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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— We sold 10,500 bales of wool by auction and privately at our Sydney sale on Tuesday. The market was more…

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Sheep Classes for Soldier Settlers at Show

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 4

Two special merino classes for soldier settlerst under the war land settlement scheme will be introduced at the 1953 sheep show in Sydney. Prizes…

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Store 34,800 Sheep in a Year

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 2

Mr. George Johnson, of Edgerton, Yass River, claims feat in 1928 he shore a total of 34,800 sheep. He retired from big-time shearing…

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Wool and Money Japan's Influence

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The wool trade shows, a feature which was not evident in earlier post war years of rising values and more than…

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Wool Output Trebled Impressive Results on Sown Pasture

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 1

Am increase of three times as much wool, with ever twice the number of sheep being carried to the acre, has been obtained with…

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Farm Supplies Easier More Wire and Galvanised Iron

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 2

It is expected that plain and barbed wire will be sold "over the counter" by Christmas, that outstanding wire netting orders will be met' early in…

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"Miracle" Fibres Still Need Wool

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 4

Although the newly-arrived and self-designated "miracle" man-made fibres were still being produced in what represented laboratory quantities, at…

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Sydney Wool Sales Prices Rise Again

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

At the Sydney wool auctions yesterday prices were from par, to five per cent. deader than the rates at the sales last Thursday. Buyers from the…

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Wool and Stable Prices Textile Fibre Position

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 3
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Unless abnormal world circumstances cause a marked drop in wool consumption, the marketing position of the sheep’s staple should not be…

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Soldier Farmers Forsaken Food Body Replaces Funds

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 2

The N.S.W. Labour Government had cut its allocation for soldier settlement this year by half although loan moneys available to it would be…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Winchcombe, Carton, Ltd., wired us yesterday:—We sold 10,400 bales of wool at auction and privately at our Sydney sale on Wednesday. There…

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"Diseases or Horses and Cattle." (Noel Hosking, Don Skelton, Gordon Stephen). Part I.—cattle

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 4

Mineral Deficiencies, A phosphorus deficiency is probably the most common mineral deficiency in this State. If this mineral is lacking in a pasture…

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Brighter Wool Outlook Trade Increasing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd report:—The improvement in wool consumption in many countries abroad augurs well for the maintenance of demand…

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The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. 23rd September, 1952. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 1

We submitted our second catalogue of the current season on Monday, 22nd September. The offering, totalling 8,727 bales, was drawn from a wide…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 4

On Monday, 29th September, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., offered its third catalogue of the season, totalling 6505 bales. The…

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Shearing Shed Hygiene Saves Sheep Losses

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 1

Pens into which sheep are let go immediately after shearing should be disinfected with carbolic to avoid blood poisoning setting up…

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Spring Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 2

The second of Braidwood's annual spring cattle sales takes place on Saturday, when Farmers and Graziers will present an attractive yarding of…

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Improved Wool Values

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 3

At the New Zealand Loan sale held on Monday, 29th September, strong general competition was experienced, Japan and the United Kingdom…

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