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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Wool Sale

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

On Monday, 13th February, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 6058 bales…

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New Wheat Loader

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

An invention for fast wheat loading has been completed after 12 months' research by Mr. Norman Matthias, engineer, of…

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Sheep Dog Trials For Canberra

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

Mr. G. A. Wescott, secretary of the newly-formed National Sheep-dog Trial Association, announced last night that the…

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Wool Price Complacency 'Dangerous'

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

Sir Charles McCann, chairman of the International…

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Leeton Wheat Blaze Caused by Cigarette Butt

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 6

Speaking of the fire which caused serious damage to the wheat stack at Leeton recently, a railway officer said the department…

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Wool and Its Price Supply Shortage And Its Currency

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 4

"Recent demand for wool and the values ruling for it, indicate the pressure which inadequate raw material…

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Reaper and Binder on Lucerne Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

For three years Mr. John Davis, "Greenwood," Cowra Road, has been using a reaper and binder to cut his lucerne crops…

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Lime Supplements In Drought Feeding of Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

The importance of lime supplements when cereal grain mixtures are used for the drought-feeding of sheep is stressed in C.S.I.R.O…

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Wool and Its Price Supply Shortage and Currency

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

Recent demand for Wool and the values ruling for it, indicate the pressure which inadequate raw material supplies is exerting on…

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Junior Farmers and Land Settlement

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

Speaking at the meeting of the Goulburn and District Advisory Committee, Cr. S. Hunt brought up the subject or junior farmers. Many thousands of pounds…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY: At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday, 11,215 bales were catalogued. At auction, 11,133 bales were…

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More Wool Is Wanted Merino Demand Persists

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The price of wool shows the shortage of it which exists. While that is at present a monetary benefit, lack of adequate supplies could not be regarded as a permanent advantage. It would eventually…

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Canberra Dairy Brings £11,650

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 8

Duntroon dairy farm, one of the 11 local dairies supplying milk to Canberra, was sold at auction on Saturday to…

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Picking the Blackberry Crop Pays Dividends

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 4

An Orange agent has paid out more than £800 for blackberries in the past week. Some of the pickers…

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Yass Wool 171d

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

At the Sydney wool sales this week, under good competition from British and all Continental sections the market ruled very…

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Gunning Show Poor Facilities in Cattle Section

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 2

Last week’s issue of “Country Life” has a good coverage and several photos of the recent Gunning Show. Improvements are…

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Young Greenethorpe Farmer to Oppose Cahill and Richardson

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 6

The Young State Electoral Council of the Australian Country Party at a meeting at Grenfell on Saturday,…

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Sheep Sale

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

Associated agents will offer 5,000 sheep at the Yass saleyards Wednesday…

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Wool Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

At our sale on the 6th instant we submitted a catalogue of 6,490 bales drawn largely from the New England and Southern…

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New Cattle Pens At Taralga Saleyards

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 10

Seven new cattle pens are to be built at the Taralga saleyards, as well as other repair work. The total cost of the…

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