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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1973

272 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 14

Sheep Values Decline

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1973 · page 13

Values al the Goulburn Sheep sale this week declined on the “extreme rates” available when a very…

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Cattle prices were up by $5

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1973 · page 13

Cattle were eagerly sought by buyers at this week’s Goulburn sale and…

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New Position Created to Help Wool Growers Micron wool tests

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 October 1973 · page 17

A man now living in Goulburn, has a unique position with the Department of…

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“Rolls Royce” identify for top wool suits

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 October 1973 · page 8

Exclusive woollen because of dearer wool suits — those in the prices. “Rolls Royce” type category — may have…

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Sheep prices rise by 50c

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1973 · page 8

MOST descriptions of sheep sold to 50 cents a head dearer at this week’s…

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Cattle prices down by $3-$5

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 October 1973 · page 8

GOOD steers and vealers held their value but all other descriptions dropped…

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$2-M wool help

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 22 October 1973 · page 17

The Wool Corporation paid $I.9-million this week for more than 6,700 bales of wool…

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Interest in top cattle dispersal

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 24 October 1973 · page 12

Interstate buyers from at least three Australian States are expected to attend the…

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Wool Dips 2½%

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 October 1973 · page 3

Local prices for wool showed a slippage of 2½% [?] week…

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Wool Price Drop

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 November 1973 · page 15

WOOL prices continue to decline with a further drop of 2 ½% to 5% in Sydney this…

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Cattle prices up by $3-$5: market strong

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 November 1973 · page 15

CATTLE Prices showed an overall increase of from $3 to $5 a head at the Goulburn…

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Rural reconstruction Govt. plan to buy out and retire old farmers study

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 November 1973 · page 15

Rumours this week that the Federal Government is planning to boy up the properties of aged primary producers and pay them a retirement wage are just that rumours…

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OBITUARIES Loss to pastoral industry

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 November 1973 · page 13

Mr. W. J. launders, who was well known in Queanbeyan and…

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Local Wool Price

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 November 1973 · page 16

Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort have released the following details of…

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Cattle prices on the move—now up by $6

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 November 1973 · page 7

BUYER interest at this week’s Goulburn cattle sales was high and all descriptions and…

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Sheep down: cattle rising

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 12 November 1973 · page 13

SHEEP numbers in the country continue to decline and have dropped from 180…

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Cattle sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 November 1973 · page 9

W. J. Gibbs and Company, City Stock agents, report that a total of 390 cattle were yarded for…

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“Shortage of Vaccines for Sheep, Cattle”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 November 1973 · page 10

VACCINES to protect sheep and cattle against serious diseases are in short supply with a month’s delay in delivery of…

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Entry rules varied for beef cattle breeders’ contest

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 19 November 1973 · page 14

Queanbeyan district best cattle breeders are invited to take part in the 1973-74 competition being organised by the Rural Bank. A spokesman for the Bank said…

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Cattle Price Slump Down by $8 to $ 10 This Week’s Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 November 1973 · page 14

VALUES for most descriptions of cattle nose-dived at this week’s Goulburn sale…

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