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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

384 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 20

New Wool Building To Be Erected in Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 3

When the Goulburn woolbroking firm of Ray Bladwell and Company held its first sale in 1934, even the most optimistic views did not…

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Breeding Merinos for Wool Building Up the Small Flock

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 4

The small flock owner who is breeding for wool should have an ideal in his mind. He must have in view the sheep that will grow the type of wool…

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Classing the Farmer's Clip Need For Systematic Methods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 3

Systematic procedure and convenient arrangement of the wool rolling table enable both greater efficiency and saving in labour in the operation…

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Amateur Farmers Boys and Masters

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 3

Quite recently the N.S.W. Teachers' Federation announced that 1,000 teachers had undertaken to make their services available during the coming…

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Idle Wool Trucks

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 3

This week the President of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales, Mr. H. R. Cowdery, made the following statement to the press:—…

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251b. More Wool to Every Bale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 4

An urgent appeal for assistance from woolgrowers in conserving supplies of woolpacks is being made by the Central Wool Committee…

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British Cannon-firing "Spitfires' in Crops-channel "Sweeps."

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 1

The latest British "Spitfires" for the Royal Air Force are armed with two cannon, as well as machine guns in the wings. In the "sweeps," or day offensives carried out by the R.A.P. over occupied territory, the English Channel and the North Sea, British fighter aircraft not only serve as escorts to bombers for engaging enemy fighter formations, but also dive down to attack…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 3rd instant:—We submitted our first catalogue of the 1942-43 season on the 28th ult.,…

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Wool-report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—1,889 bales of wool were appraised at our Sydney catalogue on Wednesday. Results included H. E…

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Delay in Shearing Wool Tops in England

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. writer:—Rain in New South Wales has interfered with zone shearing arrangements, and arrivals of wool at the…

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Four Men to Shear One Sheep Primitive Methods in Other Lands

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

In a letter to his uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Barfoot, of North Crookwell, Sgr. H. Lewis, writing from the Middle East, gives an…

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Wheat for Sheep Method of Feeding

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 1

Wheat, which is now available at a reduced price for stock feeding purposes, is a useful feed for sheep. Fattening lambs and lambing ewes, the…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 3

Wool appraisements are now well under way in the Sydney market, although aggregate offerings are moderate, reports Pitt, Son &…

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Fourth Large Wool Clip

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 2

Some years have elapsed since New South Wales has experienced many interruptions by rain to shearing, and supplies of wool for offering…

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251b. More Wool to Every Bale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1942 · page 3

An urgent appeal for assistance from woolgrowers in conserving supplies of woolpacks is being made by the Central Wool Committee. Because…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 11th inst.:— We submitted our second catalogue of the 1912-43 season on…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 2

The wool appraisement season is now fairly under way in Sydney and the third series opened on Wednesday last report Pitt Son and…

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Federal Pastoral Award Adjustment of Rates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

In the early part of the year, Judge O’Mara in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court gave consideration to the rates which were to apply for…

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Logs for Wool Building

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

Logs are to be hauled form Rugby Reid’s Flat, Roache. Bigga, Tarago, Callen, Windellama, Marulan, Bungonia and the slopes of the…

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Fourth Large Clip Wool, Cotton and Silk

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— Some years have elapsed since New South Wales has experienced so many interruptions by rain to shearing…

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