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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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London Wool Appraisements. Smaller Exports

Delegate Argus · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report (24/12,40):— Only slightly over one-third of the Australian clip remains to be…

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Southern Cattle

Delegate Argus · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Only 1426 cattle were offered at Homebush last Monday, the market being 10/- to 15/- above the average level of the previous…

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Scouring Wool. New Zealand Methods

Delegate Argus · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

An account of how wool is scoured is given by a Hawke's Bay agricultural writer in the "New Zealand Farmer," who says…

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Expansion in Wool Clip 20 Years Increase

Delegate Argus · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—In the 1939/40 season New South Wales produced, including the wool exported on sheepskins,…

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American Wool Buying South African Position

Delegate Argus · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (21/1/41):— The United States has imported very large quantities of wool from…

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Delegate Cattle

Delegate Argus · Thursday 30 January 1941 · page 3

Light weight cattle and vealers made firmer figures at Homebush last Thursday, but heavy, weights were 20/- cheaper. Offerings were…

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Farmyard Manure is Valuable

Delegate Argus · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 4

Farmyard manure must not be treated as a waste product. At first glance it may appear that it costs nothing to produce; but…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 4

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. report under date Feb. 21:— The concluding round of the main wool appraising season in…

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Lucerne. A Cover Crop or Not?

Delegate Argus · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 3

The value or otherwise of a cover crop when sowing lucerne still remains a matter for considerable argument amongst…

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Wool and Double Shearing Effects of Abundant Feed

Delegate Argus · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (24/3/41):— Because of the abundance of green feed coupled with moist…

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Wool Control Efforts. Distributing Types Used

Delegate Argus · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (8/4/41):— The Wool Control in Great Britain is making efforts to more…

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Delegate Special Cattle Sale Most Successful sale 1,050 Yarded. 1,015 Sold

Delegate Argus · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 2

A Macarthur & Co. report having held a most successful cattle sale at their Delegate yards on 1st April when 1,050 cattle on…

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Value of Wool Contract The Carease Position

Delegate Argus · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (15/4/41):— In view of the lamb and mutton export position the value of the…

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Wool aud War Britain the World's Merchant

Delegate Argus · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report (22/4/41):— The wool industry in Australia is favourably situated though a…

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Managing Director of Wool Firm Enlists

Delegate Argus · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

Mr. J. D. MacLeod, Managing Director of Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., has enlisted in the A.I.F. An exacting wool season, which…

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American Wool Prices, Stability From British Contract

Delegate Argus · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

Winchcombe Canon Ltd. report:—An easing tendency in the New York Futures top market has been replaced by an upward…

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Wool Report

Delegate Argus · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 2

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd. report (l6th May, 1941):— The statement issued yesterday by the Chairman of the Central…

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Bomber Pilots as Sheep Farmers

Delegate Argus · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

Rivalry is developing between R.A.F. stations as to which can grow the most food and the success of some Fighter Command…

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Canada increases Wool Production

Delegate Argus · Thursday 29 May 1941 · page 2

Canada's total wool production during 1940 amounted to 18,127,000 pounds as compared with 17, 846,000 pounds during 1939. Shorn…

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The Wool Industry. Unexplored Fields of Research

Delegate Argus · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 2

Discussing in a recent address to farmers some of the difficulties facing the wool-growing industry, and in particular the competition…

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