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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

517 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 23 of 26

Wool Sales Market Stationary Highest Price 18[?]d

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 1

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Company, writes, 29th October:—To-day we offered 5517 bales which included a number of attractive…

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Agricultural Lucerne Crops

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 4

Lucerne should be cut just after the first flowers have appeared, though many growers prefer to watch the crown for the young shoots of…

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Revived Interest in Horse Breeding As Result of Lower Farm Profits

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 4

The difficulties which farmers are experiencing in regard to prices, observes the Director of Agriculture in a recent report, has forced upon them the need…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report:— Under continued strong competition the better quality wools maintained their position last week, and the few lines of…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 8

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— On Monday, 27th October, we brought forward a catalogue of 6170…

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Wool Sales Market Stationary Highest Price, 18ld

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 5

The Secretary Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Coy., writes 29th October:— To-day we offered 5517 bales, which…

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Dairying

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 5

A still better article more cheaply produced—such, in the opinion of the Director of Dairying, must be the aim of those engage in the dairying…

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World’s Biggest Dairy Company

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 4

Easily the largest Co-operative dairy produce manufacturing organisation in the world is the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited,…

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Wool and ItsFuture Conditions Compared

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 2

Winchcombe,, Carson Ltd., report:— The improvement recorded for some weeks in the market' for many of the world’s great commodities still…

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Australia’s Wheat Harvest 215,000,000 BUSHELS

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 1

The Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. C. H. Wickers) estimates that the Australian wheat harvest will amount to 215,000,000 bushels…

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Pastoral Dirty Shearing Sheds a Cause of Mortality in Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 3

Discussing in a recent report the subject of losses of sheep from malignant oedema, tetanus, and caseous lymphadenitis following shearing,…

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Money in Sheep Potentialities of the Small Flock

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 4

It has been said that Australia rode to prosperity on the sheep’s back, and although as the country has become more populated and settled agriculture…

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Dirty Shearing Sheds a Case of Mortality in Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 3

Discussing in a recent report the subject of losses of sheep from malignant oedema, tetanus, and caseous lymphadenitis following shearing, the Chief…

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The Farm Garden How to Raise Plants From Seed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 3

A number of useful hints on plant propagation were given by Mrs. C. W. Brebner in the-course of an address at the State Conference of the New…

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Wool and Its Future Conditions Compared

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1930 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—The improvement recorded for some weeks in the market for many of the world's great commodities still…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 3

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co. Ltd. report:—We offered a catalogue of 5,339. bales on Monday, comprising wools from earlier shearing…

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Brighter Wool Outlook More General Confidence

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Though wool values have been on low levels this season, they have held on a decidedly stable basis since the first…

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Single Cost Farming Means Efficiency and Profit

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 November 1930 · page 4

On many farms throughout the State tractors are only used to a fraction of their capacity, and owners have to meet all kinds of additional expenses for a…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us yesterday:— COmpetition was keen from the continent, Japan, Yorkeshire and…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 November 1930 · page 3

Schute Bell and Co Ltd., report:— During the week a hardening tendency has been in evidence for super spining wools, which are particularly sought…

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