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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

594 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 29 of 30

Early Farming Operations

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 November 1929 · page 2

Thomas Gribble and his wife arrived at Gininderra about 1860 and he had charge of farming operations there. About this period Thomas Southwell…

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Pastoral Fat-lamb Raising

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 5

The low prices for wool give greater emphasis to the claims of the fat lamb proposition, states the Sheep and Wool Expert of the Department…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 5

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— This Company brought forward a catalogue of 4783 bales on…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 6

W. H. Wheatley report:—About 14,000 sheep were yarded on Thursday last, and practically all of them were sold at auction. Good…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— We sold 5300 bales of wool at our Sydney auction yesterday. France was a very active competitor, and Germany a…

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Wool Auctions Adverse Effect of London Sales

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 5

The Secretary, Fanners & Graders' Cooperative Co., writes:— On the 27th of November we offered 5,337 bales, representative of a…

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Butter Transport

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 2

It being recognised that the minimising of any variation in temperature of butter between the time of removal from cold store and loading into the…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 4

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— The third series of sales in this market was concluded on Wednesday…

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Wool Values Uncertain Inferior Types Lower

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Coy., reports:— The third series of Bales in the Sydney market terminated on the 4th…

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Wool Prices Compared Finance the Factor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— Though wool prices have not shown any marked decline of late, demand has not displayed the consistent…

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Sheep Blow-fly Handling of the Flock

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 3

Despite the dry times generally, there has been- sufficient humidity following light falls of rain in some districts to bring again into evidence that…

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Rotation of Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 3

How many gardeners practice rotation of crops? Not many! Yet this is one of the most important phases of successful cultivation; firstly because…

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A Sheep Question Humorous Interlude

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 4

Mr. J. J. Cusack, member for Eden-Monaro, was the central figure in an amusing incident in the House of Representatives on Friday last…

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The Season’s Wool Clip South Australia’s Large Drop

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: — The rapidity with which wool production can decline when decidedly adverse pastoral conditions are…

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Farmers Are Sold Wheat Guarantee Repudi Ated

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 2

Calmly and casually the Federal Labour Government has repudiated the very definite and solemn promise of its responsible members during the…

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Goulburn Special Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 1

W. H. Wheatley report:—About 2000 out of the 2,200 cattle yarded for our special sale at Goulburu on Tuesday, 10th December, were sold at…

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The Season's Wool Clip South Australia's Large Drop

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— The rapidity with which wool production can decline when decidedly adverse pastoral conditions, are…

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Sheep and Wool Form, 1929

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 2

In the course of the next few days, 26,000 forms for the supply of Sheep and Wool Returns for 1929, Avill be posted to sheepowners by the…

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Farmers to Visit Australia

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 19 December 1929 · page 1

With the object of promoting an interchange of agricultural development and ideas within the British Empire, a party of 80 Empire farmers will…

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