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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

357 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 14 of 18

Increasing Wool Consumption German and Italian Progress

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd, report—That there may not be a serious curtailment of Japanese wool buying in Australia, during the main selling…

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Using [?] Wool Progress in Italy and Germany

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 2

That [?] may not be a serious [?] Japanese wool [?] in Australia during the [?] selling season is suggested…

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Sheep Grazing on Sports Ground Tetanus Talk Is Ridiculous, Saysald

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 1

“The suggestion that a man falling an ground on which sheep have grazed could get tetanus is absolutely ridiculous,” decleared Ald. R. Edmonds at last night’s Municipal Council meeting…

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Cold Spell Hits Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 2

The sudden cold snap recently, when heavy rainfalls were followed by bitter, driving winds, caused stock losses in parts of the district, reports…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale Satisfactory Prices Realised

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 1

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd., report having held a most successful store sale of 5,000 merino sheep in the wool on Wednesday, 23rd September,…

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Local and General Sheep Grazing on Recreation Ground

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 2

An interesting discussion took place at last Queanbeyan Municipal Council meeting in reference to the above. A letter had been received from a…

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Dealer's £90 Fine Attempted Sale of Lice-in-fected Sheep

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 1

A fine of £90 was inflicted in the Dubbo Court on August 14th following the conviction of a dealer charged with having attempted to…

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Tharwa Won Junior Farmers’ Competition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 2

The , annual Junior Farmers’ quiz contest was held at the Showground pavilion last Wednesday night when Tharwa, Queanbeyan…

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Big Field Day Tomorrow at Dickson Farm

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1953 · page 1

A large attendance of district farmers and graziers is expected at the CSIRO field day at Dickson experiment farm, Canberra,…

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Spring Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 2

The first of the district's spring cattle sales for the year will take place at Braidwood on Thursday, 8th October, when New Zealand Loan &…

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Sheep Numbers Increase

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 1

Newcastle wool sales opened on September 22nd (the first series of sales for the current season in that centre) and were brought to a…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 3

The general trend of the market in Newcastle last week indicated that the weakness which developed early during the currency of the first series and…

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Wool Production Supply and Demand

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The strength of the current demand shown at several auction centres so early in the new wool year, presents a…

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Farmers "Belted" High Costs Sap Markets

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 2

Declaring that the Cahill Government "belted" farmers at every opportunity, Mr. H. E. Jackson said in the Legislative Assembly that its inflated…

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Spring Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 2

The first of the season's spring cattle sales will he held on Thursday, 8th October, when New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. will offer…

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Amendment to Cattle Slaughtering and Diseased Animals and Meat Act

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham M.L.A., said last week that the Cattle Slaughtering end Diseased…

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Field Day for Junior Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 October 1953 · page 1

Canberra Junior Farmers’ Club will stage a project field day at Hall Showground next Saturday afternoon…

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Wool Prices Continue Firm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 4

Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney on Monday, September 28th, when the third series of sales for this market for the current season commenced…

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American Wool Tariff U.s. Growers Request Increase

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The essential fact behind the current agitation in the United States for an increase in the wool import duty and…

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The New "Farmer and Settler"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1953 · page 1

Are country readers' tastes changing? The "Farmer and Settler," which has had a statewide circulation for 48 years, thinks they are. It has come…

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