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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1962

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Ked infested sheep at sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 8

Ked infested sheep were offered for sale by one owner at a recent sheep sale at Queanbeyan…

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Local cattle clear of T.B.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 9

Queanbeyan Municipal Council has been advised that all cattle recently tested for T.B. were found to…

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Wet season has been unsuitable to sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 February 1962 · page 8

The present very wet season has been most unsuitable to sheep and has increased the severity of all those diseases and parasites that at all times take hold of flocks. This was stated by…

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Annual surplus sheep sale on

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1962 · page 2

L. J. Hooker and Woodgers and Ca[?]thorpe, of Queanbeyan and Canberra, announce that 6,000 local…

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Tharwa Junior Farmers’ record of achievement

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 February 1962 · page 1

Tharwa Junior Farmer Club will have to work hard to heat last year’s outstanding record of achievements. This was indicated in the…

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Farm bodies merge at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1962 · page 2

The inaugural meeting to merge two well-known farmer organisations will be held at the Royal Hotel, Bungendore, Tuesday evening, March 6…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 6

Farmers and Graziers’ wool sales resumed in Sydney of Monday this week, when the opening catalogues…

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This Week in Wool Japan Key to Market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 6

Japanses buying remained the key factor in the present firm wool market, Dalgety and New Zeanland…

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Farm Bodies Unite at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 1

The inaugural meeting of the Bungendore branch of the United Farmers and Woolgrowers’ Association of N.S.W. was held at the Royal Hotel on Tuesday night…

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Sheep and Wool Officer Leaves Gooma

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 6

After a relatively short period of duty in the Cooma district, the Livestock Officer (sheep and wool) for the…

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Goulburn Wool Sale Winchcombe, Carson

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 6

Wichcombe, Carson Ltd., offered their catalogue in the seventh series of Goulburn for the season, on…

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This Week in Wool U.K. bank cut may boost buying

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 6

Reduction of the U.K. bank rate from six to five and a half per cent is expected to lead to increased buying of wool by Bradford mills…

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Wool Report Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited, Market Report — Sydney Sale 12. 8-3-62

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1962 · page 6

At our Sydney Sale, Series 12, 8-3-62, values for all type, of Merino Fleece and skirtings were in seller’s favour and…

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Wool Report Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd., Goulburn Wool Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1962 · page 4

The seventh Series of Goulburn wool sales, commenced this week with a total, offering of 15,000 bales, of which…

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National Sheep Dog Trial Championships

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 6

One hunderd and eighty sheep dogs from New Zealand and all States in the Commonwealth, have been entered for…

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Confidence grows in wool market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 6

Confidence in the outlook for wool has taken a sharp upward rise, following reports of increased consumption, with trade stocks at their lowest levels for four years in some…

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This week’s Sydney wool realisations

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 6

Following sales at the Newcastle and Goulburn centres last week, the buyers returned to Sydney on…

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News For The Man On The Land Big catalogue at wool sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 6

Farmers and Graziers submitted a catalogue of approximately 7,000 bales at the Goulburn wool sales last Wednesday and Thursday…

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Sheep are in good condition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 6

Sheep are in good condition at this time of the year after a long period of excellent conditions. This is stated by Mr. T. P…

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This Week in Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1962 · page 2

Japan was likely to straighten her role as Australia’s biggest wool buyer. Dalgety and New Zealand Loan…

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