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

Farming & the land, 1948

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Sheep Fly Prevalent In District

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

Sheep owners all over the district are having a bad time with the sheep fly and in many cases despite all brands of treatment…

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Binalong Wool , Sold by A.m.l.&f.co

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

The A.M.L.& F.Co. Ltd. report: “In our last report on the wool market the G/ILLALONG/ , YASS clip from Binalong, on…

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Erosion Control Financial Aid For Farmers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3

The Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act, 1948, which will be administered by the Department of Conservation, came into…

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In Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

"Naughty Nineties" was the name given to this "Wonderflex" wool dress. The colours are cherry,…

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Crookwell. Sheep Losses Reported

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 5

Mr J. A. Culley, of Woodbine Park," Wheeo, has reported to the local police the disappearance of forty lambs…

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Wool Sale Over 5000 Bales On Offer

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

The first lots of a catalogue of approximately 5500 bales were offered to wool buyers in Goulburn…

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Shipments of Wool for Germany Millmen Develop Buying Power

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 1

Wincombe Carson Ltd. report:—Shipments of wool from Australia on a limited scale have been made to Germany for some time and for a longer period supplies have been sent to the German mills from England for…

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Combating Blow-fly in Sheep Advice To Local Graziers By Stock Inspector

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2

Wet, humid weather had made conditions attractive to the blow-fly and many sheep had been struck. The District Stock Inspector (Mr. F. Hildred) said…

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Drop in Wool Values Yesterday's Sale In Goulburn Good Quality Lots a Shade Down

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1

An easier market ruled at the seventh series of wool sales in Goulburn yesterday when R. D. Gray and Sons and Farmers add Graziers offered the first lots of a catalogue of approximately 5500 bales…

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Sheep Fly Prevalent In district

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

Sheep owners all over the district are having a bad time with the sheep fly, and in many cases despite all brands of treatment on the market,…

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Riverina Wheat May Be Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

With wheat being received at Riverina sidings at a rate in excess of 100,000 bags a week, it is still possible that the…

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Wool for Germany General Demand

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report on the 2nd instant: Shipments of wool from Australia on a limited scale have been made to Germany for some time…

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Wool Prices Best Since 1807

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

Experts of the Graziers' Association of Victoria had to go back as far as 1807, to find when woolgrowers received as…

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Wheat Stabilisation Hume's Member Asks Questions In House

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 8

In the House of Representatives, the Member for Hume, Mr. A. N. Fuller said: "I would like to ask the Minister for Commerce and…

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Additional Trucks Secured For Despatch of Wheat At Boorowa Silos

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. P. Graham) has made available further railway trucks for the removal of wheat at…

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The Difference Between A Farmer And A Worker?

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

A district farmer explained the difference between farmers and workers. "A farmer," he said, "is not a…

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Catholic Rural Movement Rush for Wagga Farms

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 7

Applications from every State in Australia have been pouring in to the Catholic Rural Movement for the 50 small homestead farms which the…

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Erosion Control Financial Aid For Farmers

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 8

The Soil Conservation (Amendment Act, 1948, which will be administered by the Department of Conservation, came into operation on…

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Strike and Wool Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 5

At a meeting of the Joint Executive Committee in Sydney this morning buyers intimated, that if the…

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Wool Display for Paris

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 7

Sir Oliver Harvey, British Ambassador to France, will open, an exhibition of British wool textiles for export on April 23 at…

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