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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Wool Season Closed Effect of Local Consumption

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 3

The second wool season under the British contract has closed, and Australia has again marketed more wool than at any time in pre-war history…

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Sheep Attacked by Dogs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 3

During recent weeks dogs with a sheep killing lust have destroyed valuable stock on several properties in districts immediately adjacent to…

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Telegraphic News Australia's Wool Cheque

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 2

Australia's wool cheque for the 1940-41 wool season was £55,251,000. Appraisal was made of about 3,506,000 bales. The Central Wool…

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Wool Season Closed Effect of Local Consumption

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:— The second wool seaton under the British contract has closed, and Australia has again marketed more wool…

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The Dairy Farmer (With Apologies)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 2

Under the spreading hopeless debts The farmer's hoaiestead stands; Its lord a mournful man is he As he ploughs his mortgaged lands;…

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Wool Without “Tickle” British Textile Experts Solve an Old Problem

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 4

A wool fixing process which takes all the “tickle” out of garments made from it has been evolved by British textile experts…

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Farm of the Future Use of Ultra-violet and Infra-red Rays

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 3

The American Society of Agricultural Engineers recently discussed the part likely to be played by ultra-violet and infra-red rays on primary…

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Wool Appraisements

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 1

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. report:— Seeing that the official wool year did not conclude till 30th June, it is to the credit of the…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 2nd instant:— We submitted our final…

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£126,000,000 for Wool War-time Revenue

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 2

During two years of war, Australia’s revenue for wool totals £126,056,311. [?]rior to 1928/29, a similar period produced an approximately corresponding…

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Farming Should Be Diversified

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

Time and time again since the commencement of the war, the future of Australian agriculture has been discussed by technical experts and as…

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Wheat Wanted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

The Australian Wheat Board has asked farmers to deliver wheat on hand that they do not require to licensed receivers by August 9th…

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Goulburn Wool Appraisement

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

Ray Bladwell & Co., Ltd., report having offered 1062 bales, 12 butts, and 140 bags at their, final appraisement of the 1940-41 season. The…

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Sheep Louse Prevention of Infestation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

Like the sheep "tick," the sheep louse spends the whole of its life upon the host, and does not leave it unless to transfer to another animal. This…

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Telegraphic News Australia's Wool Clip

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE.— The wool clip for 1941-42 is estimated by the Central Wool Committee at 3,590,000 bales, which is 83,790 bales more than the…

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£126,000,000 for Wool War-time Revenue

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:— During two years of war Australia's revalue for wool totals £126,056,311. Prior to 1928-29 a similar period…

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Improving the Lot of the Farmer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

Last week the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, made a tour of the Southwest wheat area. It was a strenuous trip. The Minister addressed a…

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Farm for W.A.N.S. Training

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 1

The Lands Department has made available to the W.A.N.S. a farm at Gosford where girls may be trained in fruit picking and packing, vegetable…

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Helping the Farmer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 3

Last week the Minister for Lands, Mr. Tully, made a tour of the south west wheat areas. It was a strenuous trip; the Minister addressed a number…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

The receipt of wool in the Sydney market during the season just closed were 60,000 bales below the record figures of the previous season (report…

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