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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Large Cattle Entries for Goulburn Show

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

The cattle sub-committees of the Goulburn A., P. and H. Society has reported such a large number of entries that it was thought…

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Wool History Statistical Handbook

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

The “Statistical Handbook of the Sheep and Wool Industry,” published this week by the Commonwealth Bureau of Agricultural…

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WOOL Consumption Strong BIGGER U.S.A. TURNOVER

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The Australian clip is recovering in quantity; the total for this season is estimated to be…

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Dairy Farm Competitions to Be Continued Prizemoney Available From Commonwealth Dairy Grant

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announces that a series of dairy farm competitions, culminating in a State championship, would be conducted in N.S.W. this year under the Stated Five Year Plan for promoting…

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A Real Menace Rabbits Displace 40,000,000 Sheep In Australia

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE: To describe the Australian rabbit as a "pest" was a dangerous understatement, because it had grown to be a national menace, said the secretary of the Graziers' Association of Victoria, Mr. V. W. Officer…

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P.P. BOARD Rate Increased Large Stock 6d Sheep ¾d per Head

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 6

At a meeting of Yass P. P. Board last Monday, the rate for 1950 was fixed at 6d for large stock, and ¾d…

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Wool Consumption Is Still Strong Bigger U.S.A. Turnover

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The Australian clip is recovering in quantity; the total for this season is estimated to be 3,410,000 bales, compared with the low point of 2,895,000 bales recorded in 1945/46. Improved seasonal conditions are…

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Dairy Cattle Poisoner by Arsenic Found in Old Bricks

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

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

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Worms in Sheep Field Day at Bowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 2

Last Thursday a field day organised by officers of the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture and the Graziers’ Association of New…

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Rabbits Displace 40,000,000 Sheep In Australia

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 1

To describe the Australian rabbit as a “pest” was a dangerous understatement, because it had grown to be a…

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Dwindling Industry Another Dairy Sold Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 3

Stock and plant of another of Goulburn's repidy disappearing dairies was sold last Saturday…

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Junior Farmers at Parkesbourne

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 14 February 1950 · page 2

The Junior Famers at Parkesbourne are very busily engaged at present getting ready in preparation for the district exhibit…

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Wool Market

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 2

A wool authority said last night that an advance of five per cent. in prices at the Sydney wool sales yesterday was…

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Wool Demand Strong Lower Prices—Keener Competition

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Contrasting experiences have been seen recently in the wool trade. Values have receded from the top point of January, but competition has shown greater distribution and keenness at the…

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District Wool Brings Excellent Prices at Goulburn Wool Sales

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 3

Wool from Boorowa district, submitted at the fourth series of wool sales conducted by Farmers & Graziers Ltd. at Goulburn…

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Survey of Wool Market

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

Schute, Béll, Badgery, Lumby Ltd. report:— Normal market fluctuaticns are more noticeable when prices are nigh, and the slightly reduced values which have recently been reported for certain types of wool are not suggestive of any…

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WOOL Demand Strong; Keener Competition

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

Contrasting experiences have been seen recently in the wool trade. Values have receded from the top point of January, but…

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Blowfly Beaten Declares Hargraves Farmer

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

No grazier need have blowfly strike in his sheep, declared Mr. N. A. Schiemer, Glenfarie, Hargraves. He said a simple method, which he had discovered,…

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High Priced Jersey Cattle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 8

Jersey stud breeders from Victoria, Wagga, Tamworth, Scone, Sydney and Kempsey attended the Jersey Grove dispersal sale…

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Losses of Sheep in Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Stockmen fear that thousands of sheep have been drowned in flood waters in south-west New South…

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