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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1957

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Scope for Development Big Survey of Farms in Southern Districts

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1957 · page 4

“The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the USW Department of Agriculture have combined to conduct an agricultural survey in Yass River Valley,” Mr. R. W. Shelley, Regional Supervisor of Agriculture, Goulburn,…

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Yankee Junior Farmer Charming American’s Visit to Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1957 · page 2

I pledge my Head to clear thinking, my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service and my Health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world. These beautiful words ,so…

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Winchombe Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1957 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd report having sold 8,500 bales of wool at auction and privately in Sydney on Monday…

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Beef Cattle Raising Is Growing in Importance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 5

Beef cattle raising is increasing steadily in importance throughout the Queanbeyan district. Evidence of this can be…

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Record Entries for Canberra Sheep Dog Trials

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 1

It will be necessary to conduct at least 152 triads to decide Australia’s champion sheep dog, when the National Sheep…

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Wool Is Our Wealth Champions on Display at Annual Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 5

The wealth of the surrounding districts is evident in the splendid entries in the wool and sheep sections at the show. Exhibits in these sections are of a…

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Junior Farmers’ Important Role

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 3

The Junior Farmer Movement plays an important part in all exhibitions such as the annual Queanbeyan Show which had its auspicious opening this morning. In this area there is…

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Cattle Section Was Best Ever

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1957 · page 2

The beef cattle shown were the best he had seen at a Queanbeyan Show, the judge Mr. Jim McKoy of Ohio Hereford Stud Holbrook commented after the judging on…

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Champion Wool Earns Earns Judge’s Praise

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1957 · page 5

Sheep and wool entries at the Queanbeyan Show this year were equal to, if not better than, entries in other years, judges claimed on Friday when judging in the various sections had been completed…

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Minister Warns Against False Cattle Returns

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1957 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Food Production (the Ron. E. H. Graham, MLA) today…

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Prices Firmer at Sydney Wool Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1957 · page 4

At Pitt Son Badgery’s Sydney auction of the 20th March, good competition was experienced and prices…

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Local Clips Sold Wool Prices Firm at Goulburn Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1957 · page 4

The sixth series of Goulburn Wool Sales for the current season were held in Goulburnburn on Wednesday and Thursday, March 27-28, when Farmers and Graziers’…

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District Clip Sold at N.Z.L.’s City Wool Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1957 · page 4

On Monday, March 18, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a…

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Dry Spell Affects Goulburn Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1957 · page 4

Goldsbrough Mort and Company Limited report having conducted their Monthly Special Sheep Sale at the Goulburn Municipal Sale Yards on Thursday, March 21…

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Good Support for Local Wool at Sydney Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1957 · page 4

Pitt Son & Badgery report strong competition was experienced from the Continent, Japan and United Kingdom…

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This Week in Wool Near Record Wool Cheque Likely

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1957 · page 4

The final wool cheque for the current Australian wool-selling season could now be in the vicinity of £445 million, Dalgety’s news service claims. With Russian countries…

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Dehorned Cattle Are Quieter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 April 1957 · page 2

“I have been surprised during the judging of the Beef Cattle Competition,” said Mr. Harry Harrison, Livestock…

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Record Entries for Annual Sale of Sheep Dogs

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 April 1957 · page 2

A record entry of 32 sheep dogs have been received for the annual sale of dogs to be held on Saturday morning,…

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Noted Wool Expert to Control Bulk-classing at Dalgetys “Pooling of Small Clips Will Lift Show Floor Standards”

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 April 1957 · page 2

With the establishment of a bulk-classing department at its Sydney wool store and its modern new store at…

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Young Farmer From New Zealand on Visit

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 April 1957 · page 3

New Zealand Junior Farmers run their own organisations, the Young Farmers Clubs, under the guidance of the Department of Agriculture, visiting New Zealander,…

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