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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Next Season's Wheat Varieties

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 2

Wheat variety recommendations for the 1954 season have been announced by the Department of Agriculture…

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U.s. Impresses Junior Farmer

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 1

Cafeteria-equipped classrooms, bookmobiles, and buoyant school finances are features of the American rural education system that have impressed a N.S.W. junior farmer now touring the U.S…

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Good Prospects for Wheat Crop

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

A final review of the wheat crop position in New South Wales as at November 30, 1953, indicates a yield of 53,000,000 bushels of grain and 230,000 tons of hay. This forecast was given by the Minister for Agriculture…

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"Wool Week" for Orange

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 3

ORANGE: The, Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a "Wool Week" here from April 5 to 12…

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Beef Cattle Field Day at Tarago Soon

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 2

Cattle men from all parts of the district are expected to attend a beef cattle field day at "Pylara." Tarago, on…

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Wool Gains Prestige

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 6

With the motto "Be smart, keep cool—wear lightweight wool," the South African Wool Board has launched a…

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Cattle Die From Rare Disease

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: A rare and deadly disease has killed several cattle and permanently lamed others on properties in the…

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Man Fined £50 for Stealing Cattle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 3

YOUNG: A Captain's Flat man was fined a total of £50 in Young Court of Petty Sessions after pleading guilty to two cattle stealing charges. The man—Victor Charles…

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Wool Flannel Dresses From Paris

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 7

Caramel-coloured satin-surfaced wool flannel is used in a new and most attractive cocktail dress by Jacques Griffe. The bodice is shirred into a tiny basque from which the skirt fails in ample folds…

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Australian Sheep For India

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 7

More than 200 sheep, consigned to the Uttar Pradesh Government, arrived recently at Bombay from…

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Wheat And Rice Production Reviewed

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

Significant developments in wheat and rice production and marketing are referred to in the latest "News Summary" issued…

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Soil Conditioners to Boost Crops

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 2

Liquid soil conditioner was being used on various crops in the United States as an insurance against unfavourable growing weather, Mr. B. T. Overeil, Agricultural Development Officer for…

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Queen Chats With N.Z. Farmer

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 3

PALMERSTON NORTH (N.Z.), Friday: A 61-years-old farmer, his wife and two daughters spent 15 minutes talking privately with…

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Family Group Prominent in Farming

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 8

NARRANDERA: Family partnerships are playing an incerasingly important role in co-operative farming of…

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Honour For Wool Leader

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

Sir Harry Shackleton, for many years a leader-in the-British wool textile industry will receive the honorary degree of…

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Eisenhower to Present New Farm Programme

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.): President Eisenhower will to-morrow present to Congress a new farm programme designed to stave off a threatened "revolt" by discontented farmers…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

One of the best selections of free spinners’ wools ever displayed in Goulburn was offered on Wednesday and Thursday, 16/17th…

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Wheat Leaders Defended

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The General Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers Association of N.S.W., Mr. T. McDougall,…

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Advice To Owners Of Diseased Cattle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

Advice to owners of disceased cattle was given by the district stock inspector, Mr. F. Hildred, yesterday, at…

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Hand Feeding Of Sheep In Parts Of District

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

Because of dry conditions in parts of the Goulburn district, owners are hand feeding sheep and lambs, district…

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