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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Crookwell's Greatest Display of Farm Machinery

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

Never before at a Crookwell Show have patrons seen such a fine display of farm machinery as was demonstrated this year, and never has interest been so keen and enquiry…

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Junior Farmers Stage Fine Exhibition

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 7

The Junior Farmers staged their best exhibition to date at this year's annual Crookwell Show and many of the exhibits…

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Butter Versus Margarine

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Dairy interests in Australia, New Zealand and Denmark will pay £125,000 sterling to a campdign fight the advance of margarine in Britain…

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Sydney Wool

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 1

Better class fleece wools and skirting were firmer at Sydney sales yesterday. Heavy carbonising wools were irregular…

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Wool Market Improves

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 3

Wool prices continued to improve at the Geelong wool sales yesterday. Buyers keenly sought comeback and fine crossbred…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 4

An attractive offering of 9,411 bales was brought forward at the sixth Goulburn series of Wool Sales conducted by Farmers and…

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Wool Figures Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 8

Output of wool in New South Wales in 1952-53 made a record at 556,552,000 lb. greasy. The Government Statistician,…

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Wild Dogs Cause Sheep Losses

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 2

A pack of stray wild dogs has caused considerable loss of sheep in the Norwood and Middle Arm districts…

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Goulburn Wool Sales

Boorowa News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 5

An attractive offering of 9,411 bales was brought forward at the sixth Goulburn series of Wool Sales…

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Wool Very Firm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

All wool prices were very firm at Sydney sales yesterday. Greasy merino fleece sold to 151d…

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Fat Sheep Contest At Rugby Show

Boorowa News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 6

The fat sheep weight guessing contest at Rugby Show was won by John Kelly, who correctly estimated the weight…

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J.F's. Non-Competitive Exhibit Impressive High Quality Sheep And Poultry

Boorowa News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 7

The Junior Farmers made their debut at Rye Park last Saturday, and gave ample evidence that the members of this organisation will play a major role in district shows once they are firmly established and organised…

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Wool Exhibits Better Than Last Year Champion Fleece Outstanding

Boorowa News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 2

The champion fleece of the show was quite outstanding. It was of superior quality and reflected careful breeding…

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Eight Soldier Farms At Bookham Open For Ballot

Boorowa News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

There will be a ballot for eight Soldier Settlement farms on Bookham station. The N.S.W. Government has…

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Junior Farmers Congratulated on Show Effort Annual Meeting In April

Boorowa News · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Advisory Committee, held on Thursday, 25th March, the president, Mr. C. Hunter…

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Sheep Dog Trials Membership Roll Success

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 1

The establishment of a membership roll for the 1954 Sheep Dog Trials on Yass showground from April 21 to April 24, has…

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Illawarra Cattle Equal World's Best

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 8

Miss Joyce Schofield, the junior farmer who has just returned from the United States, England and Holland,…

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Dairyman's Death

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 2

Mr. J. A. McPhail president of the Mlk zone Dairymen's Council died at his home in Dapto last Friday…

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Sheep, Cattle Guessing Contests

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 6

Guessing the weight of the fat beast created more interest than usual at Taralga Show this year when a young heifer was…

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Setback For Local Potato Crops

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 2

Continuous dry weather conditions during the past month gave potato crops in the Crookwell-Taralga region a severe setback. This is stated in the monthly…

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