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

Farming & the land, 1951

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Wool Record Again

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY: New England snatched the World's record for merino fleece at Sydney wool sales on Tuesday when Dalgety and Company Ltd.,…

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Record Prices at Cattle Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 1

R. T. Friend. and F.. A. Wallis & Sons of Moss Vale report at successful sale at "Cherry Bank," Exeter on Thursday last despite…

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British Breed Sheep High Standard

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 3

Judges at the third annual show and sales of British breed sheep at Goulburn Show Pavilion to-day…

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World Wool Record 313¼d “Quamba,” Yass, 289d

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 6

DALGETY and Company report: New England snatched the world’s record for Merino Fleece at Sydney wool sales on…

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No Sheep Pavilion for Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

The erection of a sheep pavilion at the Recreation A a will have to be abandoned temporarily because…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 5

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales will sponsor a ten days' school of instruction for 60…

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New President for Boorowa Farmers and Settlers Branch Mr. E. Rolfe Elected

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Boorowa branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association last Saturday, Mr…

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Remarkable Wool Prices

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The wool market has risen to a marked degree and its present level is attribuable…

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Wool Averages High in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 3

Averages at the last Goulburn wool sales were some of the best obtained in Australia this season,the manager of Farmers and Graziers, Mr. Harry Bladwell, said to-day. At the last sale 8500 bales…

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Dairy Award Wanted In Victoria

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

40-hour week in substantial wage increases are to be sought by the Australian Workers' Union for employees on dairy farms in…

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Bigga Wool Sold in Sydney

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

"The Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co., Ltd. reports that at their last Sale, on the 15th instant, the catalogue comprised…

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Junior Farmers Counterpart In America

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3

A 21-year-old farm youth has been named the 1950 Star Farmer of America. Forrest Davis, Jr., of Quincy, in the…

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Junior Farmers' Clubs of N.S.W.

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 8

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales will sponsor a 10 days school of instruction for 60 selected Junior Farmers…

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Wool in the Jubilee Cavalcade

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

Wool played an imposing part in the Cavalcade of Jubilee in Sydney this week. The Wool Float arranged by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers, was modelled by girls of the staff of Dalgety’s From left: Misses Gloria Gorrell, Dorothy…

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GUNNING C.W.A. Wool Drive

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

Mrs. L. M. Davis, secretary of the Gunning branch of the C.W.A. reports an excellent response to the wool drive and would like to…

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World's Highest Price for Wool Obtained Yesterday in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

Goulburn secured another world wool record at -Farmers and Graziers' sale of merino wool yesterday when the Pickers, of Bigga, two of them, obtained 323d each (or £1/6/11) a lb. for separate parcels of wool…

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Wool Boom Restored Sterling Trade

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

Last week saw the clearance of the final J.O. stock-pile wools except for a few hundred bales of oddments. From now on…

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Russian Wool Stock Pile Australian Purchases

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 4

“Reports that the U.S.S.R. and other Cominform countries have been stock-piling wool by purchases in the world’s markets are…

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British Tractors for India: Mechanised farming means more food

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 1

India’s long-standing food problem is being tackled widely and scientifically. Primitive farming implements and methods could not cope With the demands of millions. Machinery is essential…

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Potato Crop Prospects Last Month

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

Wet conditions during the spring delayed sowing operations and resulted in an overall reduced acreage in all districts except the Batlow-Tumlarumba area. In many instances seed rotted and only patchy germination reseulted…

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