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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

272 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 14

Wool Is Wanted Aspects of Present Position

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The future of wool is bright if its sale remains unaffected by monetary condition abroad. Governments…

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Bright Wool Outlook New South Wales Stock

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 3
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

The strong opening and improved values at the Sydney wool sales this week confirm the favourable indications noticeable in the market…

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Goulburn Wool Auctions Preparations for Forthcoming Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 September 1947 · page 3

The 1947-48 season Goulburn Wool Sales will commence on the 24th and 25th September, and all indications point to an even more successful series…

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Local and General Wool Section at Show

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1947 · page 2

An appeal is made to Braidwood district sheep men to give the Show Society a helping hand, and, incidentally, to boost up the district by making the…

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Goulburn Wool Auctions Preparations for Forth-coming Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 September 1947 · page 4

The 1947-48 Season Goulburn Wool Sales will commence on the 24th-25th September, and all indications point to an even more successful series than…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 3

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd, report: On Wednesday 10th inst. we offered an average selection of Merino clip…

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Record Wool Price

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 2

Holder of the Australasian price record for wool for the past season was S. H. Money-Walker (appropriate name, that!) with 7/1 per lb. for wool…

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Spring Cattle Sale Buoyant Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 2

The Formers and Graziers Spring cattle sale on September 6 was largely attended. Owing to heavy rain in the early part of the week the yarding was…

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FARMERS & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited 3rd September, 1947 Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 1

We submitted a Catalogue of 7,052 bales on Tuesday, 2nd instant, comprising clips drawn largely from the North-Western Plains, the Central…

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Advanced Wool Values Better Lines Rise Most

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 4

The marked advance in prices for most classes of wool must be accepted as an indication of the urgent need for raw material abroad, Winchcombe…

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Advanced Wool Values Better Limes Rise Most

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The marked advance in prices for most classes of wool must be accepted as an indication of the urgent need for…

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Yorkshire's Wool Buying Raw Material and Credits

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Yorkshire, a relatively limited buyer as last season's Australian wool sales, has been one on the most influential…

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Yorkshire’s Wool Buying Raw Material and Credits

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 4

Yorkshire, a relatively limited [?] last season’s Australian wool [?] has been one of the most influential competitors at this year’s auctions,…

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Farm Management. Courses for Ex-Servieemcn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 2

The second of the refresher courses in farm management for ex-servicemen in New South Wales will commence on September 22 at…

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Jersy Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 4

The Jersey breed of cattle is rightly claimed to be one of the oldest breeds in existence. They are greatly in demand because of their rich milk and freedom from disease. Particularly during recent years the value of the Jersey as a…

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Forty-hour Week Bruxner Suggests Unpegging of Farm Prices

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 4

"The Country Party believes in arbitration, therefore it accepts the decision of the Court in favour of a 43-hour week, and we hope the interested…

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Continent Wants Wool the U.s.a. Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 September 1947 · page 1
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Continental purchasing has been a strong feature of this season's wool sales. Consumption of wool in Europe…

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The Golden Fleece How the Goulburn Wool Sales Started (Contributed)

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1947 · page 4

Sixty years ago anyone who had 50 bales of wool for sale and did not send it to England to be sold, was classed by his follow graziers as being mad…

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