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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Delay in Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 3

Wool appraisements are slowing down by the curtailment of rail transport owing to the coal shortage, reports Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd…

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Re-establishing Wool Turnover. Imports and Exports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 1

Winchcombe,. Carson, Ltd. write:- Woolgrowers in addition to manufacturers are keenly interested in the speed with which the world's mills…

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The Wheat Position Statement by Minister for Agriculture

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 4

The Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., Minister for Agriculture, said Yesterday that the situation in regard to wheat supplies in New South…

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New Agricultural Machines. to Banish Farm Drudgery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1944 · page 3

The potentialities -of mechanical invention as applied to farming have been strikingly demonstrated during the nation's drive for increased food…

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Butter and Carrots

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 4

One inevitable outcome of food rationing is the spotlighting of the virtues of alternative foods. Sir Raphael Cilento, Chairman of…

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No Wild Cattle or Big Moneyed Men in Moruya

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 2

"Unfortunately Moruya did not have the big moneyed men they had in Braidwood, like "Top" Hassall and others, who were not afraid to put…

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India Proposes Rabbit Farms Kandy, Monday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 September 1944 · page 2

“Attempts are being made in India to breed from Australian rabbits” says the Ceylon “Daily News.” The rabbits, it is proposed, would be…

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Surplus WoolStocks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 3

Fears have recently been expxessed in England that the Wool Control will be left with an undue proportion of crossbred wool for disposal after…

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Wool and Livestock Trucks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Alleri, General Secretary of the Graziers’ Association of New. South Wales, says:— In restricting rail services to the…

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Winter Shelter for Sheep. Value Op Trees

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 4

Insufficient provision for the shelter of stock is a weakness in the management of many, pastoral holdings and as a consequence there is sometimes…

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Cooperative Farming

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 3

Cooperative farming under voluntary organisation should receive encouragement, according to the Rural Reconstruction Commission, in its…

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Co-operative Farming

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 September 1944 · page 4

Co-operative farming under voluntary organisation should receive every encouragement, according to the Rural Reconstruction…

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FINED £30 Sheep Trespassing on Reserve

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 2

Convicted at the Goulburn Police Court on a charge of being owner 300 sheep found trespassing on a travelling stock reserve, Martin…

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Sheep in New South Wales Numbers Consistently High

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 3

For five years, New South Wales has Consistently pastured over 54,000,000 sheep the latest figures issued by the Government Statistician showing a…

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4,000 SOLDIERS To Be Released For Dairy Farming

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 2

The agreement of the Government and the Army to release 4,000 soldiers for dairy farmers whose applications had been previously refused, is a…

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Wool and Livestock Trucks Statement by General Secretary of the Graziers' Association

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 1

Mr. J. W. Allen, General Secretary the Graziers' Association of N.S.W., "says:—"In a nutshell the position facing…

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Wonder of Wakool World's' Greatest Rice Farm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 4

My colleague the Minister for Conservation, Mr. Dunn, who has returned from a visit to the Irrigation Commission's rice-growing project at…

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Care of Farm Plant an Important Wartime Economy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 4

The care and maintenance of the farm plant is a matter which should exercise the minds of ail primary producers at the present time, as, owing…

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Farm Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 September 1944 · page 2

The Commonwealth Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. Scully, has made an important move towards the post-war stabilization of…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 September 1944 · page 3

Our catalogue in Sydney Wool Appraisement No. 143, the sixth of the present season, was finalised yesterday (Thursday) and results were…

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