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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Notes and News 18,000 Sheep Average £5/[?]/5 Per Read

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

Farmers and Graziers, Goulburn, report having held a very satisfactory store sheep sale on Tuesday last. Values for all descriptions were high, the…

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Home Price for Wool Alternative To Deduction Sche[?]e

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 4

Critics of the wool sales deduction scheme have failed to produce any acceptable alternative,” says the Bulletin of the Federal…

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Feeding of Sheep Under Drought Conditions

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 4

Rather surprising conclusions were indicated by researches conducted by C.S.I.R.O. into the respective value of weekly or daily feed distributed to…

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Secrecy of the Wool Negotiations (To the Editor "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 4

Sir,—Over the past year negotiations have been taking place regarding a Wool Stabilisation Scheme to put, what its advocates term, a floor in the…

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High Wool Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

On Monday, 5th February, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 6,079 bales. The selection was…

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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. 7th February, 1951. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

We submitted a catalogue of 4,667 bales on Tuesday, 6th February. The selection was made up largely of clips from New England, also the Western…

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Prices for Wool Skirtings Remarkable Advance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

Although some slight variation recently has been experienced in values for particular types of wool, the market has generally remained sound…

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Annual Dairy Show in London

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 4

The British Dairy Farmers Association held their annual London Dairy Show recently at Olympia, London. Visitors from all over the country as well as overseas attended. The Supreme Champion of the Show was adjudged to be an Ayrshire cow,…

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Lower Wheat Crop

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

The Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics estimates that the 1950-51 Australian wheat harvest will total 183,445,000 bushels. This is 36.7…

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Wool Plan Well Be Cropped If Growers Object

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

The Government would sot proceed with the proposed reserve price plan for wool if the growers at the poll rejected it, said…

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Local Wool Sale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

In our report of the recent wool sale in Sydney conducted by Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., a line of type accidentally dropped out, which caused…

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£9 Per Head for Sheep at Goulburn Sale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. report that at their special sale last week more than 16,000 merino and crossbred sheep were yarded to a…

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Prices for Wool Skirtings Remarkable Advance

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Although some slight variation recently has been experienced in values for particular types of wool, the market…

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America Short of Wool Prospects Promising

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

No particular country is responsible for the widespread competition being experienced for wool and the high values being paid for it, reports…

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Items of Interest Braidwood Student Wins Wool Awards

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

The Farmers and Graziers' shield for sheep and wool was presented to K.C. Godfrey, of Braidwood, prior to last week's ram sales in Goulburn…

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Important Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 2

Particulars appear in our advertising columns of the 23,000 magnificent quality merino and crossbred sheep, to be offered at New Zealand…

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High Wool Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 3

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co., Ltd., offered a catalogue on 6th inst., drawn mainly from the Central West, Southern Tablelands…

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America Short of Wool Prospects Promising

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 February 1951 · page 1

Windicombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—No particular country is responsible for the widespread competition being experienced for wool and the high…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 4

In the Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance C .Ltd. catalogue of February 20 an Australian Mainland record for comeback of 272 d…

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Tharwa News Junior Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1951 · page 3

At a well attended Annual Meeting office bearers for the ensuing year were elected and tentative plans made for the holding of a Tharwa…

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