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

Farming & the land, 1948

771 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 38 of 39

Sheep Pavilion Inadequate New Building to be Erected

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 8

At a special meeting of members of the committee of the Taralga A. P. and H. Association, held recently, consideration was given to the…

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Golspie Wool Tops 100 Pence at Goulburn Sale

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 8

Taralga district has again demonstrated its ability to produce good, free merino wool, as well as good crossbred wool and fat lambs. At…

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Market Down Cattle 30/- Cheaper Sheep Not Cleared

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 3

Although there was a good yarding at the Yass stock sale yesterday conducted by the Yass Associated Agents, cattle were…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 4

Wool sales will be held in Goulburn next year on February 2 and 3, February 23 and 24, March 16 and 17, April 27…

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WOOL 152d Record Prices

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: Wool prices reached new seasonal records in both Melbourne and Sydney yesterday. In Melbourne 152d a lb. was…

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W. T. Merriman’s Work in Wool Industry

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 7

YASS GRAZIERS ARE GETTING UP TO 30d PER POUND MORE FOR -THEIR WOOL THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR. THE DISTRICT WOOL CHEQUE SHOULD BREAK ALL…

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Earnings by Sheep and Wool During the Year Business Quieter In America

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd, report: Australian sheep on the average have cut heavier weights of wool than this year, but they have never before shown the gross monetary returning now being experienced. In new South Wales the gross…

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High Quality Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 1

New season wheat from the rich Wagga district is pouring into the granaries of the murrumbidee milling company at…

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Australian Wool For Russia

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 5

Russia's spectacular entry into the wool market has caused prices that smash all records. Close secrecy about the buyer's identity is kept by the brokers bidding at auction, but this picture taken in Melbourne recently shows the destination…

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Continued Upward Trend Of Wool Values Where Does Russian Wool Go

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 December 1948 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd report:—The continued upward trend [?] wool values has proved as int[?] in sti[?] the flow of American buying orders to Australia. In to British and Continental purchasing, a large volume of…

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Curran Clip. Owner's Declaration Top Price Wool From Ravensworth Bred SHEEP(To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 2

Sir,—In reference to the report my recent wool sale in Goulburn, when my clip eclipsed all previous records for the season…

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Mortality in Sheep Careless Use Of Poison

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 6

Mortality in sheep caused by careless use of a cyanide preparation at present sold on the market for rabbit…

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Prevention of Tetanus in Sheep Protective Vaccination Effective

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 6

Serious losses after marking and shearing of sheep are reported every year by sheepowners. Many of these losses, states the Division of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture, are due to tetanus which may…

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Butter Coupon Changes

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 5

The currency of butter coupons has been altered slightly to assist housewives in their purchase for the holiday period…

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Linseed Crop Worth £58,000

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 December 1948 · page 5

INVERELL.—Based on the new price of £82 a ton, linseed growers in the Inverell and Moree districts are expected to…

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Disastrous District Bush-fire Sheep, Wheat, Hay Destroyed: Miles of Fencing Burnt

The Burrowa News · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 1

ONE OF THE WORST BUSHFIRES IN THE HISTORY OF THE YOUNG DISTRICT BROKE OUT ON S. A: CHAPPLE'S PROPERTY, KINGS VALE, ON SATURDAY, AT ABOUT MID-DAY. FANNED BY A STRONG CHOPPY WIND, THE FIRE EXTENDED TO TIVERTON,…

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Wheat Trucks May Be Available Next Week

The Burrowa News · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 1

It is anticipated that trucks will be available for the despatch of wheat, from Boorowa silos. Mr. O. Steele. manager of the silos,…

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Sewerage Farm Report On Future

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 3

In view of the urgent need of extensions to Goulburn's sewerage undertaking, the City Council will ask the…

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145½d for Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 1

At the closing wool sales in Sydney last week, one of the top prices realised was 145½d. This was paid for four bales…

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Wool Prices Position Crossbred And Meat Supplies

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 December 1948 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: The wool market has reached phenomenal levels in Australian currency for speciality and other spinners' types. All classes of the staple have not ascended to those outstanding levels…

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