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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on 20th inst.: There have been no developments during the past week tending to…

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715,000,000 Sheep in the World

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 3

The sheep population of the world is 715,000,000, of which 114,000,000 are in Australia. This information is given in the “Wool Review,” prepared by the…

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Sheep and Wool Examination Results Local Students Successful

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

The 1937 non-diploma examinations in sheep and wool training in country centres were held recently and in the results just announced the names of…

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Butter Production

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

The Federal Statistician, in a summary of the dairying industry, says that Australia is the largest producer of butter in the British Empire, and,…

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Skin of a Sheep Includes the Ears

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 3

A case of vital interest to sheep men and others was decided by the Full Court last week, when it rejected an argument that under the…

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Japan’s Wool Buying SYDNEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

Mr. K. Yanaihita, manager in Australia of a well-known Japanese firm, expressed the opinion to-day that present indications were that Japan will…

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Sydney Wool Sales Higher Prices at Opening Series

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited report: At the opening Sydney wool sales yesterday prices on the average were 5 per cent, higher than Sydney June…

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Pastoral Lice in Sheep Measures for Control

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 4

It is seasonable to remind sheep owners of the serious harmfulness of lice in sheep, and of the necessity for control of the parasite, inofestation…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd. reports on 27th inst.: Due to the recent rains the volume of wool arrivals for a time showed…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 2

Schute Bell Badgers Lumby Limited report: Highly remunerative prices were on offer at our opening sale of the season on Monday last, some clip…

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Lice in Sheep Measures for Control

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

It is seasonable to remind sheepowners of the serious harmfulness of lice in sheep, and of the necessity for control of the parasite, infe[?]tation by…

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715,000,000 Sheep in the World

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 1

The sheep population of the world is 716,000,000, of which 114,000,000 are in Australia. This information is given in the "Wool Review,"…

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Season's Wool Sales Yorkshire's Influence

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— Despite the absence of Japanese competition, sales at the opening Sydney auctions were on a very…

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Crow Pick No Doubt That Beaks Poison Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 2

In view of the publicity which has recently been given to the question of crow-pick in sheep, recent mortality due to that condition, but…

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Season’s Wool Sales Yorkshire’s Influence

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

Despite the absence of Japanese competition sa[?]es at the opening Sydney auctions were on a very satisfacfactory selling basis for growers as a…

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The Sheep Blowfly Problem Value of Selective Breeding and Culling

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Extensive research in sheep blowfly control has shown that sheep are not struck by chance, but that they are predisposed to strike by definite…

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Dairying When Pastures Fail the Value of Silage

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 4

Pasturing is no doubt the easiest method of feeding, but it is within the mark to say that there is hardly a single district in the State where…

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Pastoral Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 September 1937 · page 1

During August heavy losses were experienced in lambing ewes and which was the outcome of the adverse pastoral conditions during the winter,…

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