Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

447 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 23

Wool Supply Position More Favourably Situated

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

Unlike wheat and cotton the future fortune of wool is not hampered by surplus carry-over stocks. The former are in excessive supply because of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

June Wool Sales Prospects for the Growing Clip

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report:— Wool is coming along freely for the closing series timed to commence on June. 5, and extending over a fortnight…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Pastoral Sheep Classing the Opportunity Afforded Before Shearing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 1

While the practice of sheep classing —the grading of the breeding flock and selection of sires for use in mating, with the object of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Co., Ltd. reports on 26th inst.: In the absence of wool auctions in any of the selling centres, there are…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sydney’s Closing Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

Following the movement in private treaty business for skin and passed-in wools since buyers returned from Brisbane, writes Schute Bell Badgery…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wool Supply Position More Favourably Situated

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— Unlike wheat and cotton, the future fortune of wool is not hampered by surplus carry-over stocks. The…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Value of Wool Substitutes Not Such Menace

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 2

An interesting letter on the value of wool by Mr. J. B. Fowler appeared in the "Herald" last week. He states…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 2

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd, report:—The concluding auctions of the wool year in Sydney commenced yesterday, and will finish next week. We will…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Wool Outlook Better Consumption

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 2

The outlook for wool has not shown any marked change, but consumption on the Continent, in Yorkshire and the United States shows a favourable trend,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Footrot Danger in Sheep Timely Advice to Flock-owners

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 1

The disease is now considered to be caused by the combined activity of more than one germ. It has been found that these germs will not…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

For Dairy Premises How to Lay a Concretes Floor

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 5

For many purposes on the dairy farm impervious floors are required. Concrete has been found the most suitable, and if the floors are well…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Plight of Country Men Through Low Prices "Sheep, Wheat and Cattle Pay Bills"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 4

"Despite the great development of secondary industries in Australia, sheep, wheat and cattle, in the last analysis, pay the bills," said the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Costs in Pastoral Industry

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 3

Delegates at the 55th annual convention of the Graziers' Federal Council of Australia, which opened in Sydney this week, stressed the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Goulburn Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 2

It is expected that there will be yarded about-15,000 sheep at W. H. Wheatley's big sale in Goulburn on Tuesday, 20th June. These will…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Fanners & Graziers' Cooperative Co., Ltd., reports on 6th inst.: We submitted at our sale on Monday, 6th inst., a catalogue of 3.604…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Store Sheep in Demand

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 3

All lines showing breeding and condition met with a good inquiry at the special store sheep sale conducted at the municipal saleyards on…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Wool Outlook Better Consumption

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— The outlook for wool has not shown any marked change, but consumption on the Continent, in Yorkshire and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Foot-rot in Sheep Wisdom of Early Treatment

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 1

The wet season is having the usual result of causing foot-vot in sheep to appear, particularly in the Riverina, states the Chief Veterinary…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →