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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1961

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News For The Man On The Land The Price Of Wool And Other Raw Materials

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1961 · page 5

Sir William Gunn, K.B.E., C.M.G., noted authority on wool, has written a series of articles entitled "Facts on the World Wool Position.” In the second of the series published below, he deals with the relationship between the price of…

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Exchange Plan for Junior Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 May 1961 · page 2

District winners in the “Star” Junior Farmer competition will exchange visits under a plan…

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Values at Wool Sale Irregular

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 June 1961 · page 6

Values at last week’s Sydney Wool Sales for very burry merino fleece and skirtings were irrgular…

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Tharwa Second In Junior Farmer Quiz

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 June 1961 · page 2

At an impressive function in Cooma last Friday, Canberra Junior Farmers’ Club became the first holders of the F. H. Allen Ampol Quiz Shield, with Tharwa…

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Wool Clip Estimate Achieved

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 2

An estimate made last December that Australian wool production for the 1960/61 season would be…

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District Sheep Are In Good Condition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 6

Sheep are in excellent condition after very good autumn and should maintain condition throughout the winter. This was stated by the…

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News For The Man On The Land Facts On The World Wool Position Wool Textile Research

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 6

The Australian Wool Bureau is not directly responsible for the wool research programme in Australia, although the Bureau does take an active interest in what is taking place in research…

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Monaro Junior Farmers To Attend Wagga Conference In Strength

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 June 1961 · page 7

What will constitute the largest ever contingent of Monaro Junior Farmer delegates and observers, will attend this year’s Junior Farmers’ State conference,…

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Bungendore Sheep Were Heavily Lice In[?]ested

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 6

A number of sheep which are being kept on a small allotment in Bungendore, were found recently to be…

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Farmers to Attend Schools

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 June 1961 · page 6

A number of landholders from the South Coast and Tablelands Region, have already indicated that they…

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Doctored a Cattle Dog Years Ago

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1961 · page 3

A man whose first first aid job was saving the life of a cattle dog which had been ripped by a kangaroo…

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Junior Farmer School

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1961 · page 1

A GROUP of Junior Farmers with college, Junior Farmer and bank officials, at the official…

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Tax Returns For Farmers Made Simpler

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1961 · page 6

Compiling income tax returns can be made much sampler when farmers use the special farm record…

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Junior Farmers To Attend Show Meetings

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 August 1961 · page 3

Two members of each Junior Farmer Club In the district will be invited to attend future committee meetings of the Queanbeyan Show Society…

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This Week in Wool South Africa’s Bid For Japanese Market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 August 1961 · page 6

South Africa was making an all-out bid to induce Japan to buy more of her wool, Dalgety’s South…

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News For The Man On The Land Better Preparation Of The Wool Clip Needed Expert Speaks At Field Day

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 August 1961 · page 6

The soundness of employing a qualified, experienced wool-classer and an intelligent person as woll-roller during shearing was brought home to graziers who attended Field Days at Peak View and Berridale last week…

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First Release Of Five Acre Farms

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 August 1961 · page 3

The first release of five acre farm sites on the Old Cooma Road within a few minutes drive of Queanbeyan is announced today…

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News For The Man On The Land Farmers Disgruntled At New Promotion Levy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1961 · page 4

Many farmers are evidently disgruntled: with the plan to increase the promotion levy on wool. Discussion at the recent conference of two N.S.W…

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Market Report : Vealers and Sheep Dearer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1961 · page 2

Woodgers & Calthorpe Limited and W. J. Gibbs & Co. report having yarded 1285 sheep and 239 head…

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N.S.W. Railways’ Record Wheat Haul For 1960-51

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 August 1961 · page 6

The New South Wales Railways in 1960/61 carried an all-time record total of 84.458,2[?]8 bushels, of wheat…

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