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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Alsatians Council to Be Asked to Declare Noxious Sheep Destroyed Children Hurt

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 1

After charges had been preferred that within the last few days Alsatian dogs had attacked three children in the township, mauling…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Heavy Decline in Wool Values

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 2

There was a heavy decline in the value of wool sold in Australia in the 1937-38 season. Receipts amounted to £43,515,769 compared with…

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English Butter "Unfit to Grease Boots"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 8

English butter did not favourably impress Mr. W. Laffan, senior Commonwealth grader, in his three years in London…

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The Alsatian Again Sheep Killed, Children Attacked

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 8

After charges had been preferred that within the last few days Alsatian dogs had attacked three children in the township, mauling them…

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Substitute for Wool. German Progress

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 1

Anxiety about the rapid progress being made in Europe, particularly in Germany, in the production of artificial substitutes for wool, was…

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Another Angle of Pastoral Wages (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 1

For eight or nine days I listened to the case before the Arbitration Court dealing with the wages of pastoral workers…

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Wool Season 235,000 Bales Carried Over

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd. report: The wool season just closed has, according to the official figures published last week, left a legacy of 235,000 bales…

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New Serial Story Easy Money a Sporting Romance Chapter Vii. a Jolt for the Cattle King

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 4

“I have something most important to communicate, con cerning the intimate affairs [?] your family,” the note stated…

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Thrift in Dairying Unnecessary Purchases Never Cheap

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1938 · page 1

Discussing in a recent address the need for more businesslike methods in dairying, a stock inspector of the Department of Agriculture pointed…

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Pastoral Prevention of Mortality Following Shearing the Importance of Shelter for Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 4

Mothod of management is, or course, an important factor in mortality following shearing. Very fat or very poor sheep are those most…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2
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The Farmers and graziers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 8th instant :— There have been during the past…

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London Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2

LONDON.—The home demand for wool continued at to-day's sales, but there was limited inquiry from Germany and France. The tone of the…

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London Wool Sales LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 1

A good selection offered at the wool sales to-day met with active competition from the home trade. Australian wools sold well, but other styles…

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Wool Prices and Prospects Expanded Trade Needed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— The more general inquiry which has been experienced for local felimongered and passed-in greasy wools…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Wool Stabilisation Scheme

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 2

The N.S.W. Agricultural Bureau Conference, sitting at Richmond, decided to-day to ask the Federal Gov-ernment to establish a wool…

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Dairying Improvement of Soil Fertility the Prime Need Op Coastal Pastures

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 July 1938 · page 1

It was easy to increase herds and areas by the expenditure of money, but most dairy farmers would probably be better off it they had less…

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ALSATIANS Attacks on Cattle Armed Farmers on Guard

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 3

As a result of attacks by Alsatian dogs, cattle have been mauled in the Riverstone district end armed farmers are searching for the marauders…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers" Co operative Co., Ltd. reports on 15th inst.: Interest in the Trade is centred at present on the fourth series of the…

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Lecture on Cattle Breeding

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 2

Very little interest was displayed on Monday night in the lecture by Mr. McGilvray, of the Dept. of Agriculture, on cattle breeding…

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