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

Farming & the land, 1948

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British Farmers Race Against Time Reclamation Scheme To Save Land

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 3

Seventeen farmers have combined with engineers to undertake a big reclamation scheme on the east coast of Britain which will win a large area of new arable land from the sea…

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Mite Present In District Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 8

Informing te May meeting of the Goulburn P.P Board that a number of Sheep infected with mite had come…

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Wool in Japan

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY: The first, big shipment of Australian wool for Japan since the war will be taken by the steamer Nellore,…

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Fanner Fined For Unshorn Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 4

Raymond Clarke, a Dunnstown (Victoria) farmer, was fined £15 Mr. D. J. Duggan, P.M., in Bungaree Police Court recently,…

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Wool and Its Rivals Lamb Versus Sheep's Stable

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Post-war wool selling experiences have certainly, ''burst the bubble" of synthetic fibres menacing the rise of the sheep's staple to the production of good wearing, soft handling fabrics suitable for…

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Boorowa Special Cattle Sale

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., and W. M. Dwyer and Company, selling agents In conjunction, will offer a splendid yarding of high-class cattle at their…

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Sheep Sale at Binalong

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

At a Special Sheep Sale held at Binalong on 25th May by Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., Young branch, In conjunction with R. J Roche, a total…

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Increased Wheat Storage Space at Boorowa Silo

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. P. Graham) will give consideration to Boorowa Shire Council's request for the increase…

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Final Reminder to Farmers

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 3

District farmers would be wise if they treated this par as a final reminder of the necessity of furnishing their annual agricultural and pastoral…

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Farming Implements Lag In Australia

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

Unless the terrific lag in farming implements, especially headers, ploughs and tractors, was overcome Australian rural industry would be faced with the most critical position in its history…

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Overseas Farmers To Visit Council Farm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

Twenty New Zealand farmers will visit Goulburn next month to inspect the City Council's sewerage farms at North Goulburn. The Goulburn City Council,…

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Farmer Fined for Unshorn Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

Raymond Clarke, a Dunnstown (Victoria) farmer, was fined £15 by Mr. D. J. Duggan, P.M., in Bungaree Police Court…

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Bright Wool Outlook Merino In Small Supply

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

Values for tops abroad have risen in sympathy with more buoyant prices for wool. The New York Futures market is on the…

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“Wools of the World” Display at the Sydney Sheep Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 4

At the Sydney Sheep Show, which opens on Wednesday, June 2, and continues until Saturday, June 5, the Rural…

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£145 Million Expected for Wool Cup Up 57 p.c. on 1947 Record Winchcombe Carson’s Annual Review

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 4

The extraordinary record of £145 million [?] likely to be established in proceeds from the Australian wool…

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Farmer's Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 3

GRENFELL: The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a farmer, who is believed to have died…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: At wool sales in Sydney yesterday £705 bates were catalogued, and 11445 bales (including private sales of…

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Large-scale Wheat Sowing

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 1

In four days recently, Mr. Erie Smart of Wongan Hills, one of the most mechanised wheat farmers of Western Australia,…

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Wheat and Rice May Bank Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 3

A Junee report says that a 40 per cent cut in railway goods [?]may cause a serious bankup primary produce…

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Wheat Growers' Case Dismissed "Not Underpaid," Says Court

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE: The High Court yesterday decided that the Commonwealth had not underpaid wheat farmers for the…

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