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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

298 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 15

Wool and Other Fibres. Importance of Cotton

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd, report:—The wool market has recently shown increased strength and top markets abroad hare advanced in sympathy…

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Wool in Good Inquiry Japanese Goods in U.S.A.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

The outlook, for the sale of wool continues promising. No auctions are proceeding but despite the recess for the Easter period, a keen enquiry…

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Soldier Settlement More Farms Available

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 3

The Minister, for Lands., Mr. Sheahan, announced today that he has approved of nine farms on “Toongo” Estate, in the…

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World Demand for Wool Still Strong Consumption Exceeds Production

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 1

Mew Zealand Loan and M. A. Report: northern setting centres are now in recess until Monday, 8th May, when the 15th series of sales in the Sydney…

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Cattle Milking Shorthorns

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 4

Cow, 3 years and over. A. C. and K. K. Kilby. Cow, three years and over: E. Oldfield…

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Wool Outlook Bright. Great Britain's Importance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd, report:— The upward movement in values for wool at Victorian wool sales, further emphasises the effect of the shortage…

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Wash-out Brand for Sheep Work Years of Research Rewarded

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 3

The long search for a sheep-branding fluid that will hold in the from shearing to shearing and wash out in the sceur, has…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co,, Ltd., report:— Wool sales, following the Easter recess, were held in the Melbourne…

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Wool in Good Inquiry. Japanese Goods in U.s.a

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The outlook for the sale of wool continues promising. No auctions are proceeding, but despite the recess for the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— At our wool sales in Sydney yesterday we found the market generally 15 per rates. Short carbonising types did…

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Wool Market Higher

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us on Tuesday:—We sold 9500 bales of wool at our Sydney sale on Monday, the market generally being 15 per cent…

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New Pastoral Award Big Increase in Rates of Pay

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 4

Pastoral workers in all States, except Queensland, were granted snbstantial—increases in rates of pay by the Conciliation…

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Unusual Wool Position Opinions Favour Price Maintenance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—A strong demand for wool and large supplies bought by consumers in ton past 10 months has not diminished…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Market Soars To Record Levels

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 May 1950 · page 3

The last catalogue of the main selling season was submitted by Farmers & Graziers in Goulburn on 9th May, when a catalogue of 6,000…

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Mystery Illness Kills Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 3

A mystery epidemic is killing breeding ewes belonging to Mr. W. McKay, a soldier settler on a Quirindi station. Of 500 ewes due to lamb in about…

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The Wool Rise Short Supplies Responsible

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 2

The rise in wool values at May sales puts the market on record post-war levels, reports Winchcombe, Carson Limited. In Bradford the highest…

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Sydney Wool Market Rise

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney on Monday May 8, when the fifteenth series of sales for the current season in this centre opened,…

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Wheat Research Institute at Wagga

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., will perform the ceremony of unveiling the foundation stone of the new Wheat…

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The Wool Rise. Short Supplies Responsible

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The rise in wool values at May sales , puts the market on record post-war levels. In Bradford the highest point…

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