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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1964

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Values firm at Goulburn wool sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1964 · page 9

Values at the first two clays of the sixth series of Goulburn wool sales last week were par to 2½ per…

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Junior Farmer exhibits missed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1964 · page 9

The absence of competitive exhibits by junior farmer clubs at the Queanbeyan show robbed this section and, in fact, the whole pavilion, of its major attraction…

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Dog packs kill more sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1964 · page 1

Two violent attacks by roaming packs of dogs on sheep and lambs grazing in the holding paddocks of the Canberra abattoirs, adjacent to Queanbeyan, have occurred this…

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Sheep killed in collision with car

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 February 1964 · page 1

Two sheep were killed last Wednesday night about two miles from Queanbeyan on the Cooma Road,…

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Market Firm at Sydney Wool Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 February 1964 · page 7

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. reported the market fully firm for most descriptions of merino…

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More sheep killed by dog packs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 March 1964 · page 1

Roaming packs of dogs have caused-farther havoc among sheep flocks, this time oh properties adjacent…

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Seventh Series of Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 March 1964 · page 8

The seventh series of Goulburn Wool Sales will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of…

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T.b. Testing of Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1964 · page 1

Arrangement have been made for the T.B. testing of cattle in the Municipality of Queanbeyan to be…

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Detailed report on sheep holdings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1964 · page 8

The Australian Pastoral Directory, which has just appeared after an interval of six years, contains detailed information on sheep and cattle holdings in N.S.W. and Queensland…

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Dog attacks on sheep continuing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1964 · page 8

Dogs are still active among sheep on properties between the Majura Lane and Sutton Road, north of…

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Seventeen teams in beef cattle competition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1964 · page 8

Seventeen teams were Judged by Mr. P. W. Doyle, a District Livestock Officer, in the South Coast and…

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Wool prices firm at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1964 · page 8

The seventh series of wool sales was held in Goulburn this week, with values in sellers’ favour when…

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District wool sold in Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1964 · page 2

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. reported the market fully firm, for all descriptions of merino…

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Wool clips sold at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 March 1964 · page 8

At the seventh series of Goulburn Wool Sales concluded on Thursday, Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd. sold a number of district clips in its offering of 6,350 bales…

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Top prices for district wool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 March 1964 · page 8

District wool clips realised some of the top prices at the sales conducted by Farmers and Graziers at the seventh series of Goulburn wool sales last week…

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Junior Farmer exhibit at Royal Easter Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 March 1964 · page 8

A convoy of cars driven by Junior Farmers passed down the Pacific Highway recently taking fragile…

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Tharwa Junior Farmers office-bearers elected

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1964 · page 4

The annual general meeting of the Tharwa Junior Farmers was held at Tharwa last Wednesday…

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Quality cattle at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 March 1964 · page 4

Some 700 head of cattle were yarded at Goulburn on Tuesday, with a good representation of fair grade,…

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Sharp decline at sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 March 1964 · page 2

A sharp decline was evident in the number of sheep and lambs offered in yesterday’s Goulburn sale,…

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News For The Man On The Land Pastoral Outlook Improved by Rain

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 April 1964 · page 9

The rain which fell throughput the district on Wednesday and Wednesday night has eased what was becoming a critical situation for the man on the land. The rain has replenished…

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