Low enrolments Wool Skill Is Fading Attraction for Youth
Australia’s wool industry — the backbone of the nation’s economy for almost 200 years — is a fading trade attraction for youth with sheep and wool…
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Farming & the land, 1969
143 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 8
Goulburn cattle sale
There was a yarding of approximately 980 cattle at Goulburn sale on Tuesday comprising a good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain great benefit to pastoral industry
Soaking rains since Sunday have completely altered the pastoral outlook throughout the Southern Tablelands and the parched Monaro and South Coast. In general rains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rural Bank beef cattle trophy
Exhibitors in the beef cattle section of at the Queanbeyan Show would compete for the Rural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shearing Deadline for Sheep Show
More than 12,000 sheep will be inspected during February and early March in accordance with the shearing regulation of the NSW Sheepbreeders’…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat trials at Yass
A Victorian wheat, Summit, was the highest yielding variety in wheat trials carried out at Yass in the 1968-69 season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm produce disappoints
Entries in the farm produce section at the Queanbeyan Show to-day were disappointing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep judging to G. Privett
The “Country life” newspaper sheep judging competition at the Queanbeyan show was won by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales
On the first day of the sixth series of Goulburn wool sales a catalogue of approximately 8,050…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News for the man on the land Top sheep prizes to smaller studs
“Another very good sheep show, equal to the best we have had.” This was the comment of Mr. W. P. McCormack, chief steward of the sheep section at the 1969 Queanbeyan show…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Self-taught classer Prepared worlds’ dearest wool
There are approximately 93,000 properties in Australia running 200 or sheep, but there are few more dedicated graziers than Mr. Trevor. Picker,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Sales
There was a much lighter yarding of approximately 420 head of cattle on offer at the Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Market
There was a slightly smaller yarding of approximately 15,000 sheep. and lambs at Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Freedom From Hunger Help Mountain tribe may become fat-cattle raisers
An Australian Catholic relief scheme to turn a New Guinea mountain tribe into fat cattle raisers is one of a number of projects to benefit from a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cattle Sales
Approximately 450 .cattle were yarded at Goulburn sale on Tuesday with plain cows and…
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There was an increased yarding of approximately 19,000 sheep and lamb on offer at Goulburn on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales
Prices were firm for all Merino fleece and skirtings at Monday’s Sydney wool sales compared…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News For The Man On The Land Seventh Series of Wool Sales
The seventh series of Goulburn wool sales for the current, season will commence on Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Market
There was a yarding of approximately 540 cattle at Goulburn sale on Tuesday, with medium and plainer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Market
There were 12,00 sheep and lambs penned at Goulburn saleyards on Wednesday the Yarding…
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