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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

272 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 14

Freer and Faulty Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The closing month's New South Wales wool auctions of the season have further emphasised the trend of…

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Cattle Stealing Proves Expensive for Brothers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 2

Two brothers who appeared before Mr. A. E. Debenham, P.M., at the Picton Police Court, on May 29, were heavily fined on charges of stealing…

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Dingoes Compel Owners to Sell Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

The depredations of dingoes in the Hartley Valley (Lithgow district) have compelled Messrs Harris to sell their Dock of sheep…

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Drenching Sheep with Carbon Tetrachloride Some Advisable Precautions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 4

"Can you give me come information on carbon tetrachloride as a drench for sheep? I have heard recently of some mortalities following the use of this…

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Oversas Farmers for Australia No Immigration Plans, Says Calwell

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA.—"No part of the Government's immigration plan provides for the encouragement of agriculturalists with capital to come to Australia…

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Sheep Skins

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 3

At Farmers and Graziers' monthly sheep skin auction Held at Goulburn last Tuesday, best merino skins made to 25l[?]d per lb., this lot averaging 28/-…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 3

On 9th instant New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Limited offered a miscellaneous Selection typical of this time of the season…

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No Butter For Export Within 10 Years

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 2

Mr. C. Sheehy, Commonwealth Controller of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 2

New Zealand, Loan -.and Mercantile Agency Co. L.td. report: On Tuesday we offered a miscellaneous selection which included Summer and Autumn…

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They Milk Sheep in Palestine

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 2

Sheep were kept almost entirely for milking purposes in Palestine, stated the secretary of the Jewish Sheep-breeders' Association, Palestine, in a…

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U.S. Wool Bill Washington, Friday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 1

Undeterred by repeated official warnings of serious repercussions on America’s foreign policy and the almost certain prospect of Presidential…

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Dairy Cattle Tested for T. B. Excellent Results

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 June 1947 · page 4

Queanbeyan Municipality was the first in the State to be declared a tubercle free area as regards dairy cattle, and the care taken in keeping…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report: —On 18th instant the final auctions, in this centre for the 46/47 wool year…

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"Strathallyn" Sheep for Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 3

Classed as one of the most important sales of the year, the disposal of Messrs. McGrath Bros', well-known "Strathallyn" flock will furnish…

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Remarkable Wool Season Good and Faulty Types

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

The Sydney wool selling season which closed last Thursday provided the most remarkable marketing period ever experienced, report…

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Truman’s Veto Of U. S. Wool Bill WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 2

President Truman to-day vetoed the Wool Bill. The Senate did not try to over-ride the President’s veto and sent…

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Farmers' Role in World Affairs Federal Country Party Leader's View

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 1

The war and its aftermath had demonstrated the really important role of the primary producer in world affairs, declared the Federal Country…

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The Early Potato Crop Treatment of the Seed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

In an article discussing points for growers of the early potato crop, Mr. A. C. Orman, Special Agricultural Instructor of the Department of…

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Science to Help Farmer Mr. Fadden's Suggestions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 July 1947 · page 4

"Statistical summaries of the last few years disclosed a definite exodus from the country to the city, and accentuated the increasing…

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