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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Most Wool Transported Rationing and Stock Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1944 · page 2

The wool tranport position improved so much in late December and January, that arrivals of the clip to date in Sydney and Newcastle this…

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Braidwood Wool

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

At the Sydney wool appraisements on Tuesday Winchcombe, Carson's results included William R. McDowall, Braidwood, ewes 20¾d, wethers 20½d…

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Wool Substitute Menace

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

Mr. J. P. Abbott, chairman of the Australian Wool-growers’ Council, states that that body, in conjunction with New Zealand and South…

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American Wool Publicity Spirited Efforts

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

In the United States a pessimistic outlook on the future of wool is far from generally taken, but strong steps are being taken to safeguard the…

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Clothing the World No Substitute Equal to Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 2

At our Sydney appraisement on Wednesday, reports Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., we offered a catalogue comprising 3,923 bales drawn from…

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Sheep Blowfly Breed Plain-bodied Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Blowfly strike in sheep does not occur by chance, nor is it related, except in a very minor way to the realth of the sheep. It has been…

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Tropical Butter Spread

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 3

New developments in the manufacture of tropical butter spread, a major food discovery of the war, have opened the way to vastly increased…

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Goulburn Wool Appraisements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Grain, Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., report:—Our appraisement 66 was finalised on Friday last, when 4,442 bales,…

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Wool for Warmth Superior to All Substitutes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

Our Sydney catalogue in the current series of appraisements is being submitted to-day and will be finalised on Monday next report Pitt, Son. and…

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American Wool Publicity. Spirited Efforts. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:—

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 1

In the United States a pessimistic outlook on the future of wool is far from generally taken, but strong steps are being made to safeguard the…

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Wheat for Europe After the War Washington, Wednes. (A.A.P

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 3

The International Wheat Council has announced plans for the distribution of the initial pool of 100,000,000 bushels of wheat for the relief of…

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The Dairy Cow Ample Water Supply Essential

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

Dairymen who expect cows in heavy production to work at their best without plenty of water of the right temperature are likely to be…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 1

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., Ltd., reports on the 3rd inst.:—We submitted our catalogue No. 127 on Tuesday, Feb. 1st, the…

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Wool for Europe. Tests for the Sheep's Staple

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— With the rising tempo of the war in Europe and in the East, the problem of relief from the war-suffering…

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Wool for Europe Tests For The Sheep’s Staple

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 3

With the rising tempo of the war in Europe and in the East, the problem of relief for the war-suffering people comes into greater…

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Wool Appraisements

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. report : We submitted for final appraisement on Monday, a most representative catalogue of 3,800 bales, comprising…

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Proved by Practice The Mechanisation Scheme Boon To Dairy Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

It gives me particular pleasure to be able to report that the Farm Mechanisation Scheme, introduced by my Government eight months ago with a…

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Butter Ration Reduction Would Benefit Britain

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

The Federal Government will be asked to reduce the Australian butter ration from 8oz. to 6oz. a week to help maintain the ration…

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The Wool Trade Many Perplexing Problems

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

Some concern has been experienced in English wool textile circles at the manner in which wool manufacturing has developed during the…

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