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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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“Suspect” Cattle Warning to Stockowners

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 2

Recently cases have occurred where “suspect” cattle , were forwarded to Flemington without inspection where an order under the Stock…

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Contrasts in Wool Better Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— A spirited wool market in Australia, higher prices for tops in Bradford, and a relatively low level or…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report:— The concluding series of the Australian wool selling season is now taking place in Brisbane. The market has…

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Hope for Higher Wool Prices

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 2

Prospects for improved wool prices during the coming season are brighter now than they have been for the past twelve months. This…

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Stud Sheep Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 2

By the time the Sydney stud sheep sales are finished at Sydney Show-ground to-day more than £50,000 will have changed bands between…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report:— The Brisbane auctions this week concluded the Australian selling season, a season which will be remembered for…

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Bounty on Wool High Production Costs

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 June 1939 · page 3

"The wool industry awaits the Federal Government's response to the request for a bounty on wool. The best statistics available indicate…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on 30th June:— Selling conditions in Brisbane dur[?]ng the second week of the closing…

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The Wool Position English Supplies

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 1

The improved values secured for wool at the closing series of Brisbane sales were caused by the extensive purchases made by Germany and Japan, reports…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. N.Z. Farmers Living Life of Base and Luxury

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1939 · page 7

Thirty-nine members of the Young Farmers' Clubs in South Taranaki (N.Z.), who recently investigated the conditions of dairy farmers and…

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South Africa's Wool Cup Reduced Sheep Numbers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 3

In 1930 the number of woolled sheep in the Union of South Africa was 44,021,000 head, but by 1935 the total was 30,316,000, drought having…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 3

Many outstanding lines of breeding ewes and splendidly conditioned wool-cutters were included in the yarding of more than 10,000 sheep…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 1

The Farmers & Glaziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd. reports on 30th June: Selling conditions in Brisbane during the second week of the closing…

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Fall in Wool Values

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 3

The recession in wool prices is, strikingly illustrated by figures issued by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia…

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Sheep Lice and Tick Protection of Flocks

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 1

The Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture has requested that attention he drawn to the fact that sheep from Queensland…

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The Wool Position English Supplies

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— The improved values secured for wool at the closing series of Brisbane sales were caused by the…

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Foot-rot in Sheep Bluestone and Formalin Treatment

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 4

Foot-rot in sheep is extremely prevalent, particularly in the southern districts, where the condition is distinctly serious. This 16 the first…

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Marketing the Small Wool Clip Need for Improved Methods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1939 · page 1

There was room for muck improvement in the way the average farmer marketed his wool clip, pointed out a departmental sheep and wool…

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Future of Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1939 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. reports: Since the return of buyers from Brisbane it has been possible to effect some sales of passed-in wools and there…

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Wool Market Aspects Good Length Wools

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1939 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report;— Yorkshire and Continental buyers have been active private purchasers of local occured. fellmongered wools of late. A…

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