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

Farming & the land, 1953

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Goulburn Wool Sales Prices Reach Highest Point of the Season

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 3

A feature of the sixth series of Goulburn Wool Sales conducted by Farmers & Graziers’ on 25th, and 26th March, was the extremely…

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Sheep Expert Gives Advice

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 7

The Goulburn livestock officer (Sheep and Wool), Mr. J. N. Wood, this week issued a statement containing advice for…

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Rural Bank Trophy For Beef Cattle Breeders' Competition

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 6

Mr. B. C. Gordon, "Godolphin," East Guyong, via Milthorpe, has won the Mitchell District trophy by the Rural…

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Wool Dresses

Boorowa News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 1

FB11/17b Australian Wool Board Photograph Charming teenage dress in checked wool. Douglas Cox…

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N.s.w. Sows More Wheat

Boorowa News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 4

Wheat acreage in N.S.W. in the coming season seems certain to be the biggest on record…

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Sheep Dog Trials Next Week Many Champions Enter

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 5

When nominations closed for the Southern Tablelands Championship Sheep Dog Trial, it was found there…

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Greater Area to Be Sown to Wheat

Boorowa News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

The area fallowed is a very considerable increase over last year's prepared land and it is expected that the wheat…

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Concrete Troughs for Dairy Herds Easily Made on the Farm

Boorowa News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 4

A plentiful supply of clean water is essential if cows are to produce large quantities of milk and remain in good condition. Concrete troughing is one of the best methods of handling the water supply…

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"Wool Week" Success At Albury

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

For the first time in Australia, a major wool promotion, organised and carried into effect by the citizens of a leading provincial city, has been held with markedly successful results…

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No Likelihood Of Big Spiral In Wool Prices

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 5

This week's wool auctions throughout the world became the cynosure of alltrade eyes; they…

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Dogs Attack Sheep In Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 6

A pair of killer dogs roamed through th Braidwood district in recent weeks attacking sheep on district properties The dogs recently attacked a…

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Gunning Man Estimated Within ¼lb. Weight of Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 3

There were 550 entries in the weight of sheep competition at the Jerrawa Show on Monday. The…

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Local Agronomist's Report on Crops

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 2

"It is considered that far too much faith is placed on weather conditions by the growers as a means of checking potato moth infestation," says a report Issued to-day by the Goulburn District Agronomist, Mr. R. Thompson…

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Sheep Expert Gives Advice

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 3

The Goulburn livestock officer (Sheep and Wool), Mr. J. N. Wood, this week is issued a statement containing advice…

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Foot Rot in Sheep

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 4

Unless Braziers are prepared to undertake the laborious measures necessary for treating foot rot in sheep…

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New Wheat Price

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Thursday: A "substantial majority" of the 46 member International Wheat…

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Rye Park Sheep Dog Trials Finished in Moonlight

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 2

The sun was well down behind Taff's Hill, and the mean shining brightly above the Walla range when Tom…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Prices Reach Highest Point of Season

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 4

A feature of the sixth series of Goulburn Wool Sales conducted by Farmers & Graziers' on 25th and 26th…

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Weedkillers Will Not Damage Crops If Carefully Applied

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 2

The great benefits to be derived from the hormone weed-killers, such as 2, 4-D, 2, 4, 5-T and MCPA, should not be…

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How to Graze an Oat Crop

Boorowa News · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 2

No other winter crop will provide such a continuity of green feed as oats, but to obtain the maximum results…

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