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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

594 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 24 of 30

Wool Industry

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 5

That Australia's wool supremacy is being threatened by high costs of production and low prices for wool, and that the industry cannot carry…

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Wool Prices

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 5

Top price for greasy merino fleece at Sydney wool sales on Thursday was 18d. A very firm market ruled, and the…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 2

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd. report:—We offered a catalogue of 7,200 bales last Thursday, which consisted of clips from the…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 1

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— This Company held its third sale of the present season on Tuesday…

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Prizes for Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 2

The Goulburn A., P. and H. Society will hold their Annual Show on 3rd, 4th and 5th April, 1930, and are out to make the Wool Section one of the…

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Curtailment of Wool Offerings

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 6

A unanimous decision of a conference of representatives of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia and the Australian…

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Wool Offerings Further Reduced Market Shows Improvement

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers’ Co-operative Coy., under date 11th October, reports: — At a joint meeting of the executives…

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Wool Offerings Further Curtailed Market Shows Improvement

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1929 · page 5

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., under date llth October, reports:— At a joint meeting of the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Demand was very animated at our Sydney wool auction on Wednesday. Very keen general competition was…

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Wool Industry Brighter

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— With a firmer wool market and relief rains over a large part of New South Wales and Southern Queensland, the…

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Wool Values Hardening Russia in the Market

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 October 1929 · page 1

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers Co-op Coy. writes:— On the 15th October we brought forward a catalogue of 4,443 bales from…

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Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us yesterday:—Demand was very animated at our Sydney wool auction on Wednesday. Very keen general…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:— Splendid rams over a large area of the State have materially brightened the pastoral and agricultural outlook…

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Sheep Brands Affected by Weather

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 2

On August 14 last Hugh Frank Carter, grassier, of Barbagall), wag fined £10 by Mr. Cohen, S.M., at the Burwood Court on a charge of having…

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World Wool Pool Wanted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

Mr. R. J. Fagan, grazier of Mandurama, who has just returned from extensive travels abroad, declared yesterday that the sooner graziers are…

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Wool Values Hardening Russia in the Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 2

The Secretary. Farmers & Graziers' Co-op Coy., writes:— On the 15th October we brought forward a catalogue of 4,443 bales from…

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Fat-lamb Raising Now Better Proposition Than Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 3

A definite swing back from merino sheep to mutton breeds, from wool to fat lambs, has set in amongst farmers who combine wheat and sheep…

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Mr. Thorby Again Further Concessions to Farmers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 2

Probably no one in the history of this State has been more tireless in his efforts to relieve the burdens of primary producers than Mr. Thorby…

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Dairying and Superphosphate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 3

The “Australasian” (Victoria) publishes the following, which shows that the value of superphosphate is becoming increasingly recognised amongst…

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Pastoral the Care of Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1929 · page 5

Tetanus and blood poisoning lurk in the woolshed and sheepyard, and thousands of sheep and lambs are lost annually through want of cleanliness…

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