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

Farming & the land, 1946

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Butter and Tea Coupons

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 4

If on account of low stocks a grocer is not able to supply butter or tea against coupons before December 7, the expiry…

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Goldsworth Wool 80½d. lb. at Goulburn Wool Sale

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 8

All records went toppling at Goulburn Wool Sales on Wednesday last, when the Farmers and Graziers' obtained 80½d. per lb for ex-super fine wool, sold on account F. Waters, Goldsworth, Bialla…

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Wool Report Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance's Agency Company Limited 12th November, 1946

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 9

We submitted our catalogue of 9,501 bales on Monday 11th instant, the selection being representative mainly of the North-Western Plains and Slopes,…

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Sheep Sell at 50/ Stock Market at Taralga

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 4

TARALGA: Stock values, particularly those for sheep, have increased considerably over the past week in…

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Flashes From Abroad Fish Farming

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 3

Experiments in marine "farming" now completed by British scientists are expected to revolutionise the world's fishing industry and to end seasonal…

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Airborne Cattle

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 3

In the recent shipment in a converted army plane of a herd of ten Guernsey cow from the Patterson, New Jersey, airport to Bogota,…

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From Everywhere Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 4

Wheat During the week ended last Saturday, no wheat was received It stations in the southern…

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50 Sheep Die When Cornered by Persistent Dogs

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 6

Mr. F. F. Fahey, of Hillgrove,” Burrowa, lost over 50 sheep in the most peculiar circum[?]tances, reports the Burrowa “News.” It is believed that dogs forced a flock until most of them smothered…

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High Wool Prices (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 1

Sir,—Two astonishing contradictions appear in your |leaders of Thursday last, one dealing with the “irony” of the present wool market,…

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18 Entries [?] M'bah Field Wheat Comp

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 3

Eighteen entries were receiv[?] for the field wheat competitio[?] being conducted by Murrunbu[?] rah P. A. and L. Association…

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M.-H. Crop may Yield 36 Bushels

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 5

It is estimated that one crop in Murrumburrah-Harde[?] District will yield 36 bushels to the acre, while others wi[?] yield between 24 bushels and 30 bushels. Mr P. F. Stanton, senior…

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Australian Visits U.S. As Goodwill Farm Ambassador (Extract from “La Crosse Tribune,” August 5, 1946.)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 3

“I believe in America, as well as in Australia, that the women on the farms are entitled to the best treatment and…

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Six-bag Crop Stripped At Boorowa

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

On Tuesday November 26, five acres of wheat were stripped at "Marghavale" Boorowa, the property of Mr. W. Hollibones…

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Excessive Clover and Losses in Sheep Concern Felt in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 1

Loss of sheep through eating excessive clover has been reported in Victoria as well as in Western Australia and departmental officials are investigating. As a result of grazing…

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"Buy Butter Early:" Official Advice to Housewives

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 2

Housewives should buy butter early this week with the coupons available until December 8, on the advice of the Deputy Director of Rationing, Mr. E. E. Ford. Mr. Ford said that some…

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71d for Wool in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY: Greasy merino wool sold at 71d a pound at the wool sales yesterday—a record for the Sydney market…

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Wool Demand: Comparisons for 1920 and 1946

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: — Competition for wool latterly has been more widely distributed than at earlier sales of the season. This broadening in demand is attributable to the inclusion of a more varied number…

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Farmer Caught in Reaper: Close Call

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 1

TARALGA: Jack Fitzgibbon, dairyman, was lucky to escape with a leg injury when he was caught in a reaper and binder while cutting hay crops on his property at Wowagin last Saturday morning…

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PASTORAL Use Of "666" In Sheep Blowfly Control

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 2

Experiments recently carried out by G. J. Shannahan, assistant entomologist of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, have shown that benzene…

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Made New Wool Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 4

Mr S. L. Calvert. who obtained the all-time Australlan record price of 99½d. a lb. for a bale of his wool. Mr Calvert said that…

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