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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

400 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 17 of 20

Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Pigs Are Being Shipped from Britain to Four Continents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 3

Four Continents have been making purchases of British pedigree livestock since Germany’s invasion cut breeders off from several important sources of…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 1

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on 11th inst.:—We submitted our Appraisement Catalogue No. 31 (the seventh of the…

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The Wool Situation Storage Position Relieved

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 October 1940 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—With a quarter of the clip of the Commonwealth to be stored in the United States, consumption of…

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The Pastoral Position

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 7

The monthly press report issued by the Dept. of Agriculture, handed to as by the Braidwood Stock Inspector, Mr. W. Mactier, says:—"The reports…

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Sheep Losses

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 6

Toxaemia of pregnancy had caused considerable loss amongst sheep, particularly in the north, and the District Veterinary Officer for that" area…

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Control of Sheep Blowfly

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 8

The control of sheep blowfly is an ever present problem to the sheep owner. In "The Prevention and Treatment of Blowfly Strike in Sheep"…

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Bungendore Stock Market Cattle Average £13/1/-

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 3

Donnelly & Co. report:—We yarded 130 cattle at our sale on October 17. Quality was good, consisting mainly of medium weight cattle, with a…

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Large Wool Turnover Results and Payments

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 1

The programme for appraising 1,750,000 bales of wool in Australia before Christmas is proceeding smoothly. By that date the quantity dealt with…

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Goulburn Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 2

Approximately £5200 was paid by near and neighbouring district graziers for 593 head of cattle at the Municipal saleyards on Tuesday,…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 2

Pitt, Son & Badgery, Ltd., report:— Our Sydney appraisement No. 32 (the eighth catalogue of growers’ wools offered this season) was submitted for…

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Cattle Stealing Charges Young Men Sentenced

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 1

Ronald Frederick Mclnnes appeared at the Cooma Quarter Sessions this week, before His Honour Judge Nield and a jury of twelve on a charge of…

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Large Wool Turnover Results and Payments

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—The programme for appraising 1,750,000 bales of wool in Australia before Christmas is proceeding smoothly. By…

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Tragedy on Farm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 3

A woman is believed to have murdered her husband and a son with a heavy grass slasher at a Langdon Hill farm, near Ballarat…

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The Farm Home Control of White Ants Protective Treatment of Timber

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1940 · page 4

The most effective liquid in general use for the treatment of timber to prevent white ant attack is coal tar creosote oil. the effectiveness of the…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 3

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd., report:— The Zone System comes into operation during the first week of November, and a recent instruction from the…

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Control of Worms in Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 6

It is not possible to remove all the worms from sheep by the administration of a simple drench. There is no drench for all worms in sheep, as is…

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Obscure Sheep Disease in Narrabri District

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 6

Considerable mortality among sheep on a Narrabri property has been a cause of much worry to the owner as well as to several veterinarians in…

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Botulism Attacks Herd Loss of Valuable Cattle

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 6

The Infection of the dairy herd of Mr. Tom Wallis with the disease known as botulism accounted for the loss of eight of his most valuable…

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Wool Stocks and Prices Post War Position

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 1

The world has vast armies to clothe in war-time, but as far as Great Britain is concerned the call on her mills for clothing for the fighting forces is…

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Alleged Stealing and of Cattle Defendant Acquitted on First Count

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 2

At Cooma Quarter Sessions on Wednesday last, Ronald Frederick McInnes, 21 woolclasser wais charged before his Honour Judge Nield and a jury that on 3rd jane. 1940, he did at Qucanbeyan, steal one cow, one calf and one heifer. the property of John Morrison, and…

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