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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1969

143 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 8

Sheep market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 August 1969 · page 8

There was a reduced yarding of approximately 8,000 sheep and lambs on offer at the Goulburn sale…

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Date set for cattle tagging

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 August 1969 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. G. R. Crawford; has announced that tagging of cattle will…

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Cattle Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 8

Prime lightweight steers and yearling types comprised the bulk of the yarding of 650 cattle…

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Sheep Market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 8

A reduced yarding of approximately 6,000 sheep and lambs were on offer at the weekly fat sheep…

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Sharp increase in district cattle diseases

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 8

Braidwood Pastures Protection Board Ranger, Mr. G. McGrath, told the Board’s last meeting there had been a sharp increase in cattle disease over the…

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Wool sale open next week

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 September 1969 · page 8

The 1960-70 wool selling season opens in Goulburn next week when 16,000 bales will be offered over…

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Cattle Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 September 1969 · page 8

The cattle yarding at Goulburn on Tuesday was one of the smallest for the past 12 .months with…

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Clean up “daggy” sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 September 1969 · page 8

The Department of Agriculture at Goulburn advises that with shearing approaching,…

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Mulesing a basic operation says sheep officer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 September 1969 · page 8

Mulesing is a. basic fly control operation and should be a routine practice, same as crutching, marking and shearing, according to Mr. N. W. Bennett,…

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Sheep market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1969 · page 8

There was a much ligher yarding of approximately 4,000 sheep and lambs on offer at the…

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Sheep Show Fleece Schedules

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1969 · page 8

Scehdules and entry forms are now available for the Fleeces Section at the 1970 Sydney Sheep…

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Goulburn wool prices firm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1969 · page 8

The opening Goulburn wool sales for the current season were held last week, with the market ruling fully firm compared to the previous week’s rates in…

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News For The Man On The Land Sheep lice and ked notifiable disease

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1969 · page 8

Graziers, generally speaking are men who know their job. It is extraordinary, therefore, to find those who do not know or claim not to know, that lice and ked infestation of sheep are notifiable diseases…

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Safety Farm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 September 1969 · page 8

Any legislation to promote [?] must be practical United Farmers and…

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Labor’s policy and proposal for wool marketing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 September 1969 · page 7

The rural policy of the Labor Party an proposals for wool marketing will be outlined by Dr. Rex Patterson and Mr. Bob When at the Goulburn Workers…

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Cattle Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1969 · page 8

There was a much heavier yarding of approximately 900 cattle penned at the Goulburn sale on…

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Sheep Market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1969 · page 8

There was another light yarding of 6,500 sheep and lambs at the Goulburn sale on…

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Beef cattle breeders’ competition continues

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 September 1969 · page 8

The ever-popular Beef Cattle Breeders’ Competition conducted by the Agricultural Bureau, the Department of Agriculture and the Rural Bank will be…

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Cattle Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1969 · page 8

Some 650 cattle were penned at the Goulburn sale on Tuesday, the yarding comprising only small…

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Sheep Market

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 October 1969 · page 8

An increased yarding of approximately 9000 sheep gad lambs was on offer at the Goulburn sale on…

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