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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Japanese Wool Buying Generally Improved Consumption

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 August 1939 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— A moderate quantity of good topmaking and average spinners' greasy fleece wools have recently been…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 18th instant:— Preparations for the opening of the…

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Dairying Winter Feed Abundant This Season But What About Next?

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 1

In most dairying districts winter feed was more abundant this year than for some considerable time, it will be interesting to examine, when…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 1
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Farmers &. Graziers' Cooperative Co., Ltd. reports on 18th last.: Preparations for the opening of the new season's auctions on the 28th…

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Wool Sales on

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 2

The element of doubt normally associated with the trend of events at the opening of a wool selling season is accentuated this season by the old…

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Pastoral Important During Shearing Care of the Lambs and Ewes

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 1

Special thought should be given during shearing to ewes with lambs at foot. Dry ewes and wethers present little trouble so long as it is…

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Coming Wool Sales Favourable and Unsettling Factors

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Prospects for the sale of wool have not diminished. Inquiry for supplies privately has not been brisk, but that position is customary immediately…

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Pit Silage in Inland Districts Suitable Crops

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 1

To make good silage, it is essential that the material used should contain the right amount of sap. If it is too dry it is likely to mould or char…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 24th instant:— Preparations are now well advanced…

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Suspended Wool Sales Uncertainty the Cause

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 1

The decision to suspend the opening of the Sydney wool sales for a week was made because of the present International uncertainty…

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Wool Density in Merinos Importance of the Skin

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1939 · page 2

“Until we know a good deal more regarding the skin structure of the merino sheep we shall be seriously handicapped in research work on many…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Schute Bell Badgery Lumly Limited report:—After a week-end fraught with potentialities at the outcome of the drama being staged on the chess-board…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report: Much to the disappointment of everyone concerned it was found necessary to postpone the opening of the Sydney…

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Wool Sales Postponed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 3

Wool sales scheduled in Sydney and Adelaide next week will not be held. The position of the wool industry will be reviewed at a meeting of…

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Suspended Wool Sales Uncertainty the Cause

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:— The decision, to suspend the opening of the Sydney wool sales for a week was made because of the present in…

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Dairying Red Clover Value in the Coastal Dairy Farm Rotation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 1

Speaking recently on the value of leguminous crops ia the coastal dairy farming programme, both as a source of protein to balance the ration and…

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Amazing Wonder Tool for Garden and Farm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 3

The Re-Nu Wonder Tool is unique in that it can be used as a hoe, rake, shovel, scarifier, pulveriser, slasher. It performs hundreds of jobs on farms…

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