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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Technical Aspects of Wheat

Delegate Argus · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 3

For the eighteenth club dinner of the Bairnsdale Apex Club on Tuesday night, Mr. Richard Henham, a native of the Buchan…

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The Stable Wool Outlook Buyers in South America

Delegate Argus · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The grower with wool for disposal next season is safe in the knowledge that no slump in prices…

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New Saleyards at Delegate Opening Sale Magnificent Yarding of Quality Cattle an Outstanding Sale

Delegate Argus · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 2

On Tuesday, 23rd April, A. Macarthur & Co. held the first Cattle Sale in their new Saleyards at Delegate…

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Whatever Your Line of Farming

Delegate Argus · Thursday 2 May 1940 · page 4

Whatever your line of farming—wheat or wool growing, fat lamb raising, dairying, fruit growing, vegetable production,…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 9 May 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report (3/5/1940):— Matters are now very quiet in the local wool trade…

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Sheep Improvement Merino Ewe Competition

Delegate Argus · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 4

The annual Merino Ewe Competition for 1940 has been launched by the "Farmer and Settler" in conjunction with…

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The Price of Wool Australia and South Africa Wool

Delegate Argus · Thursday 16 May 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The results of the selling season in South Africa shows a slightly…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 23 May 1940 · page 2

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report (17/5/1940):— We submitted a small catalogue of scoured skin wools for…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 30 May 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report (24/5/1940):— An official announcement this week drew attention to the…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report (31/5/1940):— Receipts of wool have started to come to hand more freely now…

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British Wool Trade Exports Stock Values

Delegate Argus · Thursday 6 June 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd, re-port:—Despite the rationing of wool supplies for civilian use in Great Britain, the Yorkshire mills…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report (7/6/1940):— A good showing of autumn shorn wool is assured for the…

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Sheep Classing A Seasonable Reminder

Delegate Argus · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 3

Sheep classing is the operation of grading the breeding flock and selecting the sires for use in mating, the object being to gradually…

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War and Wool Prices American Ups & Dowas

Delegate Argus · Thursday 13 June 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report(11/6/40):— The first shock of events in European markets has subsided…

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Scope for Australian Mills Italy's Wool Trade

Delegate Argus · Thursday 20 June 1940 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (18/6/40):— Australia made no mistake in selling her wool to the…

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European Wool Imports Sheepskins Affected

Delegate Argus · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Some idea of the loss of consumers of imported wool…

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Autumn Shorn Wool Brewarrina Merino, 16 1/2d

Delegate Argus · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Canon Ltd. report under date 22/6/40:— We offered a catalogue of 5613 bales of wool at our Sydney…

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American Wool Markets Crossbreds from South America

Delegate Argus · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. repost (16/7/40):—The United States, though more or less isolated from European hostilities, cannot…

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Australia's Wheat Position

Delegate Argus · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 3

Sales of Australian wheat to July 15 totalled 118,000,000 bushels to which may be reasonably added anticipated sales for local…

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Wool Supplies And Consumers

Delegate Argus · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (23/7/40):—In Australia, those interested in wool are anxious to see a steady flow of shipments…

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