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

Farming & the land, 1948

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District Stock Over 994,000 Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 1

At the end of 1947 there were 994,766 sheep In the Goulburn Pastures Protection Board district,…

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European Consumption of Wool Czechoslovakian Mills Are Now Nationalised

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:—The close of the Australian wool selling season tender favourable competition augurs well for the marketing of fellmongered wool during July and August and the sale of the new clip in subsequent…

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Falling Off in Number of Sheep Killed Remarkable Decrease In The Goulburn District

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 July 1948 · page 5

Reporting to today's meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council, Mr. D. A. Jurd (Health Inspector) said there had been a "remarkable decrease" in the number of sheep slaughtered in the Goulburn district…

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Wheat Agreement

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 5

CANBERRA: The Federal Government's alternative plan for the stabilisation of the wheat industry following the rejection…

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Oklahoma Has Miracle Crop of Wheat Like Stubble But Was Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 8

On Oklahoma's rolling wheatlands this spring, all signs pointed at a lean year. Stalks that normally would have been thigh-high were hardly more than stubble; some fields were so thin that farmers ploughed them under. Experts…

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Wheat Case Appeal to Privy Council Graziers' Association Joins Wheat Defence Council Campaign for Funds

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 2

The Graziers Association of N.S.W. has joined the Wheat Industry Defence Council and will co-operate with the F.S.A. and…

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European Wool Consumption Czechoslovakian Milk Nationalised

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 7

Wichombe Carson Ltd. report:—The close of the Australian wool-selling season under favourable competition augurs well for the marketing…

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Grazier Loses Valuable Sheep Breeding Ewes Poisoned From Rabbit Baits

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 4

When poison was laid along the sheep camp on his property for the means of poisoning rabbits. Mr. R. L. Forster, of Cowra Road,…

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Local Grazier Wins Rural Bank Cup Outright Mr. Fred Clarke's Fine Successes At Coota. Sheep Show

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

Mr. Fred C. Clarke, well-known Boorowa grazier of 'Bonnie Doon,' won the handsome Rural Bank Cup outright for the most…

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Farmers and Graziers' Conference Happy Dinner Held Last Night

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 July 1948 · page 3

The Farmers and Graziers, Ltd. third annual conference has been in progress during the past few days in Goulburn, and a most enjoyable dinner, marked by cheeriness and good feeling, was held…

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2500 Attend Annual Wool Store Ball Total Proceeds Amount To About £980

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

Goulburn's social event of the year took place last Friday evening, when 2500 attended the annual wool store ball at Farmers and Graziers building. The ball was the most successful ever held in this city, the proceeds amounting to approximately £980…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 2

attention of sheep buyers directed to Goldsbrough’s special sheep sale at Goulburn on Tuesday, July 20 at 1.30 p.m…

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Gold and Wool Prices Comparative Rises

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:— The price of wool has been considered by many people to have been very high. It is…

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Tasmania Leads World In Wool Processing

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 1

With the introduction of new combing processes at the wool-scouring and carbonising works of L. W. Smith and Co. Pty. Ltd., Launceston, about 30,000 bales of Tasmanian, wool would be used annually, Mr. A. Smith of L. W…

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Sheep And Cattle Market Prices In Sydney Yesterday

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. report that 25,416 sheep and lambs, mostly good quality, with larger proportion heavy lambs; there…

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Pastoral Award Wages Increase

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 6

About 40,000 workers in the pastoral industry in all States except Queensland are given large wage increases in an award announced…

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Over 9000 Sheep Sold by New Zealand Loan

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 8

New Zealand Loan and M. A. Co. Ltd. report having yarded 11,591 sheep at their special sale on Tuesday last. These were submitted to a fair attendance of buyers, chiefly from the Orange, Mittagong, Crookwell, Braidwood, Temora and…

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Gold and Wool Prices Interesting Comparisons

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd; report: The price of wool has been considered by many people to have been very high. It is decidedly higher than immediately prior to the war, the 1938-39 Australian clip only averaging 10.57 government trade restrictions…

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Farm Machinery in United States Mr. W. H. Bruce Gives Impression

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 1

"Machinery has been adapted to meet special farming conditions in the United State; of America, and all 'truck' (market gardens) crops are panted in a standardised manner to permit the use of standardised privately-owned or…

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Raising Pigs in U.S.A. How lowa Farmer Makes Success Of It

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 4

Iowa (U.S.A.) pig farmer William Marsau raises and markets more pigs to the litter than any farmer in the State. Last spring his fifteen sows farrowed 203 pigs. Because there were more suckers than teats, he sold 43 to…

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