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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1957

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The “Royal’s” Champion Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 April 1957 · page 4

H. H. McFAKLANE of Young bred this champion poll Shorthorn bull, Milly Milly Headline. The…

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Practical Advice to Graziers Grain is Sufficient as Sheep Feed in Drought

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 April 1957 · page 4

Where hand feeding of sheep is intended not to fatten but simply to keep them alive, grain alone is sufficient. Bulky feeds such as hay, chaff, or paddock roughage,…

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Bank Of NSW Support For Junior Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 April 1957 · page 4

“Again this year the Bank of New South Wales is providing substantial and increased assistance to Junior…

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Champion Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1957 · page 4

CHAMPION junior and senior Shorthorn bull at the Royal Show, Dauntless Prince Bonaparte, owned by Lithgow and Rose. (Dalgety’s News Service Photo) CHAMPION Sydney Royal Aberdeen Angus bull…

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This Week in Wool China to Buy Australian Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1957 · page 4

Communist China may soon buy Australian wool and it is understood that buying agents in Australia have received orders for the purchase of about two million lb. during the next few months…

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Drift In Fine Wool Production

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 May 1957 · page 4

Interesting development in the expanding wool production of Australia since 1951-crossbred clip last season to…

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Farm Applications Close on

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1957 · page 1

Applications for fifteen soldier settlement farms on “Murgo” estate, near Cropps Creek, close on Friday, May…

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Sheep Killed in Road Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1957 · page 4

Twenty-two sheep were killed on Monday afternoon when a truck loaded with firewood ran into a flock on the…

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Big Saving To Wool Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1957 · page 4

Value of clean wool recovered from burry Australian wool will so up by about £1,000,000 through the…

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Queensland Junior Farmers at Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 May 1957 · page 2

Forty Queanbeyan Junior Farmers, from the darling Downs area left Queanbeyan for Sydney this morning…

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Commonwealth Trading Bank at Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1957 · page 6

Mr. J. Girvan, local Manager of the Commonwealth Trading Bank, said that the Bank will again conduct an…

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Advice on Supplementary Feeding of Beef Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1957 · page 5

“Don’t wait until your stock begin to lose condition before starting to hand feed,” said Mr. H. Harrison, Livestock Officer (Beef Cattle) of the NSW Department of Agriculture. “Beef cattle should be given a supplementary ration before — not after —…

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Southern Pastoral Survey

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1957 · page 4

About one half of the farmers listed for interview in the Southern Tablelands Regional Research and…

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10th Annual Sheep Show Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 May 1957 · page 6

Large numbers of country visitors will again form the bulk of those present at this year’s Sheep Show Ball to be…

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Downward Wool Trend Was Halted

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 June 1957 · page 3

Dalgetys report a halt in the recent fall in wool prices. The halt was further established at Sydney sales on…

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Guard Sheep From Tetanus

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1957 · page 4

The Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture advise that sheep are susceptible to tetanus, which is usually caused by infection of a wound with…

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Selecting an Efficient Site for Sheep Feeding

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1957 · page 4

Graziers compelled by drought to hand-feed sheep should give careful consideration to feeding sites, advises the Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Industry. If there is still some quantity of natural feed in the paddock—burr, dry grass, or…

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Bulk Wheat Available For Stock Fodder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1957 · page 4

Advice has been received at the Regional Office, Department of Agriculture, Goulburn from the Australian…

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Farms for Soldier Settlement in Crookwell District

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1957 · page 4

Twelve soldier settlement farms in the Crookwell district will be open for application early this month, the…

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Authority On Sheep To Retire

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 June 1957 · page 4

Wilcox Mofflin Limited announce that at the end of this month their Technical Advisor on…

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