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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

Pitt. Son and Badgery Ltd report:— Our final catalogue of the half year comprised 6,639 bales embracing a number of slips from the later shearing…

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Stability in Wool Values Beneficial Results

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Those interested in the appraisement of wool are able to face New Year marketing prospects with equanimity…

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Cotton Used Instead of Wool Graziers’ Complaint

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 3

A complaint was made yesterday by the Graziers’ Association of New South Wales that cotton goods were being bought by the Social Services -Department,…

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When Will Our Supply of Cattle Run Out?

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

Over the week end one of the largest lots of cattle that have left the district in one mob for a number of years were mustered and sent away…

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War and Wool Possible Trade Changes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— War-time conditions produce trading problems in all countries, but particularly, for those nations engaged in…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Election of Representatives

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 6

The period for Which the representatives at present on the Australian Dairy Produce Board were elected will expire on the 30th April,…

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Champion Farmer to Be Honoured Field Day on Mr. N. S. Bate's Farm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 5

The high standard of South Coast farming is to receive a further splendid advertisement on Thursday, llth January, when at a monster Field…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

The Farmers & Graziers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 10th instant:—Our Appraisement Catalogue No. 10, comprising 12,638 bales, was…

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Local and General Special Sheep Sale at Goulburn

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Attention is drawn to the big spesheep sale in Goulburn on Tuesday next, 16th January, when the New Zealand Loan and N.A. Co.,…

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War and Wool Possible Trade Changes

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

Winchcombe, Garson, Ltd. write:—Wartime conditions produce trading problems in all countries, but particularly for those nations engaged in…

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Wool May Be Rationed Britain’s Supply

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

Several London morning newspapers forecast that rationing, which already applies to food, eventually will extend to clothing materials…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. the Wool Clip

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—From October to December 1,450,000 bales of wool were appraised, at a value of £25,299,147 in Australian currency…

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Wool Appraisements 1,450,000 Bales Dealt with £25,299,147 Put Into Circulation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Fitt, Son and Badgerv, Ltd., report:—Appraisements were resumed in Sydney on Monday and the work is now proceeding expeditiously…

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Dairying Milking Cows Demand Minerals Heavy Drain on Dairying

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

Discussing in a recent address to farmers the importance of, maintaining the mineral content of dairying lands, Mr. P. Waller,…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

Winchcombs, Carson Limited report: 10,237 bales of wool were appraised in our . Sydney catalogue yesterday.Results included:—…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 10th inst.:—Our appraisement catalogue No. 10, comprising 12,638 bales, was…

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Sheep-stealing Charge Farmer Bound Over for Three Years

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 1

“Sheep stealing is so easy to accomplish and so very hard to detect, particularly in these rough mountainous country places,” remarked the P.M.,…

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Australia’s Wool Sale Its Advantages

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

The wool market in the United States and elsewhere has not shown signs of' booming, report Winchcombe, Carpon Ltd. the New York Futures…

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Wheat Sale 56,000,000 Bushels for United Kingdom

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

The sale to the United Kingdom Government of 56,000,000 busnels of wheat and 150,000 tons of flour at a price which is regarded as very…

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Hospital Wool Appeal

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 1

The following additional donations to he wool appeal of the Hospital have been noted:— Left at W. Cranswick’s: Messrs…

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