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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

332 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 15 of 17

Better Cuts of Wool American Position

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The New South Wales clip this season indicates that the flocks have cut increased weights of wool per head. It…

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Reader’s Digest Debunks Organic Farming Claims

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 4

Organic fanning is the bunk, says R. I. Throckmorton, Dean of Kansas State College, in a November Reader’s Digest article condensed from…

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The Wool Outlook. Better Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Increased full time and part-time employment in the Yorkshire combing and textile establishments offers a…

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Wool Report the Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. 29th October, 1952

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 4

Following the close of the fourth series of auctions in Sydney on Monday the 20th instant buyers were engaged in Newcastle and Goulburn…

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Wool Sales Proceed Satisfactorily to Seller

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 3

Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney on Monday, 27th October, when the fifth series of sales for the present season were commenced and…

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Electricity on the Farm Free Advisory Service

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 1

The New South Wales Department of Agriculture, in association with The Electricity Authority of New South Wales, provides the services…

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New Pastoral Award

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 4

These Award rates effective 17th November, 1952, affect employees other than station bands, woolclassers and experts…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 2

In Sydney yesterday the sixth series of wool auctions began, when values were fully firm compared with closing prices in Brisbane last week. There…

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Goulburn Sheep Skin Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 4

Farmers and Graziers' Goulburn conducted their regular monthly Skin Sale on Tuesday 4th November, when an excellent catalogue of [?]300 skins…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 4
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Winchcombe, Carson Limited report: We sold 11,000 bales of wool at auction and privately in Sydney on Tuesday. Values for spinners wools showed…

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Wool Is Wanted U.s.a. Situation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—If wool is to retain its position as one or the world's favoured textile fibres, great production of it is…

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Junior Farmers’ Clubs Yarralumla District Formed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 November 1952 · page 2

Representatives of Advisory Committees of Junior Farmers’ Clubs at Canberra, Queanbeyan and Tharwa met at Queanbeyan on Wednesday last…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday 13,864 bales were catalogued, of which 13,833 were sold at auction. Values, when compared with last Thursday’s…

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Substitutes for Wool "Not a Pretty Picture."

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 4

Two men closely associated with the wool Industry—one a breeder of merino stud sheep and the other a leading wool broker—last…

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Wool Is Wanted U.S.A. Situation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 3

If wool is to retain its position as one of the world’s favoured textile fibres, great production of it is essential. No greater tribute to the need…

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Apple Crop Is Disappointing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 2

An almost total failure of the apple crop in the Armidale-Kentucky area is reported by the Department of Agriculture. It is estimated that the…

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The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 1

We submitted our catalogue of 8,700 bales on Monday, 10th instant. The selection comprised many clips from the Western and North-Western…

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Wool Market Tested Influences on Demand

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The world's wool markets have been well tested during the past two months. Variations of a more or…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1952 · page 4

On Monday, 17th November, New Zealand Loan end Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 8,503 bales. The selection was…

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