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

Farming & the land, 1950

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[?]Hree Guess [?]Orrect Weight [?]F Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 3

The sheep guessing weight competition conducted in connection with last Saturday's sheep Show and Spring Sports…

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Chamber of Commerce Wants Repairs to Butter Factory Road

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 7

Crookwell Chamber of Commerce wishes attention to be given to the road leading to the Butter Factory…

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Class Merinos at Sheep Show J. S. Williams Most Successful Exhibitor

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 3

The Merino section at Saturday's Sheep Show was the strongest, both in number and quality for many years. There were no entries in the Longwool section. My. J. S. Williams, of Thalaba, had many successes…

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£99 Loss on Spring Sheep Show Show Society To Ask For Pavilion

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 November 1950 · page 1

Secretary of Goulburn A., P. and H. Society, Mr. Fergus Isaac, told committeemen at Monday night's meeting that the Spring Sheep Show had resulted in a financial loss of £99…

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Butter Output Increases

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 7

Butter supplies from N.S.W. factories have shown a noticeable increase since the end of September, according to reports…

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Wool Boom

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 4

There is no denying woolgrowers are in the boom but David McNicoll was off the beam in his financial references to Bob…

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Goulburn Records for Cross Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 4

On a rising market, record prices were obtained in Goulburn yesterday, when an outstanding catalogue of crossbred wool was submitted to a large and representative gathering of buyers…

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Protest Against Wool Levy (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 5

Sir—I would like, through your columns, to make known to the small woolgrowers in particular, and all woolgrowers in general,…

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Cold Nights Killing Newly Shorn Sheep District Farmer's Novel Method Of Prevention

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

Cold weather, following shearing of small flocks now going on in the Young district is causing heavy losses…

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More Records at Wool Sales Yesterday

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

Record prices were again established in Goulburn when the second sale of the season was resumed, before the largest attendance of wool buyers yet seen in this centre…

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Cost of Wool in 13-Guinea Suit

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

The actual cost of the wool in a 13-guinea ready-made suit amounted to 32/9. The price of wool in a man's…

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District Crops May Be Destroyed Heavy Stock Losses Likely If Rain Continues

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 2

If rain continues to fall throughout the Boorowa district it is likely that many of the district wheat crops will be destroyed and there are likely to be serious losses in sheep and other stock…

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Wool Values Are Not Singular Japan Importing Rags

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The wool market is regarded by some authorities as an inflationary influence in Australia. If it is so cotton must be a similar factor in countries where it is produced in large quantities and wheat among…

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Wool Up 5 Per Cent

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY: All fleece wools rose 2½ to 5 per cent, and skirtings 5 per cent., at the Sydney sales yesterday…

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Not a Wool "Tax" the Fadden Deduction Plan Examined

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 November 1950 · page 6

Whether or not the fabulous prices now being paid for Australian wool will --In this age of synthetics and substitutes -- be a good thing ultimately for the wool-growing industry, there is no doubt that they are…

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Cattle Earmark Preferable To Brand: P.P. Board

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 1

Goulburn Pastures Protection Board, at its monthly meeting yesterday, decided that the purpose of earmarking catche was preterable to that of branding them. The board's decision followed…

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Walks His Sheep Three Times During the Night

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 1

Cold weather, following shearing in the Young district, is causing heavy losses to farmers. One district farmer, Mr. Geo…

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Gunning C.w.a. Wool Drive

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 4

The following donations of fleeces are acknowledged for the Gunning C.WA.. wool drive: W. Alchin, Mr. and Mrs. E. G…

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Wheat Plants "Drowned" in Sodden Soil Crops in Boorowa District Well Below Average

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 2

Reiterating in his report for October that the wheat harvest in the Boorowa district will probably be one of the smallest on record, the District Agronomist (Mr. Felix Autry-Hall) adds that in some parts the…

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Talks About Wool in Australia Next Week

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 5

SWASHINGTON, Thurs.: Mr. Andrew Sewster; councillor of the American Embassy in Canberra, will head the United States seven-man delegation attending the important wool talks with Australia and Britain, opening in Melbourne next Wednesday…

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