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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Drought And Old Sheep: China As A User Of Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Dry pastoral conditions invariably produce the problem of handling old sheep. The difficulty of maintaining them is shown by the numbers of aged stock now being sold by owners of New South…

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Wool Must Be Publicised to Counter Synthetics Big Problems Face Pastoral Industry, Says Mr. C. M. Williams

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 7

At a meeting of the local branch of the Graziers' Association, held in the Literary Institute on Friday, April 21st, Mr. C. M. Williams delivered a most instructive report on the deliberations at the graziers'…

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There's No Substitute for Wool

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 6

"There is no substitute for wool," said Mr. Scully, Minister for Commerce. "Spending of millions of pounds on research and technicological…

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Southern Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 3

For the week ended Saturday. April 29, no bags of wheat were received at Stations in this district. During the week 51539…

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Cavan Cattle Groomed For Fair By Owners

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

Because of the shortage of lab our, Mrs. F. W. Castle-Roche and her daughter, Miss Lorna Roche, personally cared for the cattle…

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Sheep Endangered By Heavy Snow Falling At Kiandra

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Snow. which has been faling at Kianadra since Tuesday night, is now 2ft 6in. to five feet deep in parts…

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Arthur Fuller in the House Wheat Subsidy

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 4

Mr. FULLER (Hume): The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully), in his second reading speech, gave an indication of the…

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The Jeep American Farmers Plan to Use it

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 3

American farmers plan to use jeeps, Army scout cars, for everything from sawing wood to spraying orchards after the war, Mr…

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Dry Weather And Wheat Crop

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: The Acting Cereal Expert of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. S. L. Macindoe, said to-day that dry weather, in…

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Stud Sheep Fair Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

The undermentioned agents will offer high class ewes and rams for sale on behall of noted breeders at the Sydney Annual…

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Bathurst Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

It is feared that there will be heavy mortality amongst sheep that have been weakened by the prevailing drought conditions, as…

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Drought and Old Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Dry pastoral conditions invariably produce the problem of handling old sheep.. The difficulty of…

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WOOL Lower Grade Material Menace to Industry

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 4

Pitt, Soil & Badgery Ltd. [?] Evidence given on behalf of woollen manufacturers to the [?]onwealth Tariff Board has [?]…

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Few Sheep Lost At Kiandra

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 3

KIANDRA, Tuesday: A survey has revealed that only a small percentage of the 25,000 sheep caught by the heavy snows which have been…

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Southern Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 5

For the week ended Saturday, May 6 last, 50 bags of wheat were received at stations in this district. During the week 44.148 bags of wheat were…

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Dog Faithfully Guards Sheep For A Fortnight

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 1

Three weeks ago a Robertson sheepfarmer took his black kelpie dog with him to muster some sheep. The dog failed to return with its owner, and a fortnight later it was found sitting beneath a rock faithfully guarding…

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Charges Dismissed Trucking and Conveyance of Cattle Alleged Ill-treatment

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 1

At the Gundagai Police Court two charges, brought against Charles A. Gardiner, a well known Gundagai stock agent, in…

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Cattle for Europe Estimated Loss of 11,000,000 Head

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

Because of the great decline in the number of cattle in the Netherlands since the Nazi occupation the cattle committee of the…

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Australian Sheep Totals Show Signs Of Falling

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 1

Winchombe Carson Ltd report: It is probable that sheep numbers in Australia for the time being have receded from their peak point. Slaughtering of stock will increase this year provided seasonal conditions permit the…

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Wool Review War Time Record 17,902,591 Bales Worth £338,000,000

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 4

Winehcombe Carson Limited in the course of their annual wool review, state the war-time record of the Australian wool industry is…

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