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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Cattle Industry Pleuro-pneumonia Protection (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 12

When I wrote asking you to publish my letter about pleuropneumonia, I had no intention of begninning a long correspondence…

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Gunning Junior Farmers

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Gunning Junior Farmers Club, held at the Gunning Central School, the District Supervisor…

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Goulburn Sheep Sale

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 6

Goldsbrough Mort and Company Limited report having, conducted a large store stock sale on Thursday, 28th May,…

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Invasion Of Worms Hits U.S. Crops

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 3

CHICAGO, Thursday: Millions of Army worms devastated crops to-day as they swarmed across farms in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland and kentucky…

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World’s Wool Demand Rising Consumption

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The world has certainly demonstrated its ability to absorb wool during post-war times…

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Sheep Skin Auction

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 6

Farmers and Graziers' Goulburn, held their regular, sale on Wednesday, 3rd June, when a very good catalogue of 6200…

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Largest Wool User

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 2

The United States is still the world's largest wool user. The nation's consumption in 1952 is estimated to have been about…

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Local Breeders' Outstanding Success At Cootamundra Sheep Show

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 2

Local breeders, Messrs. G. R. Shepherd and Son, of Wheeo, again enjoyed outstanding successes with their…

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Freak Wool Sample Displayed In Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 1

A freak sample of wool was displayed last Crookwell week by former local grazier Mr. Tom Norris, who…

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Taralga Junior Farmers Could Lose Their Lease

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 1

The Taralga Junior Farmers will be told that their lease of part of a reserve at Taralga will be cancelled if…

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District Successes at the Cootamundra Sheep Show

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 1

Exhibitors From the Goulburn, Crookwell, Gunning, Dalion and Yass areas figured prominently in the first day's judging at the Cootamundra Sheep Show which commenced on Tuesday…

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U.S.A. Fibre Use Wool and Synthetics

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 4

Winchecombe, Carson Ltd. report:— The United States, with a population of about 150 million people, is the world’s greatest…

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Wheat Growing Area Greatly Increased

Boorowa News · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 3

The area sown to wheat in the Boorowa district this season is 60 per cent greater than last year's, reports the Young District Agronomist, Mr. F. Autry-Hall, in a detailed survey of agricultural conditions during the month of May…

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Wool Store Dance For Spastics

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 2

Films showing the work done at the Spastic Centres of N.S.W. were shown at a Dance held in Ralph Allen's…

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Mr. Bladwell To Give Talk On Imported Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 2

A leading authority on wool, Mr. Ray Bladwell, who is well-known in Goulburn, will be heard in the A.B.C…

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Accustom Sheep To Hard-Feeding District Officer's Advice

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 5

"At the present time, I feel that supplementary feeding of lambing ewes is of paramount. importance, and owners should take immediate steps to accustom their sheep to hand-feeding."…

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Small Potato Yield From Unsprayed Crops

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 7

While some potato growers who had the foresight to spray with D.D.T. for moth control in the Crookwell-Taralga area have recorded six tons per acre, yields in most cases have been as low as one and two tons per…

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Wool Report

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 1

At the resumption of sales in Sydney on Monday of this week good general competition was reported though values compared…

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Permit Officer. Fined For Not Showing Ear Marks on Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 1

John William Saunderson, Bowning, a permit officer for Yass P.P. Board, was charged at Yass Court of Petty Sessions on…

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The Week in Wool (By Dalgety’s News Service)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 4

Expected imminence of a truce in Korea has been reflected in recent wool sales in Australia and South Africa. World-wide…

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