Travelled Sheep Without a Permit
When Mr. George McGrath, Rabbit Inspector and Permit Officer for Braidwood PP Board, asked Percy Francis Bradley, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1953
357 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 18
Bungendore Stock Market Cattle and Sheep Prices Rise
Messrs. Donnelly and Co. report having held a stock sale at Bungendore on August 14, at which 90 cattle were yarded. The offering consisted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Loss Reduced Vitamin a Dose Experiments
The discovery by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Reseach Organisation that sheep dosed with vitamin A have a better chance of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Season Opens, August 31
The Australian wool auctions for the 1953-54 selling season will open in Sydney on Monday, August 31. New Zealand Loan's sale date is Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Production Improving Quantity and Quality
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—In his opening address to the 22nd International Wool Conference the President, M. Drubulle, urged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sales Next Week More Wool Rolling In
The Australian wool auctions for the 1953-54 selling season will open in Sydney next Monday. New Zealand Loan’s sale date is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Review of the Wool Season. Bank Review
The 1952/53 wool season was highly satisfactory from almost all points of view. Growers were well pleased with a record clip and an average overall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the “Good Old Days” Old Qbn. Paper Tells of Wool at 9d, Sheep at 11/-
How would you like to be getting 6d. to 9½ d. a 1b for you wool, 11/5 each for best marino sheep, or £5/16/- a head for your best bullocks? Those were the prices ruling at the Sydney wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales Commence
The first series of sales for the 1953/ 54 wool selling season commenced in Sydney on Monday, August 31. The series is one of four selling days'…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Men Gain £30m. Myxomatosis Benefits
The use of myxomatosis to kill rabbits caused a production' increase worth more than £30 million in the sheep industry during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Wool Season Opens Generally Well Grown Clip Expected
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— The new wool season commenced on the 31st August, and during this No. 1 series in Sydney some attractively…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Wool Season Begins Well Values Rise 5 p.c. on Buoyant Market
The 1953-54 woolselling season opened strongly in Sydney on Monday. Prices were from 5 to 7½ in per cent above rates at the closing Newcastle sales early in July, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stock and Crop Conditions Winter Pasture Growth Best on Improved Land
Despite the bleak conditions prevailing for most of August, pastures continued to make slow growth, especially improved or topdressed natural pastures, reports the District Agronomist (Mr. N. J. Douglas)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Shelter Belts on Farms
Discussing shelter belts on farmers and grazing properties the District Agronomist N. J. Douglas) said in his August report that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Superannuation Funds on Farms
Several more landholders have recently introduced superannuation funds for their employees, reports the Cooma-Monaro District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. wired us on Friday:—We sold 12.200 bales of wool at our Sale on Thursday. Competition came chiefly from the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. 1st September, 1953 Wool Report
Whatever pointers were discernible during the past few weeks in regard to wool market prospects seemed to indicate that a healthy demand would…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat to Fish Life Sheep Dips Drained into Streams
One of the serious threats to the fresh water fisheries of this State arises from the careless draining of sheep dips, particularly those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Season Wool Factors Behind Market Demand
While the opening sales of a wool season are invariably of [?] interest at the time, and a favorable commencement to a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →