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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

248 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 13

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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Wool Report Farmers & Graziers' Co-op-erative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited 14th MAY. 1948

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 3,680 bales on Thursday, 13th instant, the selection including a number of Autumn shorn wools from the…

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Sheep Shearing and the Wool Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

The annual ram sales and sheep show this year staged in Martin Place, not in one of the wool stores as in the past, has been given a…

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Magnificent Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

Special attention is drawn to next Tuesday's sheep sale at Goulburn to be conducted by New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., when 5,500 outstanding…

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Wool and Its Rivals

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

Post-war wool selling experiences have certainly ‘burst the bubble’ of synthetic fibres menacing the rise of the sheep’s staple in the…

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"Farmer and Settler Review."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

This is the title of a publication recently issued by the "Farmer and Settler" newspaper, a 54-page paper crammed full of matter of vital interest…

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Agricultural Bureau and Junior Farmers Interesting Address

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

The Lecture-Demonstration arranged by the above organisations was held at the Braidwood Public School on Thursday the 13th May. Attendance,…

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Wool and Its Rivals Lamb Versus the Sheep Staple

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Post-war wool selling experiences have certainly "burst the bubble" of synthetic fibres menacing the rise of the…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— We sold 6600 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Monday. Compared with the closing Sydney sales on May…

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Wool Results Unparalelled £145 Million For Clip

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 2

The 1947/48 clip of the Commonwealth is likely to realise the record total of £145,000,000 in Australian currency‘ The amount exceeds by…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 3

On the 31st May The New Zealand loan brought forward a representative selection of Autumn shorn wools drawn from the North West, Middle…

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Wool and Money Large Finance Entailed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:- The strength or otherwise of the wool market is chiefly a reflection of the activity in the world's mills and the…

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Record Sales for Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Company limited advise that the average price secured for just on 7000 sheep their special sale on Tuesday last…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

An excellent opportunity is provided at Farmers and Graziers' special sale at Goulburn on Tuesday next to secure quality sheep for shearing. Over 20,000…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

The upward trend in prices was maintained at the wool sales in Goulburn this week. Only an average selection was on offer, the bulk con…

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Wool and Cotton Output of Both Down

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 4
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The chief influence in presentday prices of wool is the fact that merino supplies are inadequate for the demand available. It is a peculiar…

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The Law and Noxious Weeds. a Publication Necessary to Every Farmer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 4

It is common fallacy among newcomers to gardening that there is some quick and unlaborious method of getting rid of weeds, but farmers have no…

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FARMERS & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company, Limited 8th JUNE, 1948. Wool Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1948 · page 4

We submitted a Catalogue of 5,721 bales on Monday, 7th inst., the selection including a number of Autumn shorn clips from the far Western…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 June 1948 · page 3

On Tuesday, 15th instant, the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling 4502 bales…

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