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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

517 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 26

Pastoral Pink-eye in Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Ophthalmia, or "pink-eye," is a complaint well known to sheep-owners, and though not in itself a fatal disease, it leads to considerable…

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Sheep Blow-fly

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 1

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

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 3

Schute, Bell & Go. Ltd. report:—Hope for better times in 1930 Supersedes unregretful farewell to 1929. Combination of persistently adverse seasonal…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Coy. writes:—For five seasons in succession (up to last year) the Sydney clearances…

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Dressings for Sheep Blow-fly

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 4

Though many types of dressings are commonly used for the treatment of cutaneous mylasis of sheep (the condition caused by infestation…

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Black Disease in Sheep Cure Claimed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

A cure for what is known as "black disease" in sheep is believed to have been found by the Australian Council of Scientific and Industrial…

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Worms in Sheep Value of the Bluestone and Mustard Drench

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Tests carried out at the Glenfield Veterinary Research Station of various substances for the control of the worms in sheep show that copper…

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Danish Butter Exports

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

During recent years Denmark has developed a valuable market for butter in Germany. In 1913, the year before the war, over 93 per cent of the…

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P.D.S. Column Butter Stablisation Scheme

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

With the heavy export season in sight, the Stabilisation Committee very carefully considered the position as to whether with a levy…

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Sold Most Number Fat Cattle—high Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 2

The Secretary Farmers & Graziers’ Co-operative Coy. writes: — For the year ended 31st December, 1929, we at Flemington, Sydney,…

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Wool and Cotton Cotton Relatively Dearer

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:-— The most heartening aspect of the wool position is that the value of the world’s other great natural textile fibre, cotton,…

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Wool Sales Resumed Little Change in Pre-holiday Conditions

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers’ Co-operative Coy., writes on the 6th January:— Much interest centred in the…

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Empire Farmers’ Tour

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

In this column recently, mention was made of the impending visit to New Zealand of a party comprising British, Canadian and South African…

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Pastoral Quality in Rams

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

Discussing recently the subject of mating, the sheep and wool expert of the Department of Agriculture laid [?]acial emphasis on the need for…

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Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us yesterday:—We sold 6000 bales of wool at our Sydney sale on Wednesday. Competition was keen and…

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Sold Most Number Rat Cattle—high Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Coy., writes:— For the year ended 31st December, 1929 we at Flemington (Sydney)…

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Wool Sales Resumed Little Change in Pre-holiday Conditions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers &Gracziers' Co-operative Coy., writes on the 6th January:— Much interest centred in the…

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Sheep and Cattle Market

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 3

At the Flemington sales- yesterday prices were firm for good sorts of sheep and lambs, of which there was not a large proportion. Sales included, A/c…

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Liver Fluke Control in Cattle and Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

Some interesting points have recently been raised in connection with the control of fluke, particularly upon properties on which both cattle or…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: — This Company held its first sale of the new year on Tuesday, 7th inst,…

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