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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

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300 Cattle in Snow Alps Rescue

Delegate Argus · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 2

Nearly starved and almost frozen, after four days in deep snow on the summit of the Alps, 300 head of cattle have been rescued…

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Opossum Farms Suggested

Delegate Argus · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 3

The establishment of opossum farms to cater for the world demand for skins was suggested by Mr. N. Chaldjian, a Melbourne…

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Sowing Lucerne with a Cover Crop Not Generally to be Recommended

Delegate Argus · Thursday 23 April 1936 · page 3

Owing to the slow growth of lucerne during the first six months many farmers are tempted to sow it with another crop, such as…

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Wool Report

The Bombala Times · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Coy. reports on the 17th inst.: Owing to the holidays, there have been no developments in the wool…

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Wool Industry at Milestone Menace of Synthetic Fibres

The Bombala Times · Friday 24 April 1936 · page 3

Leaders of practically all wool [?] in Victoria and Southern Riverina conferred with Mr. R. Wil[?] the representative of the British…

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The Seasons and Wool Japan's Development

Delegate Argus · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 2

Winchcombe, Curson Ltd. report:—Season play a most important part in wool production. In some of the north-western…

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Wool Report

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. reports on the 23rd inst. There has been no recent developments calculated to diminish…

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Commercial Wool Sales

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:—During the week end, buyers will be leaving for the northern state to…

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The Seasons and Wool Japan's Development

The Bombala Times · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Seasons play a most important part in the wool production. In some of the north western districts…

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Twice That On Stubble A. Farmer's Wheat Yields on Fallow

Delegate Argus · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 3

In a paper read before the recent central-western district conference of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. H. J. Harvey, of…

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Wool Very Firm Strong General Competition

Delegate Argus · Thursday 7 May 1936 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Competition was keen and well distributed and values ruled very firm at our Sydney wool…

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Wool Report

The Bombala Times · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Coy. reports on the 1st instant: Anticipations of a firm market in Brisbane have been borne out by the…

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Sheep Classing As a Means of Increasing Profits

Delegate Argus · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 3

"However small your flock, class it periodically," advise officers of the Sheep and Wool Branch of the Department of Agriculture,…

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The Wool Situation Japan's Increased Demand

Delegate Argus · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. re-port:—Due to lack of an adequate Continental demand, competition for wool has not been as brisk at…

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Wool Sales

The Bombala Times · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:—For to-day's sale we offered an average catalogue of some 5,472…

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Wool Report

The Bombala Times · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co. reports on the 5th inst: We submitted at our sale on Monday, 4th May, a catalogue of 4,173…

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Wool's Improved Position Small European Help

Delegate Argus · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The wool position certainly shows strength. Time after time during the past year political…

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Wool Report

The Bombala Times · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. reports for the 22nd instant: Recent reports from overseas seem to indicate that there has been a…

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Wool Report. Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, Limited

The Bombala Times · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

Wool sales in this centre, which terminated on the 12th instant, passed off satisfactorily with a good, strong, general demand, the Japanese being…

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Japan and Wool Trading A World Problem

Delegate Argus · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Australia's prospects of selling a million bales of wool annually to Japan have…

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