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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Gigantic Farm and General [?]Hinery Sale

Boorowa News · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 1

A gigantic auction sale of farm, earthmoving and general machinery will be held at Young on Wednesday…

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Still on the Fringe Harry Ferguson and His Famous Tractor Harry Ferguson, inventor of the Ferguson tractor, believes that the world is still on the fringe of farm mechanisation

Boorowa News · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 3

Ferguson, whose own me story is inevitably bound up with the Ferguson system of farming (as he calls it),…

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U.k. Lesson for for Farmers

Boorowa News · Friday 14 August 1953 · page 3

Stock losses in Australia would drop if Australian farmers looked on droughts as English farmers looked…

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Guernsey Cattle

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 6

Conditions governing the sires' progeny competition for Guernsey cattle at the Sydney Royal Show next year had been altered…

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Wheat Price Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 3

The Australian Wheat Board. yesterday raised the selling pride of Australia export wheat by 3d a bushel. This brings…

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Fashions in wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 August 1953 · page 7

A ming blue wool jersey evening frock, right, with matching triangular stole fringed in black. On the…

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Use Of Sheep In Bush Fire Prevention

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 August 1953 · page 1

The use of sheep to keep down vegetation, which might lead to the starting of bushfires, was commended by…

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Review of the Wool Season

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 August 1953 · page 4

The 195253 wool season was highly satisfactory from almost all points of view. Growers were well pleased with a record clip…

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Australian Farmers Are "Better Off"

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 August 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A party of Australian farmers returned from overseas to-day convinced that. the…

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Wool Prospects "Sound"

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 August 1953 · page 8

The 1952/53 w[?]ol season was highly satisfactory from almost all points of view. Growers were well pleased with a record clip…

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Editorial Butter Before Guns

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 2

The son of a Goulburn professional man listening to a news broadcast the other day in which it was stated that Communist police. were erecting barricades to prevent East Germans…

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Sheep's Effectiveness In Preventing Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 7

"A much better way is to concentrate sheep on areas around houses, sheds, etc., till the ground is quite bare of vegetation," said former President of Mulwaree Shire Council, Cr. Stan Hunt, on Tuesday, when speaking of…

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Theft From Prison Farm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 3

BATHURST Friday: Prison officials and pc ice are investigating the theft of a safe from Oberon Prison Farm, near…

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Thistle-killing Insect at Wagga May Help Boorowa Farmers

Boorowa News · Friday 21 August 1953 · page 4

An insect has been discovered in the Wagga area that attacks and kills variegated and black thistle…

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Wool, Floral Display in Show Week?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 3

A wool and floral week may be held in conjunction with the Yass Annual Show next March. The matter came before a meeting of the Chamber of…

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Red Cross Wool Drive How Many Good Samaritans in Yass District?

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 August 1953 · page 3

Speaking about Red Cross Sunday which was celebrated throughout the Commonwealth yesterday, The Dean of Sydney…

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Overseas wheat sales slow

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 2

The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Sir John Teasdale, said recently that Australia…

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Conference Will Study Diseases Affecting Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 August 1953 · page 2

Goulburn Assistant District Veterinary Officer, Mr. G. Derricott, is representing this district at the conference being…

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Wool Prospects

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 3

Wool prices in 1953-54 should maintain 1952-53 general level. a Government journal said yesterday. Last season's average…

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Wool Sales Next Week

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 3

Wool trade authorities expect prices to be firm when sales open in Sydney next week. Most expect opening sales to be at the…

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