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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Local Wool Expert Says Article On Sheep "Dangerous"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 1

Remarks regarding "hairy tip" in sheep, which were published in an article on stud sheep selection in a recent issue of…

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Reg. A.I.S. Cattle Purchased By Local Dairymen

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 2

Further purchases of valuable registered A.I.S. cattle by Crookwell district dairymen is reported. Several well bred…

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Big Fat Cattle Show in Sydney Next Year

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 8

Planned for June, 1951, is a grand fat cattle show and sale, which is likely to become the biggest thing of its kind south of the equator, and initiate a new era in the breeding and fattening of stock for market in Australia…

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Wool Bill Before The House Mr. A. D. Fraser On Confusion Of Thought

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 July 1950 · page 4

Speaking in the House of Representatives on the Wool (Contributery-Charge) Bill, Mr. A. D. Fraser had the following to say. I am led to make a very brief…

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Wet Conditions Bad for Sheep Stock Inspector Makes Report

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 1

Because of the extremely wet conditions, sheep had not done well during the month, the Stock Inspector, Mr. F. Hildred,…

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Need for More Wool! Countries Short of Supplies

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 5

Increased production of wool, particularly merino and the finer soft handling types of crossbred, is one of the world’s great textile…

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Lack of Machinery For Farms “Rural Areas Sapped of Efficient Workers”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 July 1950 · page 2

Although thousands of Australian workers were concentrated on industrial production and manufacture in capital cities primary…

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Conditions for Wool Growing Korean War And Prices

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 8

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report: Rain is generally welcome and at tames much needed in the pastoral and agricultural areas of Australia. Many districts of New South Wales and Queensland have experienced reverse conditions this year…

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New Wool Levy Plan to Start in August Graziers To Contribute 7½ Per Cent. To Fund

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 6

A 7½ per cent, levy on all wool sold in the 1950/51 season will operate from August 26th…

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Cowra Farmers Ask For Better Publicity

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 8

The Sydney daily papers seem to be more interested in what Darby Munro or some star footballer is saying than…

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Local Tests on Cattle

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 2

According to the Department of Agriculture, veterinarians at the Glenfield Research Station in New South Wales have been…

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Big Sheep Losses in Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: Hundreds of thousands of sheep are feared lost as a result of flooding in pastoral areas in north-western…

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Australia Holds Lead In Sheep Numbers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 8

There are more than twice as many people in the world as sheep. The position in Australia, of course, is very different. Here…

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Letters to the Editor Sheep Fleeces

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 2

Sir: Sheep raisers woud find it hard to remember the day when they were not warned about breeding from sheep that…

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Farm Markets in the States Facilities For Display And Storage

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 July 1950 · page 8

The rise in vegetable, prices in Australian cities and towns has been much discussed recently by news and market reporters. The U.S. Department of…

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Wool Gabardine Topcoat

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 3

The type of lightweight worsted tan gabardine topcoat which men find ideal, because of its light weight and double protection—against rain as well as cold…

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Junior Farmer Movement

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 4

A public meeting to attempt to revive the Junior Farmer Movement in Crookwell has been planned for next Friday…

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Junior Farmers As Shearers

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 8

Two grave problems in Australia-- the drift of young men from the rural industries and the shortage of shearers -- can,…

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Yass Wool Fleeces For 1951 Sheep Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 4

The N.S.W. Sheepbreeders’ Association is staging a wool exhibit at the 1951 Sydney Sheep Show, and the president of Yass P. & A…

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British Sheep Show Next January

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 8

At a meeting of the committee of the Goulburn Branch of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep, it was decided…

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