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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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

Greater Wool Use Synthetic Fibre Suits

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Developments overseas continue to indicate an improved consumption of wool. This increase applies to Great…

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New Process for Recovering Wool Wax

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 1

An improved process for recovery of wool wax from scouring liquors has been devised by C.S.I.R.O.'s Division of Industrial Chemistry. Greatly…

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Well Distrubuted Competition Prevails at Wool Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 4

During the past week buyers have been in Brisbane to attend the fourth series of sales in that centre for the current season, reports New Zealand…

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The World’s Apparel Fibres What About Wool?

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 2

The extreme claims made regarding the probable effects of synthetic fibres on the use of wool are not new. They were made thirty years ago when…

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Black Beetle Plague at Moruya Corn Crops Ruined Twice

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 4

Black beetles, mentioned last wee in the Bodalla news, have reached plague proportions on farms around Moruya, and have given local farmers…

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Caterpillars Attacking Crops on the Coast

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1952 · page 2

Farmers in the Shoalhaven area are working overtime trying to eradicate caterpillars which are attacking pastures and field crops and causing heavy…

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Wool-per-sheep Production Stationary

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

Average wool production per sheep in Australia had remained stationary for 22 years, president of the N.S.W. Sheepbreeders' Association (Mr. O…

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Wool Defended Against Synthetics

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 3

The president of the Graziers' Federal council of Australia, Mr. W. A. Gunn, says that a continuous flood of publicity favourable to synthetics was…

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"Hornless Cattle Are on the Way

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 3

Mounting interest in beef cattle breeding in New Zealand is bringing significant changes in breeding policies, said a noted stock expert recently…

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Pleuro Still Affects N.s.w. Cattle

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

Pleuro-pneumonia outbreaks are still affecting cattle in the Albury district and the Department of Agriculture has arranged for at least one affected herd…

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Wool Prices Firm Still Further

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 December 1952 · page 3

After a recess of a week to allow the Brisbane market to operate, wool auctions were resumed in Sydney on Monday, December 8th, when the…

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The Worlds Apparel Fibres What About Wool?

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

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The extreme claims made regarding the probable effects of synthetic fibres on the use of wool are not new. They…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 4

The third series of Goulburn Wool Sales, conducted by Farmers & Graziers’ on 17 and 18th December, saw the market advanced to the highest…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Highest Prices of the Season

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1952 · page 2

The third series of Goulburn wool sales conducted by Farmers & Graziers' on 17th and 18th December, saw the market advance to the highest…

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