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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1974

159 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 8

News for the Man on the Land Farm Losses in the Flood

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 2 September 1974 · page 8

Stock and crop losses in district floods are worrying farmers and graziers. Sheepmen whose…

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Hobby farm subdivision Test Case on Border Blocks

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 2 September 1974 · page 8

Yarrowlumla Shire Council and other shires around the edge of the ACT will…

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Farmer Action

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 September 1974 · page 19

The rural National Action Group (NAG) will hold a meeting on September 14 to discuss…

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Wool floor price scheme is welcome

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1974 · page 10

“The Federal Government’s new 250 cent per kilo flood price scheme for wool will come as a relief to a great number of…

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Sheep and lamb down $4 and $5

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 September 1974 · page 3

All descriptions of sheep and lambs were $4 and $5 a head cheaper at the last Goulburn sales…

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Man on the land Cattle market prices up $15

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1974 · page 9

The market was $12 to $15 dearer for prime vealers, with steers and bullocks up by $8 to $12 at…

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Sheep Price Rises

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 16 September 1974 · page 13

All descriptions of sheep and lambs showed price increases at the last Goulburn sales…

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Wool Prices Remain Firm

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 23 September 1974 · page 10

The market at the first days sale of wool at Goulburn was quoted as very firm for all…

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Hall Wool to 201c on Last Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 23 September 1974 · page 9

Top Merino wool grown by R. L. Lucas, of Hall, and offered as Super AAA H was one of…

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Cattle up $10

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 September 1974 · page 14

The market for vealers was firm with steers, bullocks and cows $8 to $10 dearer at the…

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Cattle Prices

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 30 September 1974 · page 12

Yearlings dropped $2 a head in price this week with cows and vealers down $5 to $7 at the…

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Sheep Price

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 30 September 1974 · page 12

Prices for all descriptions of sheep and lambs rose at this week’s Goulburn Sales…

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Wool Price

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 30 September 1974 · page 14

Local prices for wool sold through Farmers and Graziers at the last Goulburn sales were:…

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Keeping Wool Price Stable

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 30 September 1974 · page 12

The guaranteed price of 250 cents a kilo is the first step towards orderly marketing of wool, claims…

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Crops Review

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 30 September 1974 · page 12

An up-to-date review of all dryland crops suitable for the Southern Tablelands will be…

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Sheep Down

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 9 October 1974 · page 20

The local market for lambs and suckers rose this week to be almost $1 a head dearer at the…

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Farmer School

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 October 1974 · page 8

A Farm Management School of Instruction is to be held in Goulburn this month…

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Cattle Prices Tumble

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 14 October 1974 · page 10

Drops in price, by up to $12 and $15 a head, were recorded at this week's cattle sales…

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Cattle jump $8

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 14 October 1974 · page 12

Local prices for cattle showed a jump this week at Goulburn with calves selling at $4 a head better…

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Sheep-lamb Prices Up

Queanbeyan Age · Monday 14 October 1974 · page 9

Values for all classes of lambs and suckers increased by 80 cents to $1 a head…

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