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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

547 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 28

Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 2

The wool sales for this part are finished . It has been a wonderful year for the wool men, and everyone who sold wool in the Sydney…

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Wool Values Holding

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 5

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— On 20th March we offered a catalogue of 3,979 bales, a miscellaneous…

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Small Wool Clips Departmental Advice

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 3

Carelessness and faulty skirting and classing of small clips are too prevalent, declares the State sheep and Wool expert, Mr.E. A. Elliott…

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Sheep Classing An Important Operation with Even the Smallest Flocks

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 4

Sheep classing—the operation of grading the, breeding flock and selecting the sires for use in mating, with the object of gradually raising…

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Secure Wool Outlook Mill Share Values a Guide

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1928 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— No wool market in history has ever been without some detects. But the selling conditions existing over the…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 4

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency, Company Limited, Sydney, report:— Chief interest to those connected…

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Sydney Wool Auctions District Clips

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 March 1928 · page 1

The 3,979 bales catalogued by the Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Coy. on 20th March, included:— W. C. CRAWFORD, Riversdale,…

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Pastoral Sheep Classing An Important Operation With Even the Smallest Hocks

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

Sheep classing—the operation of grading the breeding flock and selecting the sires for use in mating, with the object of gradually raising the…

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Wheat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

Figures available for this season give the estimated wheat production of Australia as 108,350,000 bushels, and for New South Wales 27,111,000…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 1

Schute, Bell and Go,. Ltd. report: Quality considered, Brisbane prices this week have been virtually on a par with closing levels in…

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Action Over Sheep Dog

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

A case of interest to drovers and graziers was heard at the Taralga police court on Tuesday last, before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, P.M., when…

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Country Wool Selling

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 2

The contentious question of regulated auction v. country selling of wool caused a long debate at the Farmers and Graziers' Association…

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P.D.S. Column Farmers Tour

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1928 · page 3

A party of farmers left Melbourne this month with the object of studying Agricultural conditions and probems, and will visit Great…

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Merino and Crossbred Wool Sheep Values

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 April 1928 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— The purchase of a season's wool clip has not slackened the demand for wool in Australia, New Zealand…

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Strong Sheep Market

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 1

Competition was keen and values rose 1/- to 2/- per head at the Homebush sheep and lamb auction last Monday. Prices for prime cattle ruled…

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Strength of Wool Position

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd report: Wool consumers now have a month ahead of them in which no auctions will be held in Australia or overseas…

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Pastoral Sheep Classing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 3

Reference was made in these notes, last week to the operation of sheep classing and its importance to the owner of even the smallest flock. It…

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Argentine Butter

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 4

For some years Argentine has been endeavouring to lift the quality of its butter, and the latest move is for export grading . All butter exported…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 2

Schute Bell and Co., Ltd. report: If only the clerk of the weather will proved in a propitious mood, this Easter should be a particularly bright…

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Strength of Wool Position Supply the Strong Factor

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 2

Wool consumers now have a month ahead of them in which no auctions will be held in Australia or overseas. Time is, therefore, available in which…

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