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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

Approximately 30,000 sheep, the largest number for some considerable time, were penned at the Goulburn Municipal Saleyards on…

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Wool Report

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

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 26/1/40:— Our appraisement catalogue No. 12, comprising 10,838 bales, was…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Our Sydney appraisement totalled 9598 bales yesterday. Results included:— W. T. Walker, Ledgworth, Yass, ewes…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 1

Pitt, Son and Badgery, Limited, report:— Included in our 12th appraisement catalogue were the following: A/c Roy Smith, Brooklands, Yass,…

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Goulburn Wool Appraisements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

Ray Bladwell & Company, Ltd, report:—Our second appraisement was finalised on Friday last, when this company submitted 1322 bales,…

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Stock Sale Good Mark for Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 1

W. J. Gibbs & Co. report having held a moist successful sheep and cattle sale at Queanbeyan Municipal Yards on Thursday, 1st February. The cattle…

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Wool Appraised Scheme Working Satisfactorily

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

Fitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., report:— Solid progress is being made with the work of wool appraisement in the Sydney market and the scheme is now…

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Record Prices for Xbred Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

The best crossbred wools yet submitted in New South Wales under the Imperial Purchase Scheme were included in catalogues appraised last…

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American Wool Consumption Avoiding Heavy Stocks

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 1

Winchcombe,- Carson, Ltd. write:—A downward variation has recently been experienced in wool prices in the United States. The New York…

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Junior Farmers Girls' Camp

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 3

Junior Farmers' Club organisation has developed to the extent that tours cultivating social intercourse among members from various…

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Local and General Braidwood Wool

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 2

Appraisements in Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney catalogue on Thursday last included A. Heanes, Cleetmore, Oranmier, hoggets 16d, ewes…

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The World’s Wool Empire Proportion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 4

The world’s wool clip, including merinos, crossbreds and carpet types is estimated to be the equivalent of 13.330,000 bales of Australian weight…

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The War Day by Day. Wheat Yield

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 5

The Australian wheat crop for 1939-40 season is expected to approximate 204,000,000 bushels. in 1932-33 the crop reached the record…

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Wool Growers' Chance to Improve Quality a Wartime Plan

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 6

Given reasonably good weather conditions, 1940 should be one of definite progress in the pastoral industry…

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Dairying Italian Rye and Red Clover Provides Good Winter Grazing for Dairy Cows

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 1

Discussing in the "Agricultural Gazette" the advantages of Italian eye and red clover as [?] pasture for fertile soils in coastal…

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Local and General Special Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 2

There will be a first-class yarding of young sheep, numbering 12,500, at the New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co.'s special sale in Goulburn on…

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The World's Wool Empire Proportion

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write: — The world's wool clip, including merinos, crossbreds and carpet types, is estimated to be the…

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Pastoral Serves a Two-fold Purpose the Importance of Crutching

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

With the lambing season approaching and the blowfly pest active, the operation of crutching should not be overlooked. Crutching should be…

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Motorists’ Corner Official R.A.C.A. Notes “Carbon” Stands by the Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 February 1940 · page 4

“Carbon.” of the R.A.C.A., who is regarded as one of the leading motoring authorities in Australia, spiritedly defends the farmers against the…

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