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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

248 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 13

Supplementary Feed for Cattle

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 4

Now that the winter is approaching many owners, including these who have house cows, will desire to supply them with supplementary feed…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 2

The 1300 local and district bred hereford cattle to be offered at Saturday's sale at Braidwood by Winch-combe, Carson and T. W. Grigg, are…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 4

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. Report: On Monday the 3rd instant we brought forward a catalogue totalling 4877 bales. The…

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FARMERS & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited 20th April, 1948. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 6,940 bales on Tuesday, 27th instant, the selection being on the whole an attractive one. It included a number of…

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Stronger Wool Market Keen Local Demand

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Changes in wool values at recent auctions have been upward and that movement has extended to medium and…

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Notes and News Valuable Stud Cattle Marooned in Flood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 2

The recent floods caused Mr. R. T. Hassall, of "Glendaruel," Jembaicumbene, some anxious moments, particularly when they were at their height…

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In Canberra Today From Our Columnist in Parliament House Wheat Growers Meet Pollard in Dungeons

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 2

Argument about wheat has left Parliament until after the referendum “fight”, but a few days entered the dungeons below Commerce…

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Junior Farmers' Club Project Awards

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

The Braidwood club has completed its first year with the judging of projects by Mr. M. G. Blacklook. District Supervisor, and Mesdames H. J…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson wired:— There was strong general competition at our Sydney wool auction on Thursday. We sold 6000 bales, prices for…

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Shortage of Nicotine for Treating Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

The complete lack of nicotine supplies for the treatment of Internal parasites of sheep was causing grave concern to stockowners on the…

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Market Report High Average Price Fob Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 3

The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Goulburn, report having yarded 10,640 sheep at their special sale at Goulburn on…

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Wool Without Brands Is Preferred

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 4

Commendation of wool growers who remove brands from fleeces when classing has been expressed by Mr. F. W. Gluth, sales manager, Yarra Falls…

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FARMERS & Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited 6th May, 1948. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

We submitted a catalogue of 6,468 bales on Wednesday, 5th instant, the selection including a number of late summer shorn clips from the Western…

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Bright Wool Outlook Merino In Small Supply

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Values for tops abroad have risen in sympathy with more buoyant prices for wool. The New York Futures market is on the highest…

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British Reclamation Scheme to Save Land From Sea Is Race Against Time Aims to Produce Crops in Two years

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 3

Seventeen farmers have combined with engineers to undertake a big reclamation scheme on the east coast of Britain which will win a large area of new arable land from the sea. In a race against time and tide…

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Improvement of Wool Quality Importance of Regular Sheep Classing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 1

There can be no doubt about the eventual come-back of synthetic fibres and the menace they present to the wool growing industry, and…

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Russian Wool Buying

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 3

The final catalogues of the busy Sydney 1947/48. wool season marked the close of the most successful nine months selling ever experienced. Values…

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Russian Wool Buying. Bradford 64's TOPS 100d

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The final catalogues of the busy Sydney 1947/48 wool season marked the close of the most successful nine…

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Brisbane Wool Sales Wool Averaging £49 Per Bale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 4

The local market during the past week has been in recess to allow of buyers to attend the sixth series of Brisban sales which were commen…

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