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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1966

131 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 7

Wool Selling Season Opens Next Week

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 September 1966 · page 4

The 1966-67 wool selling season will open in Goulburn next week when 14,000 bales will be offered over…

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Further rain could bring record crops

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 September 1966 · page 1

Further steady rain this week, associated with mild conditions could lead to a record year for crops and pastures in the Queanbeyan district. This was indelicated by the…

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Electrical safety on the farm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 September 1966 · page 4

In the present age of mechanised and power farming accidents involving injuries and death have…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 September 1966 · page 4

There was an increase in numbers at the Goulburn sheep market on Wednesday when approximately 8,000…

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Goulburn Wool Season Opens

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 September 1966 · page 2

The 1966-67 wool selling were offered over the three this week when 14,800 bales were offered over the three…

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Decrease in cattle numbers at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 September 1966 · page 4

There was a slight decrease in cattle numbers this week when approximately head were penned at the Goulburn…

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TV for the farmer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 September 1966 · page 1

NEIL INALL, the ABC’s Rural Officer at Orange, produces the first programme in a new series of Rural programmes called Signpost to be shown on ABC Regional television channels in NSW and Channel 3 in…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 September 1966 · page 5

The Goulburn sheep market on Wednesday was quoted as being 20c to 50c cheaper than last week,…

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Grass tetany in cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 September 1966 · page 5

Grass tetany can be a problem at this time of the year in cattle grazing oat crops or succulent pastures…

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Cattle values up at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 September 1966 · page 5

Competition was keen at the Goulburn cattle market on Tuesday and values for all good cattle were $5 to $8…

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Rebates to wool clients

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 September 1966 · page 5

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Company Limited have announced their rebate policy for the year…

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Wool sales up about 8 per cent

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 September 1966 · page 5

The first series of Goulburn wool sales concluded last Thursday, 12,239 of the 14,420 bales offered being…

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Goulburn sheep values firm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1966 · page 5

There were approximately 5.200 sheep and lambs yarded at Goulburn on Wednesday Quality was fair,…

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Cattle yarding lightest in years

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1966 · page 5

The lightest yarding of cattle in years was offered at Goulburn on Tuesday, when only 150 head were on…

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Obligations under Cattle Compensation Act

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1966 · page 4

Cattle owners making claims under the Cattle Compensation Act have certain obligations and failure to meet these could result in claims being refused…

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Additions to beef cattle breeders’ comp

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1966 · page 5

A provision for entrants in the Beef Cattle Breeders’ competition to parade a group of yearling heifers for…

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Goulburn sheep market easier

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1966 · page 9

The Goulburn sheep market ruled generally 50c to 70c lower on Wednesday for lambs and suckers, while all…

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Sheep smother in creek

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1966 · page 9

A Condobolin grazier lost 640 merino wethers recently when they were smothered in a creek bed on his…

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Larger yarding at cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1966 · page 9

Goulburn Associated Agents report a slightly larger yarding of approximately 400 cattle at the…

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Second series of wool sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 September 1966 · page 9

The second series of Goulburn wool sales will commence on Tuesday next with 16,000 bales to be offered…

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