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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Junior Farmer Meeting Lapses

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 October 1950 · page 1

Only four, adults and about half a dozen Junior Farmers attended for the meeting convened by the Crookwell A.P. &…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., report having offered in Sydney 7581 bales. Prices were firm on previous days sales but…

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More Wethers in N.S.W. Less Other Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 4

The number of sheep in New South Wales at March 31, 1950, was 53,298,000, being 3,539,000 less than at the same date of 1944,…

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Who Makes Wool Values? Present Market Aspects

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The extraordinary rise in the wool market even gave surprise to some of the optimists…

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Sydney Wool Sales A.M.L. & F. Co. Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 October 1950 · page 6

Australian, Mercantile, Land & Finance Company Limited offered its fourth catalogue of the season on Monday, 9th instant…

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Wool "Freeze" Would Hit Small Farmers

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 7

A big percentage of small landholders, mixed farmers and returned soldier settlers would be in great difficulty if…

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Record Land Sale Pastoral Area £57/10/- Acre

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 2

"Bibaringa," situated in southern New South Wales, between Young aud Cootamundra, was submitted to public auction at the…

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Guards to Stop Wool Thieves

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 2

Graziers and police are organising guards to prevent large scale thefts of wool from some country properties of N.S.W…

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Australian Wheat Will Find Big Demand

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 4

Mr. J. S. Tesdale, chairman of the Australian Wheat Board said recently that overseas demand for…

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1½ for B/l Wool in 1930 Grazier Gets 78d. For Simlar Wool

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 2

Back in 1930 local landholders sold their Border Leicester wool for l½d, a pound. A couple of weeks ago…

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Sheep Owners Urged to Dip Vermin Position Unsatisfactory

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 4

With the present high values of sheep in mind, the Stock Inspector (Mr. K. V. Byrne) in his monthly report…

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Wheat Harvest Will Be Low Much Smaller Area Sown

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 October 1950 · page 7

This season's wheat harvest as Boorowa is expected to be one of the smallest in the district's history…

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Sheep Stealing Out West

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

Hundreds of sheep have been stolen in the Cowra district in the past 12 months without any indication of the identity of the…

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Orange Protests On Wool Tax

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 2

ORANGE: A meeting of Orange and district woolgrowers last, week protested against the proposed wool tax and sent…

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New Record 216d Merryville Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

Greasy merino fleece wools sold to 216d lb. in Sydney on Thursday last—an Australian record—and values now have…

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Was It Only First Round? Wool Selling In The Country

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 October 1950 · page 8

Was the woolbuying boycott at Albury intended to be the first round of a campaign to force the abolition of country wool…

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Operation Cattle Lift

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 October 1950 · page 4

Large-scale transportation by air of livestock from the United States to countries south of the border on a 24-hour run that carries animals directly from farm to hacienda has opened the door to exciting possibilities for South American…

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Wool for Playwear

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 October 1950 · page 2

By Greta Plattery, this bright blue and white all-wool dress is coolness itself. Top is cobalt blue, the skirt in wool challis of "neck-tie print" in blue and white. The entire costume weighs less than…

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Wool Firmer in Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 October 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Strong merino, fine, comeback and crossbred fleeces rose to 5 per cent. above opening rates at the second day…

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High Praise for Crookwell Wool

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 October 1950 · page 8

The high standard of Crookwell and district wool has been recognised by one of Australia's largest woolbuying firms. The following letter has been, received by Farmers & Graziers,…

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