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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Pastoral Sheep Fly Control

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 5

The results of four years' study of the incidence of sheepfly attack at Nyngan Experiment Farm and elsewhere are incorporated in a science…

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Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

George Brook was charged at the Moruya Police Court last week, before Mr. Forrest, P.M., with having stolen 29 sheep, the property of William T…

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The City Farmer (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

Sir,—Near the spot where the anchor of the Sirius lies rusting on a great stone pedestal, history is being written by Mr. Hobbs every Friday…

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U.S.A. Farm Board

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 3

The chairman of the United-Stated Federal Farm Board, Mr. James C. Stone, recently expressed views amounting to an admission that reduction of…

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What’s On the Air Farmers Should Note These Weekly Wireless Talks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 3

Song and story, news and comment of all sorts — the air offers plenty of interest to those who have wireless receivers, and it is entertainment that is…

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Pastoral Maintenance Ration for Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 4

No problem is of more vital interest to pastoralists than that of how to maintain theirf flocks most economically during the periodically…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd. report:— Except for the sale of a few passed-in lots, there is little doing in the local market. London prices remain firm at…

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Wheat Pool Ballot

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 4

The wheatgrowers, by a majority of more than 2500, rejected the proposal for a compulsory pool. There was an 87.6 per cent. ballot, Nearly…

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The Wool Outlook the German Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. writer:— Difficult though the Continental situation appears at the present time, reports of London wool sales indicate…

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Pastoral Lucerne

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 5

Whether lucerne is grown for cutting or for gracing, an annual cultivation at least is necessary, the first in the late winter (July or August)…

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Dairying Dehorning of Dairy Cattle

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 1

Horns of dairy cattle serve no useful purpose, and are a source of much danger and annoyance. Only in the case of high-class animals that are…

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Soviet Butter

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 4

Answering questions in the House of Commons, the Minister for Health (Mr. Greenwood) said that the Ministry had recently examined samples…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 1

There was a more confident feeling and a wider demand in the closing days of the London wool sales. Greasy combings recovered from…

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Japan’s record Wool Year the General Situation

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 30 July 1931 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: — Japanese wool purchasing operations in Australia during the past wool season eclipsed the most sanguine expectations…

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Pastoral Sheep Blowfly

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 4

The results of experiments carried out under the direction of the External Parasites of Sheep Committee of the New South Wales Department of…

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Export of Stud Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report:— A letter Worth reading, by Owen C. Litchfield appeared in Tuesday’s “Country Life,” on the question of an…

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Japan's Record Wool Year the General Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—Japanese wool purchasing operations in Australia during the past wool season eclipsed the most sanguine…

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Pastoral Pasture Improvement Tests at Bathurst Farm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 5

Several mixtures of grasses and pasture plants were sown in the autumn of 1929 at the Bathurst Experiment Farm to test their…

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Sheep Blowfly Breeding As a Factor in Control

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 3

The result of experiments carried out under the direction of the External Parasites of Sheep Committee of the New South Wales Department of…

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State’s Wool Clip

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 August 1931 · page 1

The final figures in regard to the woo clip for the year ended June 30 last show that the estimated value was less than half of that for 1927, 1928, and…

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