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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Federal Policy on Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

Mr. McEwen, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, said recently that the Federal Government would not…

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Man And Boy Escape When Fruit Lorry Hits Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

Six tons of plums, nectarines and peaches, the battered corpses of 28 sheep and a wrecked motor lorry, littered the road at Pomeroy Gates yesterday after an accident in which a man and a boy had amazing escapes from death. A little after noon yesterday,…

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Sheep in Dock at Goulburn Court Exhibit "A" In Case Against Owner

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

For the first time in history a sheep was placed in the dock at Goulburn Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning. It lay unprotesting as the machinery of the law clanked around it,…

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Junior Farmer Competition Winner

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 9

BARBARA MCQUEEN, 18, of "Dowan Hill," Wlangaree, near Kyogle, who was recently an[?]tuced winner of the girls'…

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Queensland Cattle Purchases

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

Any person could purchase Queensland cattle, said the Goulburn Pastures Protection Board Stock Inspector, Mr…

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Local Wool Sold

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

The A.M.L. & F. Co. Ltd. report having sold the following district clip in their sale in Sydney on the 23rd January:—…

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Cattle Yard Needs for Next Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 4

At a meeting of the A.P. & H. Society on Wednesday, the president, Mr. E. J. Pope, told committeemen that an…

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Shearers Claim £7/10/- Per 100 Sheep

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

The A.W.U. is seeking a minimum rate for shearers of £7/10/- per 100 sheep. Present rate is about £3/10/- a…

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1950 Show in Goulburn a Quota System For Cattle?

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

Sub-committees of the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society, at the February meeting reported favourable progress in their preparations for the show, which commences on February 16…

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Wool Sales in Tasmania

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 8

LAUNCESTON, Top price at the Launceston wool sales was 188d paid for two bales of superfine merino from R. R…

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Sheep for Japan and U.s.a

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 4

Australian exporters are making arrangements to se thousands of stud and flack sheep to America and Japan. The first flock of nearly 1000 Corriedale sheep will leave…

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Wool Lower

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Wool prices fell at yesterday's Australian Wool Realisation Commission's sales. Prices were from 10 to 20 per…

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Currency and Wool Values Trade Active Abroad

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The fillip given to trade and prices for raw materials including wool by devaluation of currencies has gathered strength. The situation in regard to the sheep's staple is accentuated by its supply position as…

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Wool Sale To-Day

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 8

First wool sales of the New Year commenced at the Masonic Hall this afternoon. Farmers and Graziers offered…

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U.s.a. Expects Wool Rise

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 8

NEW YORK, Tuesday: The American magazine "Business Week" predicts still higher world wool prices and perhaps a wool…

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Winner of Junior Farmers' Essay Competition

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 9

Robert Sonter, of Cooranbong, winner of the boys' section In the Junior Farmer Essay Competition for Scholarships 1949,…

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Potato Crop Position Generally Favourable

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 6

Weather conditions so far this summer have been generally favourable for local potato crops and the recent rains…

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Wheeo News Potato Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 5

Potato crops, of which there is a large acreage, throughout this centre, look remarkably well and have greatly benefited from the…

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Dairy Cattle Poisoned By Arsenic Found in Old Bricks

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 5

Following the recent death of two dairy cattle, which led to arsenic poisoning being suspected, the stock inspector at Goulburn…

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Sheep Sold For Ambulance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 5

A sheep donated by Mr. Harry Carey, of Wee Jasper, to be sold in aid of Yass Ambulance funds, realised £6 at yesterday’s sheep…

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