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

Farming & the land, 1953

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More "Kooba" Sheep For Goulburn Sale

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 6

Following a good sale of their last consignment of wethers from "Kooba" station, the top line of which realised £65-…

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MIDDY-LINE Wool Two-Piece

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 6

This Lafauria two-piece jumper suit is in black and white check wool. The 'V' shaped decollote is trimmed. with a big white…

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Show Camp for Junior Farmers

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 5

The District Supervisor of Junior Farmer Clubs, Mr. Mills, revealed to members of the local club present at the meeting called for last week that a five day show camp for…

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Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

As advertised elsewhere in this issue, a meeting of all members of the Junior Farmer Advisory Committee has been…

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Sheep Show Opens

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 3

One breed of sheep at the British Sheep Show this morning was described by the judge as a "disgrace to…

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Butter Output

Boorowa News · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 6

Dry weather has caused a sharp drop in butter production on the Far North Coast. Production at one factory has…

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Record Wheat Yield

Boorowa News · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

New South Wales' probable total wheat yield is estimated at about 50,000,000 bushels. Department of Agriculture…

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State Further Divided For The Beef Cattle Breeders' Comp

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 3

The Beef Cattle Breeders' Competition, which is being conducted by the Agricultural Bureau of New South…

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Sheep and Wool Classes Need For More Students

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 2

Because of the lack of student enrolments in the fulltime sheep and wool classes at Goulburn Technical College this year, there is a grave possibility of the class closing down…

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Lush Year in N.s.w for Cattle

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 5

There are relatively few [?] store cattle in New South Wales to-day, because most stock is either fat or…

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For the Man on the Land The Week in Wool(Dalgety’s News Service)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 5

Wider competition from Britain, Italy, Germany, and Japan, and the first really concentrated buying by U.S.A., restored…

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Fallow After Wheat

Boorowa News · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

With the completion of the wheat harvest farmers must now turn to the cultivation of fallows and to the…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Improved Demand for Fine Wools

Boorowa News · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 3

An outstanding catalogue of free wools, drawn from Southern Tableland areas, with a sprinkling of late shorn clips…

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Farmers' Finance Cahill Replies to McBride

Boorowa News · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 8

Replying to the statement which the Hon. P. A. McBride, Minister for Defence in the Menzies-Fadden Liberal-Country…

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Wool Trend

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 3

Unless the textile industry shows signs of a better recovery than is now apparent, the trend of U.S. wool manufacturers away…

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Record Wool Price for Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 2

At Dalgety’s Sydney Wool Sales on Thursday afternoon a new State record price for comeback…

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Caterpillars Attacking Crops On Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 3

Farmers in the Shoalhaven area are working overtime to eradicate caterpillars which are attacking pastures…

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Sheep Dog Trails

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

Exhibition sheep dog trials may be a featured attraction Taree Show this year. At the last meeting of the Show…

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367d. For Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 3

LAUNCESTON: A world record price of 367 pence a pound was paid for fleece wool at Launceston wool sales…

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Expert Claims Wool Men Have 2 Strings to Bow

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 2

As indicated by Professor T.G. Hunter in his recent articles, the development of, the new synthetic fibres represents an outstanding achievement of chemical industry, and there can be no doubt that they have come to stay. But whether they spell the…

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