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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

285 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 15

London Wool Sales Textile Mills in South Africa New Zealand Loan and Mercantile

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

Agency Co. Ltd. report:— The local market remains quiet, business being confined to fellmongered descriptions by private…

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Farm Vacations

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 4

According to the Commonwealth Employment Service, an unusual number of city dwellers are now looking for country work, particularly married…

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Wool Prospects Bright Mills in Shanghai

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 2

The new season's wool sales, give every indication of opening with a strong tone, reports Winchcombe Carson Ltd. Top markets in Bradford…

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Alternation of Heavy, and Light Apple Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 3

Methods, of reducing the marked fluctuations in the apple crop, which is one of the outstanding problems of the industry, have been reviewed…

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1949-50 Wool Season

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 4

The 1948-49 wool auctions open in Sydney on Monday, August 29th. During the first series whic covers four selling days, it is proposed to…

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Bright Wool Prospects Mills in Shanghai

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The new season's wool sales give every indication of opening with a strong tone. Top markets in Bradford have…

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Sheep Losses Feared in Snow Country Desperate Stock Position Reported

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 4

With vast tracts of grazing land on Monaro still covered by snow 11 days from the start of last week's record snowfall, heavy losses of sheep have…

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Pasture Improvement Old Phalaris Tuberosa Pastures Renovated at New England Experiment Farm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 1

Trials carried out at the Agriculture Department's New England Experiment Farm, Glen Innes, over the past few years, have amply demonstrated…

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Wool Outlook Bright Trade in Skins

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 2

Business in wool tops abroad is very satisfactory in volume, machinery being well occupied, report Winchcombe Carson Ltd. The chief exporters of…

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Land Board Tuesday (Before Mr. E. M. Farmer, Chairman, and Messrs, J. Grigg and C. J. Roberts) Application for Conversion of Special Lease

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 4

Rita Chuchin, Sp.L. to C.P. Postponed to next sitting of the Board at Braidwood. John James Bourke, Sp.L. to C.P…

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Pastoral Autumn-sown Pastures Need Special Care in Spring

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 4

Proper management is imperative it full benefit is to be obtained from money spent on pasture improvement, points out a departmental pamphlet…

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Wool Outlook Bright Trade in Skins

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—Business in wool tops abroad is very satisfactory in volume, machinery being well occupied. The chief exporters…

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Sheep's Short Ear Groizer Fined

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4

At the Goulburn Police Court this week, well-known Laggan grazier, Stanley A. Cullen, pleaded guilty to a charge of having failed to…

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Wool Prospects Outlook Favours Growers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 4
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Last week a persistent demand was experienced for fellmongered wools of various descriptions. This feature in itself augurs well for the…

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Wool Prices for Various States

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

Tasmania with the fine merino, and crossbred wools she produces secures a higher average price for her clip than any other State in…

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Wool Sales World Wool Production Down

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 2

Yesterday saw the opening in the Commonwealth of the 1949/50 wool selling Season. During the first series Which occupies four selling days,…

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Wool Prices Rise

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 3

At the opening sale yesterday in Sydney of the new season, wool prices showed an advance compared with prices at the closing sales in…

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Wool Prices for the Various States

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— Tasmania with the fine merino and crossbred wools she produces secures a higher average price for her clip…

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Wool Stocks and Clips Less Supplies Available

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 2

The new season’s wool sales have opened under contrasting circumstances in regard to supplies. The Australian clip is estimated to be…

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