Wool Season Ending South American Shipments
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— As the 1953-54 wool selling season enters its final month with supplies dwindling rapidly, demand from all…
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Farming & the land, 1954
374 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 19
What of the Next Wool Selling Season?
Mill-men emphasise that though the trade boom of a year ago had passed, there was cautious optimism for the 1954-55 wool season. The only cloud…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crop Rotation Essential in Potato Growing
Crop rotation is essential to profitable potato growing. Potatoes grown year after year in the same area, rapidly deplete the soil's plant food with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How to Graze an Oat Crop
No other winter crop will provide such a continuity of green feed as oats, but to obtain the maximum results it must be grazed at the appropriate stage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Short Courses for Junior Farmers
Schools for Junior Farmers Agricultural College, Richmond, are to be held at Hawkesbury commencing June 21, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improved Pasture—more Sheep
The value of improved pastures is shown by increased stocking figures, reported by the Mudgee agronomist, Mr. Pilan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales
Winchcombe, Carson wired us on Tuesday:—We sold 6,340 bales of wool at our Sydney auction today. There was strong genera) competition, all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Market Firm
Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney yesterday, when the seventeenth series of sales for the current season in this centre were entered upon, and…
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The dwindling flow of wool offerings of the Brisbane May series of sales, resulted in a week of silent sale rooms for the first time this season…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Market Very Firm in Sydney
SYDNEY, Wednesday—Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—We sold 6340 bales of wool at auction yesterday. Under strong general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Want More of Our Wool
The Japanese Wool Spinners' Association is to submit a petition urging the Government to increase the proportion of Australian wool in the total…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At Big Sydney Sheep Show Many Wins for Southern Studs
SOUTHERN TABLELANDS MERINO STUDS WERE PROMINENT IN THE LIST OF MAJOR AWARDS AT LAST WEEK’S SYDNEY SHEEP SHOW. MERRYVILLE STUD, YASS, IN ADDITION TO WINNING…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool in Keen Demand Present Season Closing on Confident Note
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report:— The present and very recent auctions reveal a keen call from all buyers— particularly from the U.K., Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Farmer & Settler" Merino Ewe Competition
Improved sheep husbandry is of great importance to the future of the wool-growing industry, the Minister for Lands, Mr. Hawkins, said in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Farmers at Cattle Camp
Junior Farmers from the Southern Districts are attending a Cattle Camp Week at Lanyon Station near Tharwa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Straying Sheep Grazier with tESS Than Quarter Acre of Ground
The case adjourned from last Court against V. J. Hawkins, in charge of lock found straying, came before Mr. [?] N. Finlay, S.M., at last Thursday's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Stealing Mongarlowe Man's Mutton Menu "Lamb Was a Damned Nuisance, So He Killed it."
Herman Adrian Seidel was charged at Thursday's Court of Petty Sessions at Braidwood with having in his possession the skin and part of a sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Steers Scored at Fat Cattle Show
Fat cattle from Queanbeyan and other parts of the Southerr Tablelands more than held their own at the Royal Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Market in Sellers' Favour
Wool Sales were resumed in Sydney on Monday, June 7th, when the seventeenth series of sales for the 1953/54 wool selling season in this market were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bouyant Wool Market Season Closing on Firm Note
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: Enquiry for wool continues under strong competition with dwindling stocks as the season closes. Buyers…
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