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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 1

James Kerr McInnes was charged with stealing two sheep, the property of the estate of the late Patrick McGrath, of Bendoura, on or about…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— The closing reports concerning the last series of sales held in the…

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Pastoral Top-dressing of Pastures

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 4

The present is an "in between" season so far as the top-dressing of pastures is concerned, but many farmers will be Interested in the…

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The Wool Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 4

Schute, Bell and Co. Lad, report:—As was to have been expected, the decided decline in prices of wool has been reflected in a lower range of values at…

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Cheerier Wool Outlook the Need for Stability

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— Wool selling experiences of the past two weeks have provided the industry with the nucleus of sounder days…

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£16,000,000 Lost What Drop in Wool Prices Means

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 2

The seriousness of the wool position is the topic of this week's Country Party bulletin, which remarks that "some people may be…

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Pastoral Pasture Management and Top-dressing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 5

Many graziers are top-dressing pastures which are made up of grasses that are of very little value for grazing purposes all the year round. In…

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Butter Prospects

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 July 1929 · page 1

Owing to the very cold weather experienced throughout the State and the wet conditions on the North Coast, there has been a definite shrinkage in…

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Unbranded Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 3

"These graziers must realise that if they do not brand their sheep before sending them to market they are liable to penalties up to £100," said…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd. report:— The current series has not opened auspiciously, early cables reporting a decline of 5 to 7½ per cent., which…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 3

W. H. Wheatley report: We yarded just over 7,000 sheep at our sale on 10th July, made up mostly of lots ranging from 250 to 400. There was a surprisingly…

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Pastoral Top-dressing of Pastures Methods of Application

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

Extracts published in these notes last week from a recent "Agricultural Gazette" article on the subject of topdressing gave departmental…

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Alarming Wool Position Advertising As Antidote

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 1

"The recent drop of £15,000,000 in Australia's, collective wool cheque has alarming aspects which must be faced earnestly, courageously and…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 5

W. H. Wheatley report:— We yarded Just over 7000 sheep on 10th July, made on mostly of lots ranging from 250 to 400. There was a surprisingly…

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The Wool Industry Use More Wool Campaign

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 3

That all the wool-growers of the Commonwealth will be whole-heartedly behind the suggested "Use More Wool" campaign, is the confident…

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Our Sheep Flock Highest on Record

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 3

After having fallen off very considerably in the periods of drought that visited Australia in 1902 and in several following years, the number of…

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Germany and Wool Prices and Consumption

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— Demand for wool from Germany was the strongest factor in assisting to keep prices from receding to an…

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Helping Farmers Advances to the Needy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 6

Advances for fallowing will be available this year. The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Thorby, has approved of this assistance being again…

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Use More Wool “Advertise,” Says Bruce Publicity Essential

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 July 1929 · page 4

In a special statement issued by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce), he stresses the seriousness of the wool position, and urges that urgent steps be taken…

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Sheep on the Wheat Farm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

Sheep are valuable on the wheat farm on so many grounds that they must be regarded as indispensable. It they are to be utilised to best…

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