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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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The Wool Clip Two-Thirds Appraised Exports to China

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 2

Over two-thirds of the 1941-42 Australian clip has been appraised to date this season, reports Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. The appraisement of that…

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Case of Farm Machinery Need for Adequate Servvicing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 5

One of the most serious disabilities under which the primary industries labour is the excessive cost incurred in the depreciation and operation of…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 10th instant:—We i submitted our Appraisement…

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Steel Ropes for Wool Pressers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

It was pointed out at a special meeting of the Graziers' Federal Council that galvanised steel coils for manufacture of ropes are unprocurable. The…

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New Cattle Fodder Good Live-weight Increases on Straw Pulp

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 3

Britain's farmers are obtaining excellent results with the fodder now being produced by the new caustic soda straw-pulping process on over…

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Town Deluged By Terrific Storm Considerable Damage Done Roads and Streets Suffer Hail Hits Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 1

A terrific thunderstorm broke over Queanbeyan and its environs shortly before 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Torrential rain fell…

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America’s Record. Wool Consumption

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The United States consumed a record quantity of apparel wool in 1941. Final figures for the year are not available,…

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Steel Ropes for Wool-pressers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 4

It was pointed out at a special meeting of the Graziers' Federal Council that galvanised steel colls for manufacture of ropes for…

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The Impact of War On Denmark’s Dairy and Poultry Industries

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 3

Since the German occupation of Denmark mark in April 1940 it has been tacitly assumed that the Danish livestock industries would be largely liquidated…

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Britain’s Seed Crop Sets Up Record in 1941

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 2

Great Britain’s extensive sugar beet war crop has been harvested this-year entirely from seed grown at home Before the war, almost half of the…

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District Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Appraisements of southern wool at Winchcombe, Carson's Sydney offering last Tuesday included G. T. Dowling, Douro, Yass, ewes 24d, 23d, 21¾d;…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 17th stant:—We submitted our Apprisement Catalogue No. 70 (the 19th of…

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America's Record Wool Consumption

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—The United States consumed a record quantity of apparel wool in 1941. Final figures for the year are not yet…

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Phenothiazine for Nodule Worm of Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3

Phenothiazine is the only drug known to be effective against, the nodule worm when given as a drench. It is scarce and expensive, and the…

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Losses From Sheep Blowfly Could Be Reduced by 80 Per Cent

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 1

If Australia's sheep and wool industry is to overcome or avoid the dangers which beset it, no factor which tends to lower efficiency or…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 4

We brought forward an attractive catalogue of wools from the later shearing districts for our appraisement catalogue No. 70 which was finalised last…

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The War and Wool English Exports

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Limited report: In peace time about 90 per cent. of the Australian clip was exported. Last season exports were equal to…

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Rifles for Farmers Protection Against Paratroops

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 3

Farmers do net like parting with their rifles, and their attitude is not without reason. Every country man who had a rifle was an asset in the…

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“National Butter”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 3

Towards the end of last year the British Ministry of Food permitted the sale of national butter in plain wrappers, subject to a condition that a…

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Federal Pastoral Award

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 February 1942 · page 3

In July last, the Commonwealth Arbitration Court dealt with a claim of the A.W.U. for increased rates and an alteration of the adjustment clause…

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