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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Cattle Killed at Full Moon Lismore Farmers Worried

Boorowa News · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 4

Dairy farmers at Koonorigan, a small settlement near Lismore, believe that mutilations which have caused the…

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Wool Report

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 3

Winchcombe Carons report: We sold 12,200 bales of wool in Sydney yesterday. Competition was chiefly from…

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20 p.c. Of Cattle Inseminated

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 8

A total of 410,254 cattle were inseminated in the Netherlands in one year, being approximately 20 per cent. of all Cows and…

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Prospect for Local Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 1

Despite the variation in prices at this week's Sydney wool sales, it is expected that the market will firm at about last year's closing rates by the time the Goulburn sales open on October 20 and 21…

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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain,Insurance and Agency Company Limited. 1st September, 1953 Wool Report

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 September 1953 · page 6

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance and Agency Company Limited. 1st September, 1953 WOOL REPORT…

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Bigga Bits Pastoral Conditions Dormant

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 2

Although a total of 293 points of rain fell at Bigga during August pastoral conditions have remained…

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Wool Sales Open On Strong Note

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 8

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. reports strong competition on the opening day of the current wool-selling…

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Wheat Crop Prospects In Boorowa District "Fair To Good" Says District Agronomist

Boorowa News · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

Crop prospects in the Boorowa district are fair to good though crops are somewhat backward and weed growth is most prolific…

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57,461,000 Sheep Now in N.s.w

Boorowa News · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 6

New South Wales sheep numbers at March 31st last were 57,461,000—a near record—the Government…

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Review of the Wool Season Bank Review

Boorowa News · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 3

The 1952-53 wool season was highly satisfactory from almost all points of view. Growers were well pleased…

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Wool Drive For Boorowa District Hospital The Directors of the Boorowa District Hospital are at present conducting a drive throughout the district for donations of fleeces of wool

Boorowa News · Friday 11 September 1953 · page 1

It is hoped that all sheds in the district will be visited, but this may not prove practical, and any graziers not visited are…

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Sheep Skin Auctions

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 6

Farmers and Graziers', Goulburn held their regular sheep skin sale on Tuesday, when a most attractive catalogue of…

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Lorry Killed Sheep in Fog Verdict for £157/15/-

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 2

Before Judge J: M. Brennan in the District Court at Yass last week. Merryville Pty. Ltd. claimed £157/10/- damages from John…

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Wheat Rejections

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 6

Victoria and Queensland yesterday rejected a compromise wheat stabilisation plan providing, for a floor price of 13/10 a…

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Wool Value to This District

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 2

In an interesting address on the wool industry to the last meeting of Goulburn Apexians, Mr. Bill Dixon, of Farmers and Graziers, revealed that last season's sales in Goulburn had netted £6,106,000…

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U.s. Wool Demand May Strengthen

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 3

Dalgety's New York correspondent reported that the firm wool market opening in Australia was believed to presage…

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Wool Prices Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 1

Prices of burry and broad merino fleece wools fell 21½ percent. at the Sydney sales yesterday But good quality merino…

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Wool Travel Ensemble

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 6

Pink and blue spotted woollen tweed suit with a matching coat by Douglas Cox. The wool used in this and other Douglas…

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Shearing Stud Sheep at “Vale View”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 3

YASS once again hit the headlines in a national paper last week when The Australian Women’s Weekly, with a circulation of over 725,000, published a two page coloured spread with six photographs and…

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Wool Market Remains Firm Sydney

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 September 1953 · page 2

Under crucial test of heavyweight offering at Sydney wool sales, the market remained firm for all descriptions, except broad…

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