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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 8 August 1940 · page 2

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd. report, 1st August, 1940:— With the payment last Friday of the retention money and…

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More Money for Wheat Growers

Delegate Argus · Thursday 8 August 1940 · page 3

The decision of the Federal Government to pay an additional advance of 4d a bushel on wheat sent by growers to the 1939-40…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 15 August 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report, 8th August, 1940. The rotter for the new seasons's appraisements has now been…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 22 August 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report, 16th August, 1940. Next week will see the resumption of wool appraisements when…

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Wheat and Flour Sales Behind Programme

Delegate Argus · Thursday 22 August 1940 · page 4

Sales of wheat and flour for overseas destinations, though making some headway are falling behind the anticipated…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 29 August 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report, 23rd August, 1940. The first round of catalogues of the Sydney wool appraisement…

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Wool Supplies and Stocks Queensland's Recovery

Delegate Argus · Thursday 12 September 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (10/9/40):— In Great Britain wool for use in goods for the civilian trade is…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report, 13th September, 1940. Wool appraisements are proceeding steadily without fuss or…

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Wool Report Pitt, Son & Badgery, Limited report, 20th September, 1940

Delegate Argus · Thursday 26 September 1940 · page 4

Arrangements for the early shipment of a substantial quota of the Australian and New Zealand clips to U.S.A. for storage…

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Delegate Special Cattle Sale Fat Cows £14/1/0

Delegate Argus · Thursday 17 October 1940 · page 3

A. Macarthur & Co. report having held a successful Cattle Sale at their Delegate yards on Tuesday last when some 300 mixed…

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Gift From African Wool Men

Delegate Argus · Thursday 31 October 1940 · page 3

The Port Elizabeth South Africa Wool Exchange has decided to donate £1,000 to the Royal Navy and £1,000 to the Royal Air Force…

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Wool Stocks and Prices Post-War Position

Delegate Argus · Thursday 31 October 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (29/10/40):— The world has vast armies to clothe in war time, but as far as…

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Wool-growing in Russia

Delegate Argus · Thursday 14 November 1940 · page 2

According to recent reports, Soviet Russia should soon be producing all the wool she needs. Some years ago the Soviet…

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Wool Greasy and Clean Its Yield

Delegate Argus · Thursday 14 November 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (12/11/40):— Wool, like most raw materials, loses considerable weight in its…

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Prevention of Soil Erosion Need for Diversified Farming

Delegate Argus · Thursday 21 November 1940 · page 2

Whereas in older countries farmers looked upon the soil as their asset and their capital, to be made use of but not to be drawn…

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Wool in America Large Requirements

Delegate Argus · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (26/11/40):— In Australia wool auctions have been suspended for the duration…

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New Uses for Agricultural Products. Farming of the Future

Delegate Argus · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 4

There was justification for the belief that agriculture would long be concerned with the production of food crops, said Dr. R. J. Noble…

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Unusual Accident Tractor Falls on Farmer

Delegate Argus · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 4

On November 16 an unusual accident befel Mr. S. A. Wearne, farmer of Glenaladale, when the tractor he was…

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Dry Farming

Delegate Argus · Thursday 28 November 1940 · page 4

Experimenting in dry farming on a small plot of ground, Mr. Edward Bird, of Singleton, has achieved good results…

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Monaro Wool

Delegate Argus · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Appraisements in our Sydney catalogue last Friday included Mrs. J. A. Rumph, Ando,…

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