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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1961

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A. W. Scott’s Views On Wool Marketing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 October 1961 · page 6

Mr, A. W. Scott Chairman of the Wool Marketing Committee of the Graziers’ Association of N.S.W., has been prevented at the last minute by illness, from…

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This Week in Wool Better Wools To Be Auctioned

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 October 1961 · page 6

Batter type wools would be auctioned in Australia in the next three months Dalgety’s head wool valuer in…

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17,400 Bales of Wool Offered at Goulburn Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 October 1961 · page 8

The second series of the Goulburn Wool Sales were held last week, when approximately 17,400 bales of wool were offered…

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Rapid Changes In Wool Trade

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1961 · page 6

World affairs generally have moved at a terrific pace and are continuing to do so—the Wool Trade experiencing its share of what is termed these days as…

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This Week in Wool Uncertainty In Japan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1961 · page 6

Values on the Nagoya Yam Futures Market, have slumped following widespread comment on drastic cuts in Japan’s wool buying limits in Australia…

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Mobile Sheep Yard Invention

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1961 · page 6

A unique Australian invention — mobile sheep yards are now being marketed…

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This Week in Wool Japan Forced To Buy Less

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1961 · page 6

The percentage of wool bought by Japan at last week’s Sydney sales was the lowest by that country for two years, Dalgety’s head wool valuer, in Sydney…

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Entries In Beef Cattle Contest Close Soon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 6

Entries for the Beef Cattle the Breeders’ Competition for 1961/62 close on November 15…

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News For The Man On The Land This Year’s Wool Yield Higher

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 November 1961 · page 6

Wool yields tend weights per sheep this year appear to be higher than last year, the Superintendent of the Agriculture and Stock Section of the Department…

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This Week in Wool “Iron Curtain” Countries Buy More Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 November 1961 · page 6

The Eastern European communist bloc bought more wool at the Sydney sales last week than at any time since last April…

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Sheep and Cattle Market Firm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 November 1961 · page 6

Woodgers and Calthorpe Limited and W. J. Gibes and Co., report having yarded 400 sheep and 165 head…

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Unity Needed In Wool Crowning Industry Cr. Thomson Speaks In Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 November 1961 · page 6

It is essential that the wool growing interests of Australia become united, so that a concrete wool marketing scheme can be submitted to the Government, Cr. Douglas Thomson said in Queanbeyan on Tuesday…

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Tuggeranong Crop Wins Wheat Growing Competition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 November 1961 · page 2

The winning crop in the A.C.T. 1961 wheat growing competition was grown by E. J. Oldfield and J. H…

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New Wheat Used for Grazing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1961 · page 1

A new wheat, grazed heavily and continuously for sis months, is expected to yield a 12 bag crop…

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Tuggeranong Crop Best In Southern Area

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1961 · page 1

The Bordan crop grown at Tuggeranong, Queanbeyan by Messrs. E. J. Oldfield and J. H. Edlington,…

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Historic Dairy Herd Sold

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1961 · page 3

L. J. Hooker Limited and Woodgers and Calthorpe Limited, of Queanbeyan and Canberra, report having…

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Achievement By Royalla Junior Farmer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 December 1961 · page 3

A junior Farmer from Royalla has been described by the judges of the Rural Bank’s New Zealand Tour…

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Six Farms Open For Application

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 December 1961 · page 7

A further six sheep farms will be thrown open for application early in January under the State…

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Junior Farmer Prizes Presented at Tharwa

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 December 1961 · page 7

On Sunday, the Tharwa Junior Farmers staged yet another very successful Christmas Party and prize giving, following the year’s activity. Mr. Phillip Morrison, the…

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