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

Farming & the land, 1948

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Yass Wool Vale Beder to 96d

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales last week, greasy merino fleece sold to 96d for 5 sup AAA E of Vale Beder, Yass, and to 94d for 6…

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Ensuring Nutrition for Sheep Long-Term Shannon Vale Trials

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 5

"Pasture improvement is the only effective economic means which will allow graziers on poorer granite soils of the eastern New England slopes to breed and rear weaners successfully, to prevent…

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Inland Potato Crop Conditions

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

Following are extracts from the review by the Division of Marketing and Agricultural Economy on the inland potato crop conditions at February 23. In most of the inland potato…

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13 Sheep Shot

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 1

LEETON: A Yanco grazier has claimed that 13 of his sheep have been shot through the head…

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No Wool Sales at Present

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Wool sales in Sydned, Newcastle, and Goulburn have been postponed indefinitely because of the shipping…

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Fat Sheep And Cattle: Competition Disappointingly Weak In Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 4

The quality of the cattle exhibited in the fats, beef and dairy sections at the Crookwell Show was of a very…

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Quality Exhibits In Sheep Sections British Breed Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 6

Mr B. J. FitzSimons (Department of Agriculture, Goulburn) judged the British breed sheep classes…

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Large Sheep for Show Competition

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 4

One of the largest sheep ever exhibited at a showground will be on display at the Goulburn A.P. and H. Society Show, which…

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Wool Exhibition At Goulburn Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 5

The Australian Wool Board's travelling wool exhibition will open its Australian tour at the…

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Records Topple at 1948 Taralga Show Magnificent Exhibition Of Horses And Cattle Pavilion Taxed Beyond Capacity

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 1

Tarlaga's sixty-second annual show opened yesterday in glorious sunshine. The picturesque ground, with its background of rolling hills, was in splendid order for the…

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Nearby Farms

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 1

Regarding the suggestion put before the Closer settlement Advisory Committee by the S.T. Development League that small…

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Wool Rot Due To Wet Season Culling Recommended

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 2

Graziers are experiencing wool rot due to the unusually wet summer. Dir. W. T…

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Abundance of Grass But Quality Doubtful Queensland Cattle Brought to Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 2

Although there is an abundance of grass throughout the district, the stock inspector, Mr. A. Doust, does not…

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Australian Dairy Herds

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 8

The decline in Australian dairy herds, which began in 1943, was arrested partially during 1947, according to a summary for last…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 8

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. report on March 9: We submitted a catalogue of 5,795 bales on…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3

The Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd., report on March 4: During the week values for practically all descriptions of wool eased…

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Successful Sheep Sale at Binalong

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 7

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd., in conjunction with R. J. Roche, agent, of Binalong, report having held a most successful sheep sale at that…

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Our Member in Parliament Wheat

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 6

Mr. Fuller: Some wheatgrowers whom I have contacted are of opinion that the high prices being obtained for wheat exported is not reflected on…

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Local Wool Sales At Sydney

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 7

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd. report: At our Sydney auction of the 3rd instant, we brought forward an attractive selection of late shorn wools,…

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The Wool Outlook Market Conditions

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 8

Winchombe Carson Ltd. report: The variation in wool values recently experienced, cannot be regarded as a serious set-back in…

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