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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

384 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 20

Wool and Artificial Fibres Position Op Aged Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Despite all the great claims made regarding the Improved types of artificial . fibres produced during the…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 2

Wool appraisements will be resumed in Sydney next week when a substantial offering of autumn shorn wools will be submitted,…

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Barley for Sheep Method of Feeding

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 3

In this State, sheep have not as yet been fed extensively on barley, but in' America lucerne hay and barley has long been recognised as an…

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Annual Wool Review (Continued from last issue)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 4

United States consumption of wool in 1041 was a record, totalling the equivalent of 3,300.000 kales of Australian weight. It exceeded the…

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The Vegetable Garden Value of Farmyard Manure

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 4

Plants are quite as dependent upon the mechanical condition of the soil as upon the supply of plant food, points out a departmental…

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Wool Works Damaged By Fire

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 1

Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by two fires which broke out on Sunday night in the wool works of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., in Lord…

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Grazier Offers to Give Away 20,000 Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 2

Ten million sheep are in danger 01 perishing in the west in the next few months unless the Railway Department lifts its ban on the transport of…

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Braidwood Sheep Sale Big Yarding of 6,000

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 2

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. report: On Thursday last, 21st inst., we yarded just on 6,000 sheep at our special sheep sale. The yarding…

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Higher Wool Price Good General Benefit

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 2

The announcement that the British Government has granted an advance of 15 per cent. in the average price paid for the next…

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Britain Raises Wool Price 15 Per Cent. More for Next Clip

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 3

The British Government has agreed to increase the price for Australian wool by 15 per cent., beginning with the next clip…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 2

Sydney Wool Appraisement No, 78 is taking place this week with a substantial offering in which many autumn shorn wools are included…

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Wool Appraisements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us yesterday:—4095 bales of wool were appraised at our Sydney catalogue on Wednesday. Results included:…

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Higher Wool Price Good General Benefit

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 1

Winchcombe, Cason, Ltd. write:—The announcement that the British Government has granted an increase of 15 per cent, in the average price…

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Farm Management in England

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 3

There have been many truly astonishing results from better farm management in England since the outbreak of war. The Minister for…

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Vegetable Weevils and Cutworms Serious Menace to Vegetable Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 May 1942 · page 3

Entomologists of the Department of Agriculture consider that spring sowings of vegetables will be very severely damaged by the brown…

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Notes and News Great Cattle Market

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1942 · page 2

Braidwood attracted a particularly busy appearance on Saturday, the streets being lined with cars. Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd's big special…

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The Increased Price for Wool

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1942 · page 1

"Like the early warning of clothes rationing, the announcement of the increased price for next season's wool might well have been, postponed,…

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The Offering of Wool General Effect of Price Rise

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 June 1942 · page 3

The zone system of shearing in New South Wales has compelled [?]ome growers to shear twice within the year ending June 30, report…

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Wool Price

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 3

Referring to criticisms made by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) and the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully) of his comments on the…

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