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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

594 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 14 of 30

Wool Not Over Plentiful Its Competitors Exaggerated

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1929 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—Inquiry for wool privately continues . quiet in Sydney. Sales take place in Sydney next week and in Brisbane…

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Pastoral Unirrigated Lucerne

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 5

The splendid, returns obtained from lucerne on rich soils and under irrigation have served to encourage the idea, that a rich soil and abundance…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 2

Schute, Bell.& Co. Ltd. write:—It is to be regretted, that a larger number of growers do not attend the auction sales when their wool is being offered…

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Local & General News Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 2

James Kerr McInnes, of Braidwood, was arrested on the 12th inst., and charged with having, on or about 23rd March last, stolen two sheep, the…

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Wool Demand General Sheep in Queensland

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Competition at this week’s opening Sydney wool sales showed more strength than was promised by previous selling…

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Wool Demand General Sheep in Queensland

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—Competition at this week's opening Sydney wool sales showed more strength than was promised by…

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Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

The Chief Secretary, Mr. F. A. Chaffey, has informed the Farmers and Settlers' Association that inquiries made by the police show that…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

A short clearing-up series of wool sales of three days' duration commenced on Monday. Three agents were represented, but the total…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited report: The final series of sales for the 1923-29 season was commenced in this…

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Pastoral Getting Ready for Shearing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

Time, money, and annoyance will be saved by attending in advance to those jobs necessary to put the shearing shed, yards and equipment…

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Warmer Than Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

Kap[?]k, the strange name of a material out of which they are now making mattresses, lifebelts, pillows, linings for clothes, even underwear is a sort of…

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Our Wool Industry Stabilisation Proposals

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 1

Thousands of woolgrowers all over Australia will await the momentous decision of the Graziers' Federal Council in Melbourne this week to…

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Rabbit Skins The Farmers & Gragiers' Co-operative Co. reports:—

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 3

We contributed 13¼ tons towards the 95½ tons available. A little irregularity was apparent. Soft winters and best heavy pelt shad strong…

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Farm Relief in U.S.A.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

Legislative efforts in the United States to stabilise agriculture were outlined in this column recently. News has since been received that the Farm…

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Pastoral Bracken

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5

Bracken tern is the most troublesome weed on the N.S.W. coast. It is particularly hard to control where logs and stumps shelter it from the…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. reports: The wool-selling season has now closed in the Sydney market with practically a complete clearance of the year’s clip…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— The final series of sales for the 1928-29 season was commenced in…

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Wheat Growing Industry in Bad Way

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 4

It would appear from a statement of Mr. H. K. Nock, president of the Farmers & Settlers' Association, that very few of the 16,970 wheat-growers…

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Sheep Classing a Seasonable Reminder to Small Flock Owners

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 6

The grading of the breeding flock and selection of the sires for use in mating is a regular part of the practice on large properties. Better flocks’…

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Australian Dairy Council Desire for Abolition Reply by Chairman

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 5

At the conference of, State Ministers for Agriculture held in Melbourne recently, a resolution was passed, without discussion, that the conference was…

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