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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1955

187 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 10

Wales Branch at Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 4

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales, will conduct a full-time branch at the annual Sheep Show in Sydney, from June 2, to [?]…

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Bank at the Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 4

Mr. Girvan, Queanbeyan manager of the Commonwealth Trading Bank, said yesterday that the Bank will again open an agency at the Sydney…

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Store Stock Market Lull Continues in Sheep Trading

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 4

With a general trend in sellers’ favor, though without quotable lull in store sheep trading con-change in values, the seasonal…

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Useful Rain Improved Winter Farm Outlook

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 1

Useful rain this week has helped consolidate winter farming and grazing prospects throughout the Queanbeyan district and the ACT…

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Applications for Bookham Farms Close on

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 May 1955 · page 4

Applications for 14 war service land settlement farms close next Friday. Eight of the farms are on Book…

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Farm Conditions in ACT Surveyed Stock in Good Order for Winter

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 June 1955 · page 5

Stock generally are in good condition and should go through the winter without any difficulty, the Acting Superintendent of Agriculture and Stock at Canberra(Mr. T. P. Taylor) reports…

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Wool Firm at Sydney Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 June 1955 · page 4

Sydney, Monday — Winchcombe Carson Ltd report.—We sold 8900 bales of wool at auction and privately in Sydney today to strong…

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Southern Tablelands Sheep Breeders on Top Impressive Wins at Sydney Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 June 1955 · page 4

Southern Tablelands [?] breeders well known at Queanbeyan took the principal honors at Sydney Sheep Show. The successful Southern…

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Rabbitskins Worth More Than Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 June 1955 · page 4

Rabbit Skins worth more than wol this. Week brought higher prices, than high [?] merino [?] wool at Sydney…

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Wool Steady as Season Ends

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 June 1955 · page 2

With only one more sale at Newcastle Albury Adelaide Sydney Melbourne, Brisbane, Geelong and Perth the wool-selling…

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Store Stock Market More Activity in Sheep Trading

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 June 1955 · page 4

More Activity in Sheep trading With a [?] winter and spring assured by the succesion of State wide rains and a…

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New Avenue is Opened Up Farm Dams Help Boost Production

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 June 1955 · page 4

An interesting and very important development resulting from the economical conservation of water by [?] dams and ponds has been the development of small areas of irrigation to increase…

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What are Junior Farmers Worth?

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 June 1955 · page 2

President of the Australian Council of Young Farmers. L J Johnstone, sums up what the Junior Fanner Movement is worth…

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Spectacular Scenery and Fertile farmlands New Zealand Has Much to Offer Oversea Visitors

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 June 1955 · page 4

On ct recent visit to the north island of New Zealand, press and radio representatives from NSW were given every indication! of the efforts being made by the Government Tourist Department to make tourist traffic one of the major sources of revenue…

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Farm School Changed Outlook

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 June 1955 · page 3

The School of Animal and Pasture Husbandry held [?] Bombala last year has had very beneficial effects in many parts of the…

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Good Market for Sheep & Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 1

A very buoyant market rules for both cattle and sheep at yesterday sale in the new Queanbeyan saleyards report the agents Woodgers…

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Store Stock Market Confident Tone in Sheep Trading

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 4

With pastoral conditions all over Australia more generally favorable than for a long time and the wool season closing strong…

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Builds Fertility, Boosts Production Conserving Soil is Good Farming

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 4

Soil conservation and good farming methods have clearly demonstrated beyond all doubt that it is possible for the farmer to make a good living from the land and at the same time to enhance…

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Sheep Judge at Work

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1955 · page 1

CORRIEDALE ewes owned by Mr. John Garran (left), of Kamba[?] Road, were judged by Mr. A. K. Cantrill (NSW Department of…

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Sheep Firm at Goulburn Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 June 1955 · page 5

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd. report values generally were very firm and occasionally slightly higher particularly for second grade sheep at…

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