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A total 142 dairymen left the industry in NSW during the period July 1 to August 22, 1974…
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Farming & the land, 1974
159 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 8
Wool
Any wool grower who normally sells wool before Christmas should consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle price down by $4-$5
Cattle prices at this weekâs Goulburn sales dropped by as much as $5 a head compared with last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Farm Land
Applications by three landholders to the City Council for land to be rated as urban farm land…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Prices
Values for steers and bullvks were down $5 to S8, while yearlings and vealers sold at prices…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Costs about $1.10 to shear a sheep
Average cost of shearing flock sheep is now about $1.10 a head, reports Grazcos chairman, Duncan Mathieson…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →News for the Man on the Land Bale of wool down by $115 in a year
Figures released today by the Goulburn Wool Selling Brokers Association show that the price of a bale of wool has…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Budgeting for Crops
The opportunity for diversification into grazing-cropping-pasture systems exists because of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Beef cattle comp
In a year when beef cattle prices have dropped markedly breeders should be striving more than ever…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Wool Plan
It is now generally accepted that the concept of Objective Measurement for clip preparation…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →News for the Man on the Land Where Have All the Cattle Gone?
Looking at the small number of cattle being sold over the past six months you could be forgiven for thinking…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Sheep
All descriptions of suckers and lambs met with weak buyer competition at the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →News for the Man on the Land Cattle Cheaper
Rates for all descriptions of cattle were easier by as much as $10 a head at this weekâs Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →High School Farm Study
Extension of agricultural studies to 5th and 6th Form pupils at Monaro High School is being supported by the SE…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Look at farming
The 1980 farmer will be lucky to earn an income as high as most workers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cattle Up by $2-$4
Cattle prices rose by $2 to $4 a head at this weekâs Goulburn sales. There was improved…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Back On A Farm
Minister for Planning and Environment, Sir John Fuller, observed that he might have a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Price Up 80c
There was keen demand for all descriptors of sheep and lambs a the Goulburn sales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Bans Threatened
The district sub-branch of the Australian Railways Union is threatening to ban handling of Australian Wool Commission wool…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cattle Now $4 Up-down
There was reasonably good demand for all good trade cattle offered at the Goulburn sales and these…
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