jerilderie, 1; executors late R. F. Horsley, Yabtree,…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--At the London-colonial wool sales to-day there was keen competition, and prices and a hardening tendency…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

There have been no public auction sales of wool in Sydney during the past week, but a large business has nevertheless been transacted. An exceedingly brisk inquiry for wool of all…

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Taxes on Wool, &c. an Important Point

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 45

A large deputation from the Sydney Wool-selling Brokers waited upon the Premier on Jan 16 to ask whether the operation of clause 12 of the new taxation act was…

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English Commercial. London, Jan. 17. the Wheat Markets

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 172

Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, firm at 29s per quarter; Melbourne wheat, ex warehouse, firm at 29s; New Zealand long-berried is nominal…

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News by Cable. London Wool Sales. Prices Hardening

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 23.—At. the wool sales this afternoon competition continues animatted, with a hardening tendency in prices. LONDON, January 24.—A choice selection…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Hardening. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 9

At the wool sales competition continues animated, with a hardening tendency in prices. JAN. 24…

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Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, December 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 11

Since the wool auctions closed here there has been a fair amount of inquiries regarding lots withdrawn during the latter part of the series, and some small proportion have been cleared at…

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The Farming and Dairying Industry

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 196

Mr. H. J. Gerritsen (of the firm of Oetzes and Gerritsen, of London), who, with his partner, has done much towards the development of the export trade from New South Wales in butter, cheese, and…

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Summary for European Mail. Sydney January 25th, 1896. Wool Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 2

The amount of wool manifested outwards during the week exceeded 29,100 bales, making the total sent forward to oversea ports, from New South Wales since July 1st 1895, up to 532,098 bales, as…

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A Diseased Meat Dispute. Cattle Salesmen and Carcase Butchers. Particulars of the Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 10

Our readers have, no doubt, observed frequent references in the newspapers of late to the existence of a dispute between the cattle salesmen, or the auctioneers who…

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