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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1968

162 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 9

Farm income of companies

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 4

Over the past 20 years farm income earned by companies in Australia has ranged between 1.7 and 7.4 per cent of total farm income…

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Farmers Hit by Load Limit

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 1

Farmers in the Captain’s Flat area, without a railway to bring in fertilisers and take out their wool and stock following the recent closure of the line, are…

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Pastoral Outlook Brighter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 1

General rain on the Southern Tablelands and Slopes at the weekend has brightened the…

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Cattle market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 4

Once again there was a very light yarding of approximately 260 head of cattle at the Goulburn…

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Sheep market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1968 · page 4

There were approximately 4,500 sheep and lambs penned at the Goulburn weekly sheep…

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Goulburn Wool Prices Again Firm

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 6

The market at the second series of Goulburn wool sales last week was dearer when compared to…

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Cattle market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 9

There was a yarding of approximately 380 cattle at Goulburn on Tuesday comprising a good…

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Sheep market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 9

There was a big increase in the number of sheep and lambs yarded for sale at Goulburn on…

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Goulburn wool sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 9

On the first day of the second series of Goulburn wool sales Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort…

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Increase in wool averages

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 6

The average price per pound at the second series of Goulburn wool sales last week was 52.57…

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Stud Cattle Sold for $19,950

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 1

The 73 stud galloway cattle owned by J. W. Prowse and Sons, of “Big Tinderry,” Queanbeyan,…

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Drought Effects 3,000 cattle on agistment

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 9

About 3,000 head of cattle from the drought-affected eastern half of the Braidwood Pastures Protection Board area have been moved on agistment in…

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Sheep numbers rise Shearing labour must increase

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 9

With sheep numbers rising again in all States, the demand for shearing labour must increase. This was stated by Mr…

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NZ increases wool stockpile offerings

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 October 1968 · page 7

The New Zealand Wool Commission has decided to step-up offerings from its local stockpile of…

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Cattle market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1968 · page 8

A yarding of approximately 400 cattle was on offer at Goulburn Tuesday, when quality…

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Wool prices continue to advance

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1968 · page 8

Wool prices continued to advance in Australia this month with The Farmers & Graziers Cooperative…

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News for the man on the land Farm Finance school for Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1968 · page 8

An evening school in Financing Farm Development has been planned by Queanbeyan-Canberra branch of the Agricultural Bureau forest Thursday, October 31. The timing of the school…

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Third Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1968 · page 6

At the third series of the current Goulburn wool selling season commencing on Tuesday,…

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Cattle market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1968 · page 4

A lighter yarding of 350 cattle were on offer at Goulburn market on Tuesday…

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Sheep market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1968 · page 2

There were approximately 11,000 sheep and lambs penned at the Goulburn saleyards on…

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