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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

357 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 18

Butter May Reach 6/3 a LB

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 1

The price of butter would rise to 6/3 a 1b. if dairy employees' hours were reduced to 44 from 56 hours a week, Lismore district…

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Wool Prospects Promising Better Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Confidence in wool buying for most countries has been Illustrated by the Widespread competition experienced at…

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The Farmers and Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. 15th May, 1958. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 4

We submitted our catalogue of 6,142 bales on Thursday, 14th instant, the offering comprising a representative selection of clips from the Western…

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Successful Show Reviewed Prizewinning Horses and Cattle Must Be Paraded

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 2

“The only adverse criticism that I heard regarding the recent Show was about the number of prizewinners who did not take part in the grand parade,” said the secretary (Mr. Darcy Vest) in a…

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Young Qld Farmers Called Here on Statewide Tour

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 2

A party of 42 Junior Farmers, including several young ladies, spent three nights earlier last week camped in the Showground Pavilion at Queanbeyan. With the exception of two…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 3

On Thursday, 14th May, New Zealand Loan a Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., brought forward a catalogue of 5,618 bales. The selection was a…

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Wool and Synthetics Great Majority of People Prefer "All-wool" Article

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 4

The following is taken from Winchcombe, Carson's 64th Wool Review, an advance copy of which has just reached us:—…

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World's Wool Demand. Rising Consumption

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The world has certainly demonstrated its ability to absorb wool during postwar times. Accumulated war-time…

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Braidwood Stock Market F. & G.'s Special Autumn Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 3

Farmers and Graziers' report having conducted a very satisfactory autumn cattle sale at Braidwood on Saturday last, when 1,500 district bred…

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The Golden Fleece Winchcombe Carsons [?] Annual Wool Review

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 1

The following [?] are taken from the 1953 [?] of the Annual Review:— The Australian sheep inf[?]…

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Important Farm Machinery Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 2

Special attention is directed to the important sale of surplus farm machinery, to be held this Saturday on the vacant allotment in Ryrie Street…

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New State Award for Farmhands

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 1

The new State dairy employees' award recently announced gives general hands a £1/5/- margin over the basic wage, and women 16 per cent…

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Future of the Dairying Industry. Bank's Views

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 4

The Bank of New South Wales considers that future prospects for the dairying industry in Australia are unsatisfactory…

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Settling Junior Farmers the Land

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 2

Registrar of N.S.W. Royal Agricultural Society, Mr. Sarina, urged creation of a Scheme to settle [?] fanners on land in New South [?]…

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TB Testing of Cattle June 15

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 4

Arrangements for all cattle in the municipality other than those at dairies to be tested at three centres were finalised by…

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Wool Prices Up in Brisbane

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 6

Wool auctions were held at Brisbane last week. During the four [?] of sales allowed of 5,929 bales being brought…

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American Cloud-light Wool Suits

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 4

[?] Australian Wool Board Photograph MONTE-SANO suit in Forstmann's beige 100 per cent. Virgin Wool form a fluid hemline for the straight skirt. Peplum is slightly…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale Big Yarding. Satisfactory Prices Realised

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd., report having conducted a large store stock sale on Thursday, 28th May, when they yarded 18,000 sheep and…

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Wool and Cotton Basic Textile Fibres

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The world's basic textile raw materials are wool and cotton and prices for them to a great extent move upward…

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J.o. Wool Profits. Obligation on Taxpayers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 4

The Acting Commissioner of Taxation, Mr. R. J. Mair, said last week that taxpayers whose incomes include distributions of…

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