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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

400 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 15 of 20

Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—Early shorn wools are being appraised in Sydney, the bulk of the selection comprising north-western and far…

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Good Wool Results

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 3

A catalogue totalling 6554 bales, chiefly comprising wools from the Far West, Central West and North West was submitted by Winchcombe,…

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External Parasites of Sheep Precautions When Dipping

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 4

A precaution of first importance when dipping sheep for control of lice and “ticks,” an operation which should shortly be occupying sheep-owners in…

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War Effects on Wool Smaller Clip—larger Receipts

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 September 1940 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—Those interested in the sale or purchase of wool not controlled by the British Government have a difficult…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 6th instant:— We submitted our third appraisement catalogue of the current season…

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Evacuation of Sheep in England

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1940 · page 2

The evacuation of sheep from the coastal areas of England has provided a clear-cut demonstration of the value of motor transport for urgent national…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:—Wool appraisements are proceeding steadily without fuss or bother in the Sydney market and substantial…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2

Attention is directed to the special sale in Goulburn on Tuesday next, September 17th, when the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co.,…

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Sydney Wool Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2

At last Tuesday's Sydney wool appraisements Winchcombe, Carson offered a catalogue of 4943 bales. It chiefly comprised merinos from the…

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Germany’s Wheat Harvest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 2

The German Statistical Office estimates Germany’s wheat harvest at 24,000,000 tons, which is stated to be only 2 per cent. below the average…

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Wool Supplies and Stocks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 4

In Great Britain wool for use in goods for the civilian trade is severely rationed (reports Winchcombe, Carson Ltd.). Government orders have…

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Wool Supplies and Stocks Queensland's Recovery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—In Great Britain wool for use in goods for the civilian trade is severely rationed. Government orders have first…

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Plan for Storing Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 3

Shipment to the United States of [?] Ib, of Australian and New Zealand wool is expected to being at the end of this month. Forty ships…

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The War Wool for United States

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 7

BOSTON (A.A.P.).—Shipments to the United States of 250 million pounds of Australian and New Zealand wool is expected to begin after…

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America and African Wool Stabilised Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 2

Air hostilities and the probability of stocks accumulating have apparently not disturbed the faith of American buyers in the wool market, reports…

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Wartime Vegetable Crops Commercial Possibilities

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 4

With their limitation of overseas supplies of various primary produces, wartime conditions have also opened up certan possibilities for local producers…

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Junior Farmer Champion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 September 1940 · page 1

The 1940 Junior Farmer Champions were announced last week. Keith Maxwell, a vice-president of Cooma Junior Farmers Club, is champion in the…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on 16th inst.:— We submitted our No. 28 Appraisement Catalogue on Thursday,…

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