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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Struck Sheep Wrinkles and Flies

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 2

All merino sheep are wrinkly, and some ere more wrinkly than others. This is a fact that, must be regarded with importance when the blowflies…

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Pastoral Prevention of Soil Erosion Hy Restoration of Tree Cover

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 4

In an address at the recent Southern District conference of the Agricultural Bureau, in which he outlined the measures which are being…

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German Wool Buying Prospects for Values

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—Though a limited volume of private sales of wool have recently been made in Sydney. London sales…

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Dairying Deodorising of Cream Does Not Relieve Farmers of Their Responsibility

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 4

Considerable interest is being shown in the installation of deodorisers at some of the New South Wales butter factories, but the belief…

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Sheep Stolen and Killed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 7

A message from Charleville (Q.) states that 60 sheep were found in the Bulloo River with the wool taken off and their throats cut. The…

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"Topping" Bales of Wool

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 6

On a charge of fraudulently packing 13 bales of wool and offering them for sale, John Simmons, a farmer of the Tamaru (N.Z.) district,…

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Increase in Wages in Pastoral Industry Shearers Receive £1/10/-Per 100

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 6

Adopting the new basic wage, the Full Arbitration Court announced new wages for the pastoral industry which show increases in most…

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Let’s Go Gossiping Fashions Wool for the Winter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 3

Tunics another fashion note, are going to be more and more seen, and if you make one of wool, or silk and wool, you will foe very smart indeed…

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The Outlook for Wool a Good Basis of Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Those with specialy nervous feelings regarding the trend of wool prices are likely to prove incorrect in their…

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Australia's Wool Wealth the Sheep Strains That Established It

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

With flocks built up by merino strains from the Old World and the New, from England (where there has not been a merino sheep these many…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 4

Schute, Bell & Co. Ltd. report:—The local wool trade is experiencing a very quiet time. Autumn shorn wools and oddments are arriving freely and good…

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Annual Wool Review

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 3

In their “Annual Wool Review”, an advance copy of which is to hand, Winchcombc Carson Ltd. state:— The record rise in wool prides…

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Healthy Wool Outlook

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

Whilst the uncertainty resulting from the German embargo on wool imports—which has been extended to May 15—and the Italian decision that…

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London Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

The price of wool fell as much as 10 per cent, when the wool Selling series opened on Tuesday. The offerings amounted to 7992 bales, which…

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The Outlook for Wool a Good Basis of Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—Those with specially nervous feelings regarding the trend of wool prices are likely to prove Incorrect in their…

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Dairying Bacteria in Milk and Cream Sources of Contamination

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

Bacteria thrive in milk, and every precaution should be taken to prevent their entry. This susceptibility, and the fact that bacteria are…

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London Wool Sales London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 1

At the London wool sales today 6686 baler; were offered of which 2717 were sold. There were numerous withdrawals…

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The Outlook for Wool Warkel Variation Improbable

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson; Ltd. report:— Judging by the firm attitude Bradford topmakers have taken in regard to prices, they are confident that wool…

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Cr. Byrne's Bombshell Notorious "Chinese Pine" Crops Up Again

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 6

Just as Thursday's meeting of the Shire Council was about to conclude Cr. Byrne exploded u bombshell amongst the councillors. He said that…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 3

Schute, Bell & Co. Ltd. Report:— After a long period of inactivity wool sales were resumed in Brisbane this weeK and in sympathy with London…

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