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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Sheep-rugging Trial "Not Economical" Result of Brae Springs Test

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 3

The rugging of sheep during a two-years' trial at Brae Springs. Albury, has not proved economical, and it it believed that this finding would…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Dissatisfaction with Wool Appraisements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 2

MELBOUBNE.—The Central Council of the United Country Party carried a resolution expressing dissatisfaction with the appraisement values…

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Wool Appraisement

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—Arrivals of wool continue heavy, and the turnover this season will reach unexpectedly large figures. The season…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 2

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports:—We submitted our fifth appraisement catalogue of the appraisement catalogue of the…

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British Imperial Wool Purchase

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 3

The following information regarding wool appraisements appears in the latest newsletter by the Graziers’ Association of New South Wales:—…

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Wool Production and Use Prices For Top

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 1

The highest average price recorded for Australian wool in a season was the 1924-25 boom when the greasy and scoured wool sold in the…

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Four Functions of Food Scientific Feeding of Dairy Cows

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1939 · page 1

Inadequate feeding of dairy cows is one of the chief causes of unprofitable dairying. This is made evident if the butter production of N.S.W…

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Pastoral the Mating Period

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 4

Except on the tablelands, in the colder districts, and in those districts where a spring lambing is practised, mating will take place over most of…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— We offered 9,451 bales of wool at our Sydney appraisement on Wednesday. Our appraised prices included:…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 1

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., repports:—We submitted our fifth appraisement catalogue of 11,580 bales on Wednesday…

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Grazing Cattle in the Streets Practice Must Cease

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 2

The matter of allowing dairy cattle to graze in the streets of the municipality was discussed by the aldermen at last night’s meeting of the Council,…

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Wool Production and Use Prices for Tops

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— The highest average price recorded for Australian wool in a season was the 1924-25 boom, when the greasy…

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Important Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 2

At W. H. Wheatley's annual sale in Goulburn on Thursday, 14th December, 25,000 sheep will be offered. This is one of the most important…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 3
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The Farmers & Graziers' Cooperative Co., Ltd., reports on the 20th instant:—Our sixth appraisement catalogue, totalling 11,460 bales, was…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— We offered 8,704 bales of wool at our Sydney appraisement on Thursday. Prices included: W. T. Merriman,…

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Pastoral Technique of Pasture Improvement the Problems Involved

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 1

The technique of pasture improvement can be reduced to:— What to sow; How to sow it…

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Dairying Fodder That Goes to Waste Why Not Conserve It As Silage ?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 1

Whilst dairy farmers on the coast rarely have to contend with long droughty periods such as are experienced inland, seldom does a winter…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 November 1939 · page 2

Schute Bell Badgerv Lumby Limited report:—The final appraisement of our catalogue No. 6 of 4,000 bales was completed on Thursday. This catalogue…

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Farm Life in Germany Regimented by the Nazis

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 November 1939 · page 4

One of the least known aspects of life in Germany to-day is that of farming. We have long been aware that German butter was of very poor…

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