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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1970

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Fat Sheep in Short Supply

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1970 · page 4

Approximately 12,500 sheep and lambs were penned at last week’s Goulburn fat shock sale…

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Goulburn Fat Stock Big Yarding of Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1970 · page 4

There was a very much heavier yarding of approximately 1,009 cattle at the Goulburn Saleyards…

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News For The Man On The Land Japanese expect hardening of wool market- but Anxious eyes are turned on next week’s Goulburn sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1970 · page 4

AlI connected with the wool industry—growers, brokers and even buyers — are hoping the market will take an upward turn this month. All will be carefully…

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Beef cattle judging

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1970 · page 4

Judging in the Beef Cattle Breeders’ Competition conducted by the Agricultural Bureau, the…

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Cattle prices up at sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1970 · page 4

There was a heavier, yarding of approximately 900 cattle penned for sale at Goulburn on…

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Graziers Request Change in Cattle Sale Procedure

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1970 · page 4

The Graziers’ Association of NSW will ask the Metropolitan Meat Industry Board to consider introducing a change in the present procedure at the Homebush Bay saleyard for…

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News For The Man On The Land Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1970 · page 4

Numbers were approximately the same as the previous week, when 18,000 sheep and lambs…

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Improved Wool Standard

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1970 · page 5

The overall standard of wool exhibited at yesterday’s Bungendore Show was an improvement on…

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Competition keen in sheep section

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 January 1970 · page 5

Again yesterday, the sheep section of the Bungendore Show was closely contested by a number of well-known breeders with D. J. Holgate emerging the most successful exhibitor…

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Banks at Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1970 · page 4

Visitors to Sydney for this year’s Sheep Show will find the Rural Bank occupying its usual position…

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Sheep Market

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 5

There was a lighter yarding of approximately 12,000 sheep and lambs at the Goulburn sale on…

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Light cattle yarding

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 5

There was a much lighter yarding of approximately 500 cattle on offer at the Goulburn sale…

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Wheat awards

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 2

The executive of the Yass Valley Organisation has non confirmed arrangements for the…

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Negative attitude to wool position Merino ram exports

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 3

“The announcement of the Minister for Primary Industry that the export of merino rams will be permitted as from February 1, points up the negative attitude being taken by this Minister to the industry’s problems.”…

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Goulburn Sheep Market

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 February 1970 · page 6

An increase in numbers of sheep and lambs totalling approximately 18,000 were on offer at…

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Cattle Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 February 1970 · page 8

Some 700 cattle were penned at the Goulburn sale ion Wednesday, the yarding comprising good…

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Show cattle standard equal to best ever

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1970 · page 6

The standard of cattle exhibited at Queanbeyan’s 75th show on Saturday was as good as any seen here in recent years. This was the opinion of chief steward, Mr. Peter…

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Emerald Isle potato crop

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 February 1970 · page 3

Two errant tubers of the Irish potato “Kerry Blue”, yeilded a surprise crop of purple blue…

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Cattle Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 February 1970 · page 4

There was a yarding of approximately, 650 head of cattle at the Goulburn weekly sale…

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Top wool awards district growers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 February 1970 · page 4

Mr. C. T. Murphy of “Tolldale,” Gunning has won the Geigy Topclip Award — NSW Division, He also won the 1969 National Topciip Award last October…

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