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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Wool Selling Dates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

After the usual break to allow of the customary recess for Christmas and the New Year holidays, sales will be resumed here in Sydney…

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Rain Damages Wheat Crop

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 2

While nearly half the wheat , harvest in New :South Wales may be below fair average quality, authorities in Sydney and Melbourne agree that .there should…

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Working Hours in the Pastoral Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 January 1948 · page 2

“There are entirely unfounded rumours that a forty hour working week for station hands begins on the 1st January,” says Mr. S…

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Pastoral Industry Working Hours

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

"There are entirely unfounded rumours that a forty hour working week for station hands begins on the 1st January," says Mr. S. Ick-Hewins,…

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Fine Wool Production Smaller Supplies

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd. report:—Australia is now growing annually only about 116,000 bales of merino wool of 70's to 90's quality. The number of…

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Bright Wool Outlook America’s Large Consumption

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 4

Reports from abroad favour the view of buoyancy in wool values. Top markets in Bradford, the United States and on the Continent point…

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Special Sheep Sale at Goulburn

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

Attention is drawn to the yarding at New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co's, special sheep sale at Goulburn on this Thursday. Over…

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Branding of Cattle Some Practical Hints

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4

The damage done to hides by faulty methods of branding and by branding on valuable portions of the hide is not yet fully realised by some cattle…

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Bright Wool Outlook America's Large Consumption

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Reports from Abroad favour the of views buoyancy in wool values. Top markets in Bradford, the United States…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We offered a good selection oil Tuesday, embracing a wide array of types…

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Bloat Kills 100 Cattle

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

Lush feed in the Oberon district has caused the loss of more than 100 cattle by bloat. The Oberon branch of the Graziers' Association has…

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Wool Prices Higher

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us on Tuesday:-There was strong general competition from Yorkshire, the Continent, Australian millmen and…

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Bright Wool Prospects Japanese Output

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Australian New Year, wool sales have fully confirmed bright anticipations. The strong general competition experienced gives demand…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. report :—On Tuesday ,the 13th, we brought forward a catalogue totalling 3616 hales…

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Tumbarumba Dingo Shot Killed £1000 Worth of District Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

A dingo, believed to have killed £1000 worth of sheep in the past seven years was shot at Tumbarumba on Friday morning…

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Goulburn Store Stock Market Special Sheep Sale Tuesday, 13th JANUARY

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort and Company Ltd., report having conducted a highly successful Special Sheep Sale at Goulburn on Tuesday, 13th January, when…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 2

Winchoombe, Carson wired us on Wednesday:—We sold 7,500 bales ol wool at our Sydney auction on Tuesday, values for all merinos being fully…

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Wool Bought for Japan The Rise in Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

Purchasing of wool for Japanese mills has been a notable feature of New Year sales. The supplies bought chiefly comprise fair to good length…

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Temporary Hay Baler How to Improvise Prom a Wool Press

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 4

Many inland fanners growing lucerne, either under irrigation or on grazing areas, at times have suitable cuts which would make excellent hay…

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