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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

493 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 16 of 25

Treatment of Worm Infestation in Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 1

District Veterinary Officers of the Department of Agriculture draw, attention to the fact that worm infestation in sheep is evident on many…

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Wool Charges Increased by Brokers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 2

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers Association has increased the ware housing and handling charges on wool by 15 per cent., and so restored…

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New Uses Needed for Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Brierley, a member of the British Empire Chamber of Commerce in New York, and a leading authority on textiles, said in an…

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Wool and Its Future. Conservative Opinion

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The usually quiet period of August in the wool trade has been supplied with cause for confident feelings by…

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World Wheat Glut

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 3

World-production figures for wheat exceed the bumper year of 1938 by at l[?]ast 200,000,000 bushels Prospects of a good world-price are not bright,…

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The Wool Position Supplies and Demand

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 3

The wool market has not shown signs of receding as a result of the absence of auction sales which normally supply a basis for trade in the…

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Sheep Tick Stir at Queanbeyan Braidwood Stock Inspector's Action

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 5

The majority of the sheep penned at the Queanbeyan saleyards last week were quarantined by an inspector of the Braidwood Pastures…

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Items of Interest Warning to Dairymen

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 5

The Chief, Inspector of Dairies, Mr. C. H. Nepean, issues the following warning to dairymen:— Under the Pure Foods Act and regulations it is…

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Building Up Fertility in the Farm Garden

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 3

With the approach of spring conditions, renewed interest will be taken in the garden, which should be a feat[?]re of every farm home. Most soils can…

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Pastoral Sheep Classing Characters Desirable in a Merino Flock

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 4

However small the flock, periodical classing should be a feature of its management, but if it is to give maximum returns. The following…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd. reports on 5th ins.:— The opening of the Australian selling season is only three weeks off…

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The Wool Position

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— The wool market has not shown signs of receding as a result of the absence of auction sales which norm…

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Fifty Cattle Dead in Train

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 3

When a train load of 400 cattle consigned to Mr. F. G. Leahy, was unloaded at Harefield, near Wagga, last week, it was discovered that 50…

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Wool Prices Better American Trade

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Feelings in regard to the future of the wool market are unquestionably more cheerful than two or three months…

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Water in Milk Local Dairyman Fined

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 3

Queanbeyan Municipal Council proceeded against Stephen G. Carter, a local dairyman, in the Police Court this morning, charging that…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited report:—The wool trade, has been very quiet during the past week, only a few transactions in passed-in and…

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Tax on Racing Dogs Farmers' Request Complaints of Sheep Killing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 2

The conference of the Farmers & Settlers' Association decided last week to recommend a tax of £2 each on coursing dogs. Delegates said…

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Wool Prices Better American Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:— Feelings in regard to the future or the wool market are unquestionably more cheerful than two or three…

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Wages Tax. Farmers' Demand for Abolition

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 2

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in Sydney last week, decided to ask for the abolition of the special income tax…

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