Wool was the best ever exhibited
The judges of this year’s Royal Easter Show wool competition said it was the finest exhibition ever held ai the Show and a credit to the exhibitors and organisers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1962
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Carry a wool bale at at pound a foot
One hundred pounds awaits ant man who can carry a 300lb bale of wool a distance of one hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six sheep farms for application
Six sheep farms in the Queanbeyan district will be open for application late in May under, the State Government's general closer settlement scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News For The Man On The Land Sheep maintain condition well
Sheep have maintained condition well despite the dry weather and on some properties at least, there appears to be no immediate need for hand feeding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News For The Man On The Land Improvement in control of parasites in sheep P.P. Board Ranger reports to Directors
Ranger, Mr. G. McGrath, told Braidwood P.P. Board directors last week that a vast improvement is evident in the control and eradication of Lice and Ked in sheep flocks. “Several owners who[?] sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Graziers consider the Wool inquiry report
The Graziers’ Association of N.S.W. last week completed a series of country meetings, at which important points of the Wool Marketing Committee of Inquiry report were discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crops have germinated satisfactorily
“The large areas of oats that have been-sown to provide winter grazing for stock, have germinated and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep stealing in A.C.T. districts
Mere than 300 sheep worth about £1,200 had been stolen in the Majura-Weetangerra districts, Canberra,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man-made fibres peg wool prices
U.S. consumption of wool in March was the highest for any month since October, 1956, but man-made fibre competition has restricted an upward price trend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Final Goulburn Wool Sales Last Week
The eighth and final Goulburn wool sales for the 1961/62 wool selling season, was conducted last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers Consider Problems
Major problems concerning primary producers were discussed in the informative programme arranged for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local Wool Clip Sold in Sydney
A local clip was sold at Farmers and Graziers’ wool sales conducted in Sydney early this week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record line-tip of Merinos for Sydney sheep Show
Visitors to this year’s Sydney Sheep Show to be held from June 6 to 9, will be able to see the greatest line-up of Merino sheep ever seen in the Sydney Show ring. The actual number of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Junior Farmer’s success at sheep show
Mr. Patrick McCormack, a member of the Tharwa Junior Farmer’s Club, was successful in gaining the title of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tharwa Junior Farmers’ 12th Anniversary
Tharwa Junior Farmer’s held a social evening at the Canberra Hotel-Motel Travelana last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep and Cattle Dearer
Woodgers and Calthorpe Limited, and W. J. Gibbs and Co., wish to report having yarded 202 head of cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Black disease in cattle prevalent
Cattle owners in the Southern Tablelands have been advised to vaccinate their stock against Black…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool values 2½ per cent. down
Wool, values were generally 2½ per cent. lower at yesterday’s Sydney wool sales, compared with previous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Cattle Carters” on Tv
THIS is a scene from BP Australia’s latest film, “The Cattle Carters,” to be telecast by ABN-2…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lice infested sheep at Bungendore sale
A breach of the Stock Diseases Act occurred at a recent Bungendore Stock Sale, when sheep yarded on account of two owners were found to be lice infested…
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