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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

272 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 14

Country Party Wheat Policy

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 6

"It is very gratifying to find that the wheat policy announced by me on behalf of the Country Party at the beginning of this State election…

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Use of D.d.t. on Vegetable Crops Danger of Harmful Residue

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 8

A warning is issued by the New South Wales Department of Health, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, concerning the risk to…

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Italians and Farms Their Rights in the Griffith Irrigation Area

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 3

The Full Court last week decided that a policy of the Irrigation Commission of keeping Irrigation farm lands for Australians, particularly…

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Notes and News Junior Farmers' Club at Braidwood

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 4

Early this week Mr. M. G. Blacklock, District Supervisor of Junior Farmer Clubs, visited Braidwood, and thoroughly explored the possibility of…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 2

The attention of buyers is directed to the big special sale at Braidwood on 10th May, when New Zealand Loan and W. H. Whittaker will offer 1,500 head…

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Lice Infested Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 1

On information laid by the Stock Inspector of the Gundagai P.P. Board, the Department of Agriculture, prosecuted Samuel N. Ward in the…

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American Wool Consumption the Tariff Question

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 4
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Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—For a long period the use of domestic grown wool in the United States was very small, often being only 10 per…

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Wool and World Conditions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 2

Recently statements have been made that world commodity prices have touched the peak and some reduction in them is probable, report…

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40-Hour Week Would Cripple Dairy Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 2

Mr Geo C Howey (president of- the Australian Dairy Farmers’ Association) who before the Full Arbitration Court,…

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Classing Farmers' Wool Clips to Meet Present-day Requirements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

The wartime appraisement scheme under which the British Government acquired Australia's wool clip was terminated soon after the end of the war…

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Wool and World Conditions French Development

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Recently statements have been made that world commodity prices have touched the peak and some reduction…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

The inaugural meeting of the Braidwood Junior Farmers' Club was held at Braidwood Public School, on Saturday, 3rd May…

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High Prices Record Figures at Goulburn Fat Stock Sale Braidwood Sheep and Cattle

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 4

This price was obtained by New Zealand Loan for a line of four prime crossbred lambs, which were sold on account Mr. Thomas McCable on…

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Splendid Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 2

Saturday's autumn cattle cate [?] at Braidwood by New Zealand Loan and W. H. Whitttaker was one of the best for this selling centre for a long…

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Praise for Junior Farmers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 2

In his annual report to Shoalhaven A. and H. Society, the secretary, Mr. Reuben King, says in connection with the recent show:—"To the Junior…

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A Secluded Property Inaccessible Farm at Foot of Pigeon House Mountain

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 1

At last meeting of the Braidwood P.P. Board the secretary (Mr. R. A. P. Sinclair) said he had read in a paper the report of a case in which two…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report: At the Sydney Wool Sales on Monday we offered a good average selection mainly of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Limited report: We sold 6553 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Thursday, 15th instant. Prices were buoyant to the…

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The World's Need for Wool Goods Japanese and German Position

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: American authorities estimate that Japan has mill facilities to handle 500,000 bales of wool annually. So far…

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