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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1970

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1970 · page 4

A yarding of approximately 800 cattle met with keen competition at the Goulburn sale on…

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News for the Man on the Land Agronomist forecasts bleak Winter pastoral outlook

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1970 · page 21

One of the driest June-July periods on record has resulted in a bleak outlook for the late winter period. Supplementary feeding is being carried out in many parts of the district. Dry ground conditions…

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Best Cattle Maintained Top Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 August 1970 · page 14

Approximately 600 head of cattle were on offer at the Goulburn sale on Wednesday, with…

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Lighter yarding of sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 August 1970 · page 12

Another lighter yarding of approximately 5,000 sheep and lambs were on offer at the Goulburn…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 September 1970 · page 12

There was a very light yarding of cattle at Goulburn on Tuesday with only approximately 320…

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Cattle Vaccine Strain 19 restricted

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 September 1970 · page 12

“It is now illegal to use Strain 19 Vaccine in female cattle outside the age of 3-6 months.” This was stated by Mr…

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Sharp drop in sheep numbers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 September 1970 · page 12

One of the lightest yardings for many years of approximately 3,000 sheep and lambs were on offer…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 September 1970 · page 13

A heavier yarding of approximately 580 cattle were on offer at the Goulburn sale on Tuesday,…

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Sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 September 1970 · page 11

Some 4,000 sheep and lambs were penned at the Goulburn sale on Wednesday. Generally the…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1970 · page 6

Young cattle formed the bulk of the yarding of about 560 head at the Goulburn sale on…

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Sheep Dearer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1970 · page 6

Grown sheep, especially shorn lines formed a large proportion of the yarding of…

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Averages reflect wool price drop

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1970 · page 7

The sharp drop in wool prices over the last 12 months was reflected in the averages at the first series of Goulburn sales for the current season last week…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 September 1970 · page 10

Qualify on recent weeks was mostly inferior when approximately 700 head of cattle were yarded at…

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Lifting the Wool on ‘Four Corners’

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1970 · page 12

This week’s “Four Corners” (Saturdays 8.20 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. A.BC) was hardly entertaining but the startling, statistics contained therein must have lifted the wool…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 October 1970 · page 4

A reduced yarding of approximately 550 head of cattle were offered for sale at Goulburn on Tuesday…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1970 · page 13

Overall quality at the Goulburn cattle sale on Tuesday was not as good as previous weeks. A…

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Sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1970 · page 3

There was an increase in the number of sheep and Iambs penned at Goulburn on Wednesday,…

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Goulburn wool sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1970 · page 2

Elder Smith Goldsborough Mart Ltd. submitted a catalogue of approximately 3,700 bales…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1970 · page 13

There was a much lighter yarding of approximately 200 cattle offered at the Goulburn…

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Sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1970 · page 13

There was a very reduced yarding of sheep at Goulburn this week when only 3,500 sheep…

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