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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Butter, 10/ a Lb

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Devenshire farm house butter sod at 10/- sterling a lb. at Barnstaple market yesterday. It was the…

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Cattle Market Slumps Badly

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

Due to the very adverse seasonal conditions the local cattle market has slumped badly and experienced dealers describe the…

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District Cattle Second In Breeders' Competition

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 1

A team of district bred cattle have been placed second in the Southern Tablelands section of New South Wales Beef…

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Wool Market Very Firm

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 5

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reports that the Sydney wool market closed on a very firm…

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High Prices For District Bred Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 2

High prices were paid re-recently for two lots of district bred bullocks which were purchased privately by…

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Russian Absence Does Not Affect Wool Market

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 May 1954 · page 8

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Company reports that the wool sales this week have resulted in good…

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Aust. Wool Income Rises by £7M

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Australian wool sales rose by £7,095,756 to £335,232,138 during the 10 months to April 30, compared to the corresponding period of last year…

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Girl, Priests in Farm Class

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

LISMORE, Thursday: One girl and two priests were among 70 people who enrolled for an agriculture and animal…

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Sheep Drive for Boorowa Football Club Appeal To Graziers For Support

Boorowa News · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 2

Boorowa Rugby League Committee are at present conducting a sheep drive to help finance the club and an…

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Highest Level Of Wool Season Crossbreds Up 10 Per Cent

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

The 1953-54 wool selling season closed in Goulburn yesterday with the market for crossbred wool reaching the highest level for the season. The catalogue of 2065 kales of…

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Reminiscences of Old-Timer At Rye Park 80 Bushels Of Wheat To The Acre Washed Out by Floods

Boorowa News · Friday 14 May 1954 · page 1

The "News" representative had a very interesting interview with Mr. E. E. Begg, of Young, at the "Back-to-Rye Park" function held last Saturday. Mr. Begg, in the course of his remarks said that as a…

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Wool Prices Firm

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 May 1954 · page 3

All types of wool were steady at the Sydney sales yesterday. when compared with last week's Newcastle sales…

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Shelters for Sheep Advised

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 May 1954 · page 8

With the possibility of a hard winter, many district flock owners are considering providing shelter for their sheep, advises the District Livestock Officer, Mr. J. N. Wood…

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£640 For Red Cross Splendid Result Of Wool Drive

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 20 May 1954 · page 1

Yass Red Cross Wool Drive conducted by Mrs. A. N. Eedy and Miss A. Triggs, resulted in £640, after all tax…

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Wool Prices Firm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

Wool prices were firm at Sydney sales yesterday…

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£8/5/ Top at Local Sheep Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

A draft of 2000 merino wethers, rising 2 years, "Nullaber" Station bred, realised top price of £8/5/ at…

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S.M. Gives Soldier Settler Benefit of Doubt Charge of Cruelly Ill-treating 200 Sheep Dismissed

Boorowa News · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 2

The final hearing of a charge of having cruelly ill-treated by torture two hundred sheep against Samuel Lawrence Dunn, soldier settler of Binalong Road, Boorowa was heard at the Boorowa Court of Petty Sessions last week by Mr. Finlay, S.M…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association Meet Resolutions to District Council Main Road 56 Again Criticised

Boorowa News · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 1

At its monthly meeting held in the C.W.A. Hall on Saturday night last members of the Boorowa branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association passed resolutions to be submitted to the annual District Council conference to be held…

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Annual Stock and Crop Returns

Boorowa News · Friday 21 May 1954 · page 6

Annual stock and crop returns should be sent in to Boorowa Police immediately. They point out that the statistics are…

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Commonwealth Bank At Sheep Show

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 1

As a further step in its policy of expanding and improving its service to country clients, the Commonwealth Trading Bank will…

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