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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

357 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 18

Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

On Tuesday, 21st April, New Zealand: Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 4,052 bales. The selection was…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

Farmers & Graziers' report having conducted a successful store Sheep Sale on Tuesday, 21st instant. The yarding of 10,200 comprised mainly…

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Expanding Wool Use a Sound Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Wool prices, like values for all commodities to world use, do not for long remain absolutely on an unchanged…

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Sheep Sale at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

Farmers and graziers’ report having conducted a successful store sheep sale on April 21 at Goulburn. The yarding of 10,200…

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Sheep Sell Well Despite Dry Conditions

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort & Company, Ltd., Goulburn, report having conducted a very successful store sheep sale on Tuesday, 28th April, when they sold…

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Wool industry "Far Too Rich"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

The general secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, Mr. T. Dougherty, said last week that the wool industry was "far too rich and the…

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Use of Wool is Expanding

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Wool prices, like values for all commodities in world wide use. do not for long remain absolutely…

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Farmers Saved Australia

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

To primary producers and importers must go the credit for the dramatic improvement in Australia's trade balance, said Mr. Lyle Moore, this week…

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"Farmers" Best Friend!"

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1

It is not often that Governments receive praise from anybody. It was surprising, therefore, when the President of the Casino Branch of the…

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Rabbits on Roads Attempt to Have Farmers Made Responsible

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 3

A motion "that landowners on each. side of a road be made responsible for the eradication of noxious animals, as fir as the centre of the road fronting…

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Junior Farmers Winners of Year’s Trophies

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

Prizes awarded to Queanbeyan Junior Farmers Club members for their work during the year just ended:—…

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Paris Styled Wool Dresses

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 4

CHRISTIAN DIOR'S slender afternoon frock in flue black wool. The panel front effect is fastened with black band buttons. Note the "key-hole" neckline. A yellow and black" plaid scarf can be worn as a capelet…

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15th Wool Series Commences 11th MAY

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 3

The 14th series of wool sales in the Sydney market closed on Thursday, 23rd April, with a strong and buoyant tone, reports New Zealand Loan…

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Anti-TB Testing Cattle to be Mustered

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 2

Mustering of cattle at from two to four centres for next month’s anti-TB testing, instead of the usual house-to-house testing, was…

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Sheep Up 10/- to 20/- Big Rise Since Rain

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 1

Sheep values rose by from 10/- to £1 a head at the fortnightly fat stock sale in Queanbeyan yesterday. Selling agents, Woodgers &…

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Potato Tops Kill Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 2

When 76 aged ewes were graced on potato tops in the Armidale area recently, 16. of them died. This is reported by the Department…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us on Wednesday:—We sold 8.400 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Tuesday. Values for merinos and…

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Ointment Treatment for Pink Eve in Cattle

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

Ophthalmia, or "Pink Eye" of cattle, may now be treated successfully with the antibiotic, Chloromycetin, in ointment form, according to reports…

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U.s.a. and Wool. Synthetic Competition

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Despite the growth In output of some of the newerfibres in the United states In 1952, the total output of…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Highest Prices of the Season

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 1

The final Goulburn wool sale of the current season was held on 6th and 7th May, when Fanners and 7th May, when Farmers and Graziers offered a catalogue of 5,718…

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