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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Goulburn Wool Sales District Realisations

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 October 1950 · page 6

Much interest was centred on the opening Wool Sale of the current season, at Goulburn, on Wednesday, 4th and Thursday, 5th October, when Farmers & Graziers' submitted…

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Coastal Potato Crop

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 4

Abnormally wet conditions were experienced during the winter, rain being prolonged and heavy, with serious…

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Wool Trade Aspects World's Need For Supplies

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: For a considerable period purchasers of raw material were very chary regarding the cost of wool. The Values ruling during the past six weeks have convinced some millmen that the pressing necessity…

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“Maryvale” Estate Farms Available

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 23 October 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) has announced that four farms on “Maryvale” Estate, near Boorowa, have been made…

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Crookwell Cattle Yards

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 8

Crookwell showground will shortly see the construction of the long, planned and much discussed cattle yards…

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New Cattle Pens For Showground

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 2

Construction of the new cattle yards at the Crookwell Showground will shortly be pushed on in earnest…

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Record Claimed At Blytheswood Cattle Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

The quest for dairy stock within the milk zone was further emphasised at the clearance sale of the…

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Heavy Sheep Losses in Goulburn Area

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

The prolonged period of wet weather has caused the deaths of hundreds of newly-shorn sheep throughout the Goulburn district. Losses have totalled to thousands of pounds. Stating this to-day, the…

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Spring Sports And Sheep Show Next

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

The stage is all set for the Crookwell A.P. & H. Society's annual Spring Sports and Sheep Show, to be held next Saturday. Following last week's rain, the showground is a…

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Heavy Losses Of District Sheep Reported Serious Blow to Graziers

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

Hundreds of off-shears sheep died in the Crookwell district last week, following the constant rain, which was accompanied by cold winds. Reports reveal that up to 300 sheep…

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Council Farm Auction

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 5

The auction of grazing rights of the Goulburn City Council's sewerage farms will take place at the Town Hall on Thursday,…

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Big Sheep Losses

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 2

ALTHOUGH no detailed records have been collated, the stock inspector, Mr. Bert Doust, said this morning that sheep lost in the…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 8

N.Z.L. & M.A. Co. report that at their Sydney sale there was a catalogue of 6,557 bales. The selection was a representative…

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GUNNING Wool Levy Address by Graziers’ President

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 1

The meeting convened by Mr.. M. J. Heffernan to discuss wool marketing and financing was attended by the following district…

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“Gross Neglect” Merryville Pty. Fined Rabbits on “Kelly’s Farm” and “Fifeshire”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 2

YASS P. P. Board proceeded against Merryville Pty. Ltd., in the Yass Court before Mr. Win. Finlay, S.M., on Tuesday, for failing…

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256¾d Per Lb. for Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 October 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: Greasy merino wool solid at the Australian record price of 256½d a pound at the auctions in Sydney…

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English Cattle Film

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture will be showing the famous English cattle film, Red Poll, in Goulburn on Friday next at the…

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To-morrow's Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 2

An unusually large attendance of buyers seemed certain to create new records at Goulburn wool sales…

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Sheep and Cattle Prices Easing

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 7

Pitt, Son & Badgery report yarding 30,408 sheep and lambs at last week's Sydney sales. The yarding was mostly of…

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Wool for Morning Wear

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 3

Morning—and the lady greets the sunshine in palest tortoise-shelul yellow wool,…

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