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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1966

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New Look Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 January 1966 · page 4

Queanbeyan fat lamb breeders are interested in British plans to produce more and meatier sheep…

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Agronomist’s Report Army Worms March Wreck Qbn. Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 January 1966 · page 4

Inch-long army worms, at field-force strength, caused considerable crop losses in the Queanbeyan District during December. This was revealed this week in the monthly report issued…

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Bank trophy for cattle section

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 5

At this year’s Queanbeyan P. A. & H., Association’s show entrants in the Beef Cattle Section will compete…

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Farmers Warned on Worm Invasion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 January 1966 · page 5

Regional Supervisor for the South Coast and Tablelands Region of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. R. W. Shelley, has issued an urgent warning to all landholders in the…

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Sheep show next month

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 January 1966 · page 3

The 67th Annual Sheep Show and auction sales conducted by the NSW Sheep-breeders’ Association will be…

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Sheep Show Banking

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 4

The 1966 Sydney Sheep Show and Ram Sales will be held at the RAS Showground from February 7 to 11…

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Small yarding cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 2

There was a small yarding comprising 650 head of cattle at Goulburn on Tuesday. Prices for better types…

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Beef Cattle Judging Next Week

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 4

Judging in the Beef Cattle Breeders’ Competition, conducted by the Agricultural Bureau, the Department of…

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Wool Sales Goulburn’s average price firm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 4

The average price at the fifth series of Goulburn wool sales last week was 69.26d. per, lb., a fraction less than…

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School for farm management

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 January 1966 · page 4

The growing trend of life on the farm as a business rather than a way of life is highlighted by the number of…

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Wool honours to Royalla grower

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1966 · page 2

The wool section of the pavilion exhibits at the Bungendore Show yesterday attracted about the same number of entries as last year, with some of the outstanding district fleeces…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1966 · page 2

There was a yarding of approximately 9,000 . sheep and Jambs at the Goulbum fat sheep market on Wednesday,…

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Tie for trophy in sheep section

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1966 · page 6

Prominent merino breeders R. Penden and D. J. Holgate , tied ads the most sucessful exhibitors in the open classes of the sheep section at the Bungendore show on Monday…

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Cattle values up at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1966 · page 7

There was a considerably lighter yarding of 750 cattle offered at the Goulburn fat cattle sale on Tuesday, but…

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Wool sale in decimal currency

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1966 · page 9

The sixth series of Goulburn wool sales for the current season will commence on Tuesday, February 15,…

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Junior Farmers’ Annual Rally

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 February 1966 · page 9

The Monaro Junior Farmers’ Leadership Group held its annual rally last week-end at the Presbyterian Fellowship Centre, on the Cotter Road…

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Farm produce judge critical

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1966 · page 3

The judge of the farm produce section at the Queanbeyan show on Friday morning was somewhat critical…

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Junior Farmer magazine

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1966 · page 2

Beginning; towards the end of this month, Junior Farmers in New South Wales will receive their own bi-monthly…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1966 · page 6

Approximately 14,500 sheep and lambs Were yarded at the Goulburn market on Wednesday, with all top…

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Prime cattle in short supply

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1966 · page 4

There was a slightly heavier yarding- of approximately 950 head, of cattle on offer at the Goulburn…

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