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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1966

131 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 7

Dog shot after attack on sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 February 1966 · page 1

An alsatian dog was shot by landholders near the intersection of the Sutton Road and Fairbairn Avenue…

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Sydney wool market fully firm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 March 1966 · page 6

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Limited reported the market at the close of the 12th series of sales held in…

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Wool prices best since October, ’64

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 March 1966 · page 6

Prices at this week’s Australian wool auctions were the best since October, 1964, Dalgety and New Zealand Loan Limited’s senior wool valuer in Sydney (Mr. Stuart…

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District wool clips sold

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1966 · page 6

Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd. report that several district wool clips were sold at their last Sydney sales…

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Beef Cattle Win to Delegate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 March 1966 · page 5

The first and second placed teams in the South Coast and Southern Tablelands district of the Beef…

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Sellers’ Market for District Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 March 1966 · page 6

About 8,000 bales were offered by the Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Company Limited at the seventh series of Goulburn wool sales from March 8 to 10…

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Cattle values up at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 March 1966 · page 4

Values for primer descriptions of cattle rose from $4 to $6 at the weekly sales at Goulburn on Tuesday…

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Wool buyers set record

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 March 1966 · page 4

The seventh series of wool sales for the current season saw the largest ever attendance of wool buyers at…

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Shortage of Wool Big price rise on last years

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 March 1966 · page 8

Drought affected wools comprised approximately 75 per cent of offerings at this week’s Sydney wool auction hut values were generally 12½ to 15 per cent higher than those…

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District helpers for Junior Farmer display

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 March 1966 · page 7

District Junior Farmers Joan McCormack (Tharwa) and Rosemary Jones (Canberra), under the guidence…

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Sharp rise in cattle values

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1966 · page 7

Values for most descriptions showed a rise of from $8.00 to $12.00 per head at the Goulburn fat cattle sale…

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Larger yarding at sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 April 1966 · page 7

There was a much larger yarding of approximately 19,000 sheep and lambs offered for sale at Goulburn…

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Cattle prices down at Goulburn Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 7 April 1966 · page 2

Competition was not as strong as last week at the Goulburn fat cattle market on Tuesday and rates for all…

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Pastoral Statistics

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 April 1966 · page 5

Rural landholders through out Australia are currently compiling statistical information for inclusion in the…

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Drop in Tablelands farms

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 April 1966 · page 6

The number of holdings of one acre or more used for rural production in the Southern Tablelands…

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Big increase in cattle numbers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1966 · page 4

With the continued dry conditions prevailing, there was a big increase in the number of cattle for sale at…

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Sheep values up at Goulburn sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 8

Competition was very keen at the Goulburn fat sheep market on Wednesday and values improved by 80c to $1…

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This Week in Wool ‘New’ countries will compete for export trade

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 8

Any substantial increase in wool production in developing countries would have to be exported, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation has forecast…

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1,000 seek farm news each month

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 9

Figures released by the Regional Supervisor of Agriculture at Goulburn, Mr. R. W. Shelley, show the…

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Goulburn sheep demand down

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 May 1966 · page 6

The yarding of 24,000 sheep and Iambs on offer at the Goulburn fat sheep market on Wednesday was made up…

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