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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Wool Prices Lower Profits Available

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report:—The downward trend in prices for lower grade merino and crossbred wools noticeable at…

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Cornsacks for Farmers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 5

Some two months ago the Stale Government purchased 6000 bales of cornsacks from a Sydney firm for shipment from Calcutta, at a…

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Expert Handling of Live Stock FARMERS & Graziers' Co. Moving with the Times Establishment of Branch Offices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance & Agency Co., Ltd., writes:— "The services of…

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Stock-Expert G. T. Weaver. Secured by Farmers and Graziers' Co. Country Branches to Be Opened

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., writes:— "The services of Mr. G. T…

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Farm and Field. Milk and Bacteria

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 4

The necessity for keeping all dairy utensils scrupulously clean is being more than ever insisted upon as the result of the latest scientific researches…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 4

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report under date 17th July:— A check in the downward trend of prices seems to have occurred…

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London Wool Sales

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 4

At the London wool sales the market closed quiet. 90,989 bales were catalogued, and about half of that number were sold…

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The Wool Profits

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 2

The New Zealand woolgrowers will receive a share of the profits on wool sales by the Imperial Government amounting to £1,620,000…

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Stock Expert G. T. Weaver. Secured by Farmers Graziers & Co. Country Branches to Be Opened

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Grain, Insurance & Agency Co., Ltd., writes:— "The services of…

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Fat Sheep Realise High Prices

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 4

W. H. Wheatley report a large attendance of buyers at Wednesday's sales. In fat sheep we obtained the record price of £7 for a Romney cross wether, sold on…

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Compulsory Pooling of Next Wheat Crop

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

Premier Storey stated last night after a Cabinet meeting that Mr. W. Dunn had reported his attendance at a conference of State Ministers for Agriculture, and…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co. Ltd., report—Advices as to the closing sales of the last series in London are hardly exhilarating. Demand for the better qualities of merino and for…

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The Wool Trade

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report:—Figures show that the British mills have done record business so far this year. Over £11,000,000 worth of woollen…

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Gambling in Sheep Huge Profits Made by Dealers'

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 4

Sheep owners and dealers in the Albury district say that never before was so much gambling indulged in regarding stock. On…

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Big Parcel Wool Sold

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 4

After 3½ years under Government control wool business on the open market has been resumed in Sydney. The first sale under free conditions was made in Sydney…

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Position of the Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 4

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report under date 28th July:— There is little to report locally in wool circles. The arrivals of new clip wool into…

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Dairying in Winter

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 6
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

The winter season, when Nature is resting and the milk supply is small, affords a most favorable opportunity for making necessary…

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Assisting Farmers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 2

Mr. A. H. Nevell has handed us the following letter from Mr. H. J. Aylard, executive member, Rural Industries Board: "The Minister has decided that, with a…

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Sheep to Sheep Deal

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 3

A curious story of a sheep deal comes from the north—west. A wool grower, sick and tired' of the struggle with the drought, sold…

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