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

Farming & the land, 1950

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Oil From Saffron Fhistle Seed Results of Tests at the Cowra Experiment Farm

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

Tests conducted by officers of the Cowra Experiment Farm have revealed that Saffron Thistle seeds have an oil content of 25…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY: At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday 5989 bales were catalogued. At auction 5922 bales were…

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Pastoral Industry's Importance Problem Of Devaluation

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

"The pastoral industry, owing to its great and acknowledged importance in the economy of Australia, de serves well at the bands of this country; but conversely, the status we hold in the community casts upon us the obligation to consider the national interest in formulating our policy on…

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Farm Expansion in Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 4

Britain has accomplished about half the enormous programme of agricultural expansion which was planned in 1947…

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Dairy Cattle Judge Praises Sportsmanship Of Exhibitors

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 5

The Judge of the dairy cattle, Mr. H. O. Cox, of Kangaroo Valley, praised the sportsmanship of the exhibitors of Jersey…

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Wool Cocktail Dress

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 3

An elegant black wool cocktail dress from Noberasko, Italy. Interest is centred on the folded skirt, and the buttons which fasten all down the back of the model, and are used on…

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Seven Correctly Estimate Weight Of Sheep

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 1

Seven people correctly estimated the weight of the two sheep used for the Show Society's annual competition…

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Cattle Amongst The Best Seen In The State

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 5

Entries in the fat and beef cattle section were the strongest for many years and would have easily established a record…

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Special Sheep Sale 13,000 Were Yarded Despite Wet Weather

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 8

Goldsbrough Mort and Coy. Ltd., report having conducted a special sheep sale at Goulburn, as previously advertised, on Thursday last. Despite extremely wet weather…

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Crookwell's Milk Supply Threatened Churchill's Dairy To Close Down

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 1

The well-known dairy, owned by Messrs. H. & G. Churchill, will shortly be closed down as a dairy and the fine herd of jersey cattle sold at auction…

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Bale of Wool Fell on Man's Neck

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

A bale of wool fell on a man's neck at Farmers and Graziers yesterday The man, Lisle Goodchild,…

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From Everywhere Rain Mars Crop

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 4

Blackberry pickers in the Orange district lost probably £5,000 this season because heavy rain spoiled more than half the…

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Junior Farmer Supervisors

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

Following a question in the Legislative Assembly by the Leader of the Country Party (Lt.-Col. Bruxner), the Minister for…

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District Sheep Flocks Ravaged Outbreak of Fly Strike Causing Great Loss

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 2

An outbreak of fly strike, unprecedented in its intensity, is attacking sheep, particularly the heavy woolled merino flocks of the Boorowa district and other parts of the South-west of the State, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds damage in…

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Wool Position Strong Less Sheep in World

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The latent available figures show that the world pastured 684,000,000 sheep or 59,000,000…

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Wool Position Strong Fewer Sheep In The World

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: The latest available figures show that the world pastured 684,000,000 sheep or 59,000,000 less than in 1938/39. The numbers have declined in most countries of the world, embracing Europe, Africa,…

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British Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 4

“No other country in the world has achieved what we have in the use of alginates manufactured from seaweed. This process…

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Rain Causes Loss Of Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 4

Continued general rain throughout the Central-West, while providing excellent pastures, have brought trouble…

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Gundagai Graziers Worried as Flies Attack Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

The recent wet weather has brought with it a savage attack by blowflies on all sheep throughout the Gundagai district…

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Cattle Section at Gunning Show (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 4

Sir,—The letter in your issue of March 20, over the signatures of Messrs. R. White and L. Davis, president and secretary of the…

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