Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

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

Farming & the land, 1948

771 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 37 of 39

Junior Farmers Active: Goulburn Exhibit: Help Wanted

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 December 1948 · page 6

In almost full force members from Golspie, Taralga and Richlands assembled at the home of Mrs. W. J. McPaul for their a…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Stacking Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 December 1948 · page 5

Two men from Cowra, one with a broken bone in his foot, have earned £357 stacking 71,000 bags of wheat in 10 days…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wool Sales In Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 December 1948 · page 3

Goldsbrough Mort and Coy. Ltd. report: For the sixth sale of the [?] this company offered a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wool and Competing Fibres Improvements In Crossbreds

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 December 1948 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd report:—On previous occasions since 1920, when wool prices reached high levels, the supposed menace of synthetic fibres was often cited an the likely cause of a re[?] in values. It has not come to [?]ht to any…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Successful Sheep Sale

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 1

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd., and W. M. Dwyer & Co., report having conducted a successful "Off-Shears" Sheep Sale at Boorowa on Tuesday,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

134½ for Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY: An Australian record price for the season or 134½d was established for greasy merino fleece at the wool sales held…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

More High Prices for Boorowa Wool

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 1

At the New Zealand Loan and [?] cantile Agency Co. Ltd.'s wool on Monday last district realisations were:…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Local Grazier Obtains 92¼d At Goulburn Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 3

At the Wool Sales, held at Goulburn on 25th November, Mr. F. Taylor, of "Oakleigh," Reid's Flat, received 92¼d. for 5 bales of AAAW, the best…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

122d. Paid for Rye Park Wool Secured By R. J. Martin

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 1

At Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd.'s wool sale on Tuesday last top price of 122d. was secured for five bales of Sup Com E of the RJM/…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Local Held Wheat Competition Won With Variety Of "Bordan," Estimated To Yield 39 Bushels Messrs. Bonner and Boulding of Frogmore

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 December 1948 · page 2

Four crops were judged in the Field Wheat Competition conducted by the Boorowa P.A. and H. Association this year…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Swabs Taken From Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Swabs taken from sheep in the Junee district, believed to be suffering from anthrax, would be sent to the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wheat in A.c.t

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 December 1948 · page 3

Late sowing and the relatively dry winter has not impaired prospects for the local wheat crops, according to A.C.T…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Extra super-fine merino sold for 1-16½d a lb. at the Geelong wool sales yesterday—the highest price ever ga[?]ed on the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fell Off Wool Lorry

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 2

Whilst assisting to- load wool one day-last week, Mr. E. Bush tripped and fell off a lorry and sustained a fractured rib, reports…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wool Consumption Position Europe & U.S.A. .Contrast

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 5

Continental competition has been the strongest feature of recent wool sales. Great Britain has also freely operated, but…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

N.s.w. Wheat Crop

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: The New South Wales wheat yield for 1948-49 is expected to be about 73 million bushels the Minister for…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wool Values Continued Upward Trend

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 6

Winchombe Carson Ltd., report: "The continued upward trend in wool values has proved an influence in stimulating the flow of…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

E. J. MERRIMAN’S Ravenaworth Breeding H. E. Curran Heads in Wool for State Record Price

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 December 1948 · page 2

Mr. H. E. Curran, of “Deasland,” Ginninderra," has again broken the State record for topprice wool with a sale at…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wool Is Still Rising

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY: Prices for most lines of wool were at least 5 per cent. higher when sales were resumed in Sydney yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Yass Gains New Wool Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY: A new Australian wool-price record was made in Sydney yesterday when 147d a lb. was paid for…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →