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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1969

143 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 8

Dumped wool for overseas

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1969 · page 4

At a recent meeting at West Wyalong, a local woolgrower had the following to say about costs of selling his clip by auction : “I have found that over…

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Assurance on wool centre

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1969 · page 4

District graziers have been assured that they have nothing to fear from the establishment…

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Crop harvest in full swing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1969 · page 4

Rains over Christmas New Year have brightened the pastures’ picture for district farmers and…

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Farmers Go Back to School

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 January 1969 · page 4

The Queanbeyan-Canberra Branch of the Agricultural Bureau of N.S.W. will hold a one-day Fertilizer School in March…

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Sheep market

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 6

A yarding of approximately 22,000 sheep and Iambs was offered at the Goulburn sale last…

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Horses Up—cattle Down

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 January 1969 · page 3

The biggest population jump in Queanbeyan over the past two years is in the number of…

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Cattle market

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1969 · page 6

There was an increased yarding of approximately 1,058 cattle on offer at the Goulburn…

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Wool sales to resume

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 January 1969 · page 6

The first wool sale for the New Year (the fifth series Goulburn for the 1963-69 selling…

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Cattle market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 7

Approximately 850 head of cattle were on offer at Goulburn on Tuesday, when the quality was…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 2

At the fifth series of Goulburn sales this week, all descriptions of medium to fine quality…

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Sheep from top studs

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 9

Some of the leading studs on the Southern Tablelands exhibit in the sheep [?] at the Bungendore…

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“Too good” for wool in some districts

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 4

Seasonal conditions in Australia are among the best on record but are “too good” for wool growing in some districts…

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Increase maintained at Goulburn Wool rise staggers private sellers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 6

Many graziers, who had sold their wool privately, were nonplussed at the current woolmarket [?] the Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Company Limited’s Sydney branch senior wool valuer, Mr. Jim Brassil, said today…

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Courses for Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 January 1969 · page 7

A total of ninety students enrolled in the short course for farmers in 1968. Following this response, the Canberra Technical…

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Sheep section up on 1968

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1969 · page 6

Competition was keen in the sheep section at yesterday’s Bungendore Show, with several leading studs competing. SUPERFINE WOOL…

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Attacks on Sheep—five Dogs Shot

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 January 1969 · page 1

Five dogs were destroyed after being found [?] sheep on [?] to the…

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Cattle Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1969 · page 4

Prime steers and vealers were scarce in a yarding of about 700 head of cattle offered…

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Sydney wool prices

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1969 · page 4

Schute Bell sold the following wool at their Sydney sale on Tuesday: When compared with…

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Goulburn wool sale averages

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 February 1969 · page 6

At the-firth series of Goulburn wool sales which concluded recently, 17,350 bales were…

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Grazers view on wool complex

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 February 1969 · page 6

If the siting of a wool village at Yennora could be satisfactorily demonstrated to be economically sound, the Graziers’ Associations of New south…

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