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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1963

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Overturning tractors kill many farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 May 1963 · page 4

News services throughout the Slate frequently tell of the overturning tractor that kills, maims or otherwise injures the driver or other persons who may have been…

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World trade in wool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1963 · page 9

The nine main woollen manufacture exporting countries, who between them, account for some 90…

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Good Demand for Wool This Week

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 May 1963 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report the week’s Australian wool selling opened in Newcastle on Tuesday,…

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“Wales” at Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 May 1963 · page 6

The 1963 Sheep Show and Ram Sales will be held In Sydney from May 29 to June 4 inclusive…

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Sheep Show This Week

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 May 1963 · page 3

The Sydney Sheep Show, the biggest of its kind in the world, opens at the Showground tomorrow…

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Keen demand for wool at Sydney sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 June 1963 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report there was a keen and widely distributed demand for wool of all descriptions…

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Sheep and wool classes likely for Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1963 · page 10

The Canberra Technical College will commence a class in Sheep and Wool at Bungendore next year,…

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Nine sheep to the acre

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1963 · page 8

Speaking at Braidwood on Friday night, Mr. P. Hutchins, of the C.S.I.R.O., Canberra, said it was possible to…

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This Week in Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1963 · page 9

Britain, as the world’s biggest wool buyer, had to share responsibility for the maintenance of a profitable wool-growing industry, the “Wool Record,” published in Bradford,…

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Japan’s wool consumption continues to increase

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 June 1963 · page 8

It is twelve months since I have had the opportunity to examine the Japanese wool situation first hand and I am extremely impressed with the progress over that period. Japan is still Australia’s…

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Sheep Man’s Third Term

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1963 · page 9

Mr. J. F. Litchfield, of Cooma, has been unanimously re-elected president of the N.S.W…

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Wool promotion campaign to be launched shortly

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 June 1963 · page 9

A massive wool promotion campaign will be launched throughout the United Kingdom in September. It is part of the wool…

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Pastoral houses merge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 July 1963 · page 9

Two Australian-owned pastoral houses, Elder, Smith & Co,. Limited and Goldsbrough Mort and Company…

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Junior Farmer nominations close soon

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 July 1963 · page 9

Nominations from Junior Farmer Clubs for the “Star” Junior Farmer award for 1963 will close on July 12…

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Bigger Wool Clip Likely

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1963 · page 8

The 1963-64 Australian wool clip is expected to be bigger than the previous season because of excellent seasonal conditions in most areas…

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News For The Man On The Land P.P. Board active on sheep ked

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1963 · page 8

Ked infested sheep were discovered recently at two separate sales held at the Queanbeyan-A.C.T…

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Cattle Breeding Popular

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1963 · page 4

Cattle breeding is much more popular at the present time than it was a few years ago…

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Record Wheat Haul in Sight

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 July 1963 · page 2

The New South Wales Government Railways are within sight of making an all-time record wheat haul…

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Record year at Goulburn wool sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1963 · page 8

The quantity of wool sold in Goulburn during the 1962-63 season created an all time record for the…

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This Week in Wool Japan tries to curb inflation

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1963 · page 8

Action has been taken by the Japanese Minister of Trade to curb rising prices of wool yarns and rayon filaments. This Minister of Trade, Mr…

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