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

Farming & the land, 1951

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Experiments with Wheat Might Give Finer Bread

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 3

WAGGA: The housewife buying her daily bread ration may get something of better quality in the future as a result of…

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Bracken Fern Cattle Poisoning

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

The fact that bracken fern is a dangerous poison frequently surprises farmers, especially when their cattle may have…

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Appeal on Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: The wheat appeal case, brought about by a big Parkes firm, will be re-opened at the next sitting of the High…

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From Everywhere Wheat Harvest

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

The New South Wales wheat harvest, now nearly completed, is expected to yield only about 43 million bushels…

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Mixed Farming Increase in Wagga District

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 6

From an essentially wheat-producing area, the Wagga district has now developed into a mixed farming area with farmers generally increasing the number of sheep on their properties states the District Agronomist [Mr. F. J…

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Soldier Farms

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) has announced that two farms in the Tumbarumba district were available for…

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Scottish Farming

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

The only c[?]use a Scottish farmer has these days is the one ho-shoots-on the-moors, pre-war stock and crop production has been [?] and in some instances has been overtaken. A farmer such as Francis Balfour, with modern. ideas, uses an ex-army…

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Wool Report

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

The first auction of the New Year will be held in the Sydney centre and is set down for January 8. Sales for the series…

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Junee Wheat Crop Fails

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 5

The harvest in the Junee district is unquestionably the worst on record and crop returns will reach an all time…

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Wool Prices Up 15 to 20%

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 6

Merino wool prices at the Sydney sales yesterday rose 15 to 20 per cent on closing rates of December 7…

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Tumbarumba Farms

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) announced to-day that two farms in the Tumbarumba district were available…

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Wool Jersey

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 6

Wool jersey for the beach is chosen by Maggy Rouff for this design in black jersey, offset, with amber…

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Air Aid for the Farmer

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 2

Farmers in Victoria and parts of South Australia will soon have a company which will dust their crops, sow seeds and spread…

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Wool Record

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 1

New State records were set at the Sydney wool sales yesterday. Superfine merino fleece sold to 289%d a lb (£1/4/1) and…

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£3 Million for Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: More than £3,000,000 is expected to change hands at the Sydney wool sales to-day. A total of 16,162 bales is…

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Wool Outlook Promising Russia’s Influence

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— Numbers of combers in Bradford have sold the whole of their output for months ahead…

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Frogs, Snakes, Cattle And A Farmer

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 4

Frogs, snakes and a farmer have been figuring in a battle royal in a dispute over a small area of swamp land at Valery…

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Dairy Cattle Can't Cope With High Temperatures

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 3

Although dairy cattle can withstand very low temperatures they are unable to cope with hot weather, and…

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District Wheat Yields Low Quality of Grain High

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 4

"Although district wheat crops have only given light yields, the quality of the grain is high," states the…

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Boorowa Wool Brings 263d A Lb. "Louvain" Clip

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 4

Wool prices reached new levels at the opening of the second half of the 1950-51 season in Sydney last…

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