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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1959

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Goulburn Sheep Skin Auction

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1959 · page 3

A catalogue of 9,000 sheep skins was submitted to buyers by Farmers and Graziers on Tuesday,…

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N.Z.L. Wool Sale Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 January 1959 · page 4

On Thursday January 15 New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a…

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Fly Strike in Sheep a Major Problem

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 4

A veterinary officer of the Commonwealth Department of Health said week that as the temperature and humidirises the threat of a fly wave and its…

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Season’s Record Wool Price at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 4

A Commonwealth season’s record price of 205 pence was established at the fourth series o! Goulburn wool sales held last Wednesday and Thursday…

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J. Farmer Has Double Success

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1959 · page 3

It has just been announced that the junior Farmer State Championship in sheep and wool division II…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1959 · page 4

District wool was among clips sold at sales in Sydney last week. Dalgety's report widespread,…

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Wool Export Company Is Expanding

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1959 · page 4

Wool Export (Goulburn) Ltd., the company formed to counter the ban imposed on Goulburn sales by members…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 4

At the Sydney sale of Schute Bell Badgery on January 8, values for all descriptions 8, values for all descriptions…

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Goulburn Wool Prices Better Than at Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 4

“Merryville Stud,” Yass, had received better prices for wool sold in Goulburn than for comparable…

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More Capital Needed for Wool Company Expansion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 4

A call for mare capital for “expansion activities” was made in Goulburn last week by the Chairman of Directors of Wool Export (Goulburn) Ltd., Mr. P. J. B…

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Young Farmers Leave For U.K. Tour

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 February 1959 · page 1

Five young Australian farmers were farewelled at Melbourne when they Saied on the “Theria” the other day for a tour of nearly eight months in the United Kingdom as quests of the P. & O. company…

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Goulburn Sheep Skin Auction

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 February 1959 · page 4

A catalogue of 10,600 sheep skins was submitted to buyers by Farmers and Graziers on Tuesday,…

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District Wool Clips Sold

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 February 1959 · page 2

Several wool companies report the sale of local and district clips at the Sydney wool sales this , week…

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District Wool And Stock Sold

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1959 · page 3

Under strong and widespread competition, values at Schute Bell Badgery sale on Monday showed further…

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Queanbeyan Annual Surplus Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 February 1959 · page 2

Woodgers & Calthorpe Ltd. report having conducted their annual surplus sheep sale in the Queanbeyan Canberra…

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Disappointed Entries in Show Sheep Section

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 February 1959 · page 4

There were Very disappointing entries in the sheep section of the Queanbeyan P. A. & H. Association Show this year. The number of entries was…

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Firm Market For District Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1959 · page 4

The fifth series of Goulburn wool sales for the current season were held on Wednesday and Thursday,…

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District Wool Clips Sold At City Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1959 · page 3

Many local and district wool clips were sold at city sales last week when strong competition came from…

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Tharwa Junior Farmer News

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 March 1959 · page 6

Dorothy McCormack, Robert Moore, Barry and Patrick McCormack and Anthony Lawler, of Tharwa…

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District Wool Clips Sold

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1959 · page 4

The A.M.L. & F. Co. reports animated competition from the Japanese section of the trade with strong…

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