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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Wool Profits Held Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 7

CANBERRA: The Minister for Commerce Mr. McEwen, said today he would investigate complaints that legal difficulties are…

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Show And Sale Of British Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 1

The second annual show and sales of the Goulburn Advisory Committee of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep opened at the Recreation Area this morning. All descriptions were of a high standard and record prices…

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Bright Wool Outlook Synthetic Fibre Position

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The level of values for wool tops overseas indicates generall confidence in…

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Wool Prospects Effect Of Devaluation Of Sterling

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 4

Reports to hand from Bradford covering conditions in the wool trade during the past few months give some interesting side-lights on the effect of devaluation of sterling…

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Crops In N.Z. Average 42 Bushels

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 1

Although New Zealand has only 125,000 acres of wheat under crop, as against Australia's 4,500,000, the average there is 42 bushels per acre, against Australia's 11.9 bushels. This information was given by Mr. Mr. W. B. Mitchell, a…

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Bulldozers for Farms

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 8

Farmers of the United' Kingdom are setting an example in purchasing bulldozers as a necessary part of farm plant, and…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 5

ADELAIDE: Wool prices were slightly higher at the close of the sixth Adelaide sales to-day. Competition was animated…

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Breeders Claim British Sheep Are Necessary

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

Although sales were disappointing, at the second annual show of the Goulburn Advisory Committee of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep, judges agreed unanimously that…

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Wool Still Supreme for Clothing Extravagant Claims Made For Substitutes

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 8

The textile and clothing trades to-day are in a ferment of fibre experimentation and promotion, punctuated by extravagant claims and prophecies. It seemed an honest and justified criticism to state that the claims being made as to…

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Wheat Crops at Junee

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 6

An exceptional wheat crop which over 100 acres averaged 20 skewered baas to the acre has been grown by Mr. Athol…

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Wheat Conscience Money

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3

ADELAIDE: The Minister for Lands (Mr. Hincks) to-day received by post from an anonymous wheatgrower £40 in notes…

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Wool Use Continues to Expand Bright Prospects Hold

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The world's demand for goods made from wool shows no sign of slackening. Up to redently the shortage of fabrics caused by the war proved a decided impetus on consumption of mill products. The…

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Record for Wool Cheque To Be Over £200 Million

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: Australia's wool; cheque for this year is expected to establish a new record…

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J.O. Wool Stocks Near Vanishing Point Nearly 10,000,000 Bales Sold In Five Years

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 January 1950 · page 2

If the Joint Organisation's selling programme of 575,016 bales of wool for the period January-June of this year is fulfilled, J.O. stocks will have been reduced to 565,000 bales. This would mean that in…

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Sheep Classing Is Important

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 4

Every [?]reeder would be better off if he discarded all sheep of less than average standard in his flock -- in many cases the…

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Franco Wants Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 5

PARIS, Wed According to the semi-official newspaper La Monde Spain has initiated negotiations with Russia to get…

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Increased Production At Butter Factory

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 5

During the month of December 9,617 lbs. of butter was manufactured at the Crookwell Butter Factory -- an increase…

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Dairy Production Competition

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1950 · page 6

In an endeavour to encourage greater dairy production the Department of Agriculture has promoted a dairy production…

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Sheep Infested With Tick

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 7

Thomas Roy Burge, grazier was fined £5 at Taralga Police Court last Tuesday, for travelling tick infested sheep along…

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“Werong” Wool to 160¼d

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 2

TOP PRICE at the Sydney wool sales on Tuesday was 160¼d paid for five bales of greasy wool from Mr. T. W…

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