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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1974

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Growers can watch their wool sold on television set

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 7 January 1974 · page 10

Growers may see their wool sold to the world’s wool trade on TV type screens at…

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Cattle Prices Easing

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 9 January 1974 · page 12

The last cattle sale at Goulburn showed good competition among buyers but with a drop of…

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$5000 Loss with Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 14 January 1974 · page 7

A district grazier who did not drench a mob of 700 ewes and lambs for five months has lost more than 250 of them at an estimated…

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Beef cattle competition Good Response on Tablelands

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 January 1974 · page 16

Judging of entries in the annual Beef Cattle Breeders’ Competition…

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Farm Talk Soon

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 January 1974 · page 15

Department of Agriculture officers in this region meet in Goulburn on February…

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Tax Farmers Cost Money

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 January 1974 · page 7

“Tax farmers have been costing the Federal Government between $10-million and $15-million a…

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Sheep sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 January 1974 · page 11

Prices for all descriptions of sheep and lambs rose strongly at this week’s sales held in…

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Editorial Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 January 1974 · page 2

THE Wool Marketing Report and the major changes it recommends, will generate a great deal of discussion in industry and political circles and rightly so…

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First Wool Sales Begin

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 January 1974 · page 10

The first wool sales at Goulburn for 1974 are being held today and tomorrow…

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New Voice for Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 February 1974 · page 10

The, beef cattle industry will be represented by a new farmer grouping…

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Farmers welcome proposal

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 4 February 1974 · page 12

The Australian Wool Corporation’s marketing recommendations for wool are welcomed, says…

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Latest Sheep Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 February 1974 · page 7

The price for lambs was 50 cents to 80 cents dearer at this week’s Goulburn…

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Sheep Down

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 11 February 1974 · page 17

The annual Queanbeyan show was a resounding success in many ways, but officials…

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Yass Stud Exhibited Top Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 February 1974 · page 22

G. Cusack’s “Ben Sur” Santa Gertrudis Stud at Yass took out the major awards in the…

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Local Sheep Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 February 1974 · page 8

Stock and Station AGENTS, W. J. Gibbs and Co., report a full clearance of 4,200 sheep…

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News for the Man on the Land Agronomist says “Pastoral Outlook Encouraging, But Rain Needed Soon”

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 February 1974 · page 8

The general pastoral outlook remains encouraging, says Queanbeyan District Agronomist, Mr. Michael Duncan. “While there is no pressing need for rain at…

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Play Farm Game

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 February 1974 · page 10

ABC-TV will begin a series of six programmes of the “Farming Game” at…

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Cattle Bans Plan

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 February 1974 · page 5

A move has been made to prohibit saleyards selling of brucellosis-infected cattle to…

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Dog attack on sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 February 1974 · page 7

This sheep, mauled by dogs on a property near the Ridgeway, on Bungendore Hill,…

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Sheep Drop

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 February 1974 · page 16

The number of sheep in Australia is the lowest for more than 20 years, according to…

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