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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1972

101 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 6

Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1972 · page 13

There was a strong demand for all best trade cattle at Goulburn sale on Tuesday and the market…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1972 · page 5

Competition was again very strong at the Goulburn cattle sale on Tuesday, with better…

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Sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1972 · page 7

The yarding of approximately 7,200 sheep and lambs on offer at Goulburn on Wednesday…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 August 1972 · page 15

Prime heavy cows and steers were in short supply in the yarding of approximately 700 at…

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Sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 August 1972 · page 15

There was a better selection of trade weight and heavy lambs available in the yarding of 7,000 at…

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Sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 August 1972 · page 4

Values for alt descriptions of Iambs and mutton realised rates 60 to 80 cents per head dearer on last…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1972 · page 13

Competition was keen throughout at Goulburn cattle sale on Tuesday, and the market showed a…

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Sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 August 1972 · page 7

Plainer description again made up the bulk of the yarding at the Goulburn sheep sale on…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 9

There was an inferior quality yarding of approximately 800 head of cattle at Goulburn on…

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Sheep sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 6

The market was very strong for all descriptions at Goulburn sheep sale on Wednesday and remained…

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Inferior yarding of cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 September 1972 · page 5

Goulburn Associated Agents report an inferior yarding of approximately 700 head of cattle at their…

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Trapper Engaged Dingo Raids on Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 September 1972 · page 3

A trapping programme has been planned in the Boboyan and Orroral areas of the ACT, southwest of Tharwa, following reports of sheep killings, believed to have been caused by dingoes…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 September 1972 · page 7

Approximately 100 cattle were on offer at the Goulburn sale on Tuesday, but the quality on offer was…

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Wool Prices Skyrocket

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 September 1972 · page 1

Prices at wool sales in Goulburn and Melbourne this week have shown a major upswing, with the Melbourne average for a clean kilogram reaching 1955-56 levels…

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Sheep cheaper

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 September 1972 · page 9

Sheep and Iambs were cheaper at the Goulburn sale this week, when approximately 7,000 head…

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Wool Up 100 Per Cent in 12 Months

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 September 1972 · page 9

The average price of wool sold at Goulburn has risen by over 100 per cent in the 12 months beginning in September last year. The Goulburn Wool Selling Brokers’ Association,…

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Cattle Dearer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 October 1972 · page 8

The Goulburn market was $3 to $5 dearer for all good quality cattle at Tuesday’s sale. Plain and…

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Fewer sheep offered

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 October 1972 · page 16

A much smaller yarding of sheep and lambs were penned at Goulburn on Wednesday, with about…

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Commissioner clarifies wool rates

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 October 1972 · page 6

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. N. McCusker, has clarified the position concerning wool freight rates at the Yennora Wool Centre…

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Good rain needed Cattle Feed Running Out Rapidly

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 October 1972 · page 10

The feed situation for cattle in the district is critical and stocks of fodder are running out rapidly, according to the District Agronomist, Mr. Warwick Wheatley…

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