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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Occasional Notes Wool Stabilisation : Clammy Hand Of State Control

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 11 August 1950 · page 3

I have been reading your report of Mr. A. D. Fraser's contribution to the debate on the Wool Bill. I think that it was the only bill that the Opposition did not oppose in the last session, the…

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Dingoes Force Sheep Men to Yield

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 1

ARMIDALE: Interviewed concerning the increases of dingoes in the Hunter district, Mr. E. R. Patton, secretary of the Lower North Coast and Tablelands Destruction Board, said this district extended south to near scone; but did not' include…

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A.c.t. Dairymen and Urices

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 August 1950 · page 3

A.C.T. dairymen may curtail herds and milk production to "economic limits" unless price increases to local producers are…

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Sheep Diseases

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 4

At its meeting last week the Cooma Pastures Protection Board stood solidly behind the Stock Inspector E. R. Tuohy…

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Sheep Fly-Strike Losses Reduced

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE: An Australian Wool Board statement said that fly-strike losses- in the recent Queensland flood had been…

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Mass Wool Levy Attacked

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 5

YASS: The largest meeting of Yass district graziers for many years criticised the Commonwealth Government's…

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International Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 2

Leading textile mills in the U.S.A. sent their finest fabrics to be exhibited in "International Wool," the big fashion and fabric show, organised by the International Wool Secretariat, and held…

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Farmer's Wife Sees Vision of Virgin

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tues.: While 100,000 people watched, a 41-year-old farmer's wife at Necedah (Wisconsin) to-day raised her eyes to heaven and said that the Virgin Mary had appeared and…

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Wool Stabilisation

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 2

YASS graziers unanimously [?]pposed any form of Government[?] wool stabilisation scheme at a largely attended meeting last…

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New Wool Clip Rise In Prices Forecast

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 6

The market for this season’s wool clip when the sales open on August 28 will be appreciably higher than the closing market…

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Aeroplanes Is New Farm Tool Plants, Fertilises And Sprays Crops

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 5

Australian agriculture, already highly mechanised, is adding the aeroplane to the other farm tools…

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“Cannot Understand People Not Paying Shire Rates” “Big Wool Cheques And Plenty of Money Around”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 1

When clerk H. N. Heydon reported to the last meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council that outstanding rates amounted to almost…

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Unusual Weather Conditions Favour Crop Disease In District

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 August 1950 · page 5

The unusual weather conditions that have been experienced throughout the district daring the past few months, have greatly assisted the development of disease in cereal crops. Reports from the Cowra Experi-…

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Periodical Classing of Sheep Needed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 4

However small the flock, sheep should be classed periodically to ensure maximum returns. Keep the following desirable characters in mind when culling, advises the sheep and wool, branch of the Department of Agriculture…

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Sheep Market Well Supplied

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 8

Sydney sheep market was well supplied last week-end, according to advice received from the Sydney office of Pitt, Son &…

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Wool Dinner Jacket

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 2

A handsome, double-breasted dinner jacket of fine wool worsted, stated to be the season's fashion leader, for both its smart lines lightweight comfort…

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From Wool Bale to Garment --

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 8

Sydney people saw wool from the bale to the garment when leading mannequins modelled latest woollen costumes,…

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Floods Expected To Restrict Early Wool Catalogues

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 August 1950 · page 8

It is expected that next week will see most Brokers proceeding with the preliminary setting up of their catalogues in…

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British Butter Ration Down

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday: Britain's butter ration, which has stood temporarily at five ounces per head since…

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Two Views Wool Stabilisation

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 4

[YASS woolgrowers have expressed opposition to the Federal Government‘s proposed wool stabilisation plan. Here are two…

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