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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Arab Horse for the Farm and Hack Use

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 8

Increasing interest is being displayed in the Arab horse as a means of lifting the standard of stock horses and hacks, which…

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Sheep Firm at Goulburn

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort & Company Limited report holding a special store sheep sale last Tuesday at Goulburn when they yarded 6,500…

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Wool Sales Begin In Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 5

The opening wool auctions in the Commonwealth for the 1954/55 season commenced in Sydney to-day and conclude on…

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This Week in Wool Wool Men Trying To Guage New Season’s Prices (from Dalgety’s News Service)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 3

At the dawn of the new wool year, graziers this week were anxiously scanning the horizon for portents likely to determine the…

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Council Farm Link With Abattoirs

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 2

Goulburn City Council has decided to operate one of its sewerage farms in conjunction with the local abattoirs. In the past the farm has been leased annually by auction…

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Goulburn Store Sheep Sale

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 8

Goldsbrough, Mort & Company Limited report having held a special store sheep sale on Tuesday. August 24, in the Goulburn…

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Stud Cattle For Golspie Property

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 6

Mr. A. S. Marmont, of Golsple, has recently purchased four stud Freisian heifers and one bull from the Kangaroo Valley as part…

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Wool Prices Steady

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 1

Most wool prices were steady at yesterday's Sydney sales. Broader and curry types of fleece wool and skirtings were from 2½ to 5…

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Grazier Runs 100 Sheep to the Acre

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 5

A grazier at Wellington, in Central Western New South Wales, is running 100 sheep to die acre. He claims that anybody with…

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This Week in Wool Buyers Looking For Weak Spots At Opening Wool Sales (From Dalgety’s News Service)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 6

Buyers’ benches filled to capacity and saleroom galleries and passages overflowing with woolgrowers and…

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50% World’s Wool Consumed By 14% of Population

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 6

After marking time for a year, world wool consumption is again on the rise, according to Dalgety’s…

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This Week in Wool

Boorowa News · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 2

Buyers' benches filled to capacity and saleroom galleries and passages overflowing with woolgrowers and…

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Record Apple Crop

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 7

A record apple crop has filled of cool storage space to capacity the Department of Agriculture's Division of Horticulture said this…

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Crops Backward— Storage Water Scarce— Pastures Need Rain

Boorowa News · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 5

Surface stock water storage remains at a low level, very little run-off having been obtained from the rains during the last month. Graziers are now becoming anxious for future supplies as demands can be expected to increase with the coming warmer weather…

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Wool Scouring At Goulburn “Bradford Of Australia”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 4

A Goulburn businessman is leading negotiations for the purchase of the Newcastle Wool Processing Company’s…

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Brisbane Wool Market

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 3

Buyers competed strongly at the opening of Brisbane wool sales yesterday. Britain and the Continent dominated the bidding…

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Wool Scouring Industry Move Supported

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 2

The Southern Tablelands Regional Development Committee decided yesterday that because of the number of…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 3

On Tuesday of last week, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., brought forward a catalogue…

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Top Price for District Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 6

At last week's fat stock sale held in Goulburn, a consignment of district cattle topped the market…

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Slump in Butter Production Now At All-time Low

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 September 1954 · page 1

Manager of the Crookwell Butter Factory, Mr. A. Bennett, revealed last week that butter production had reached an all-time low in Crookwell. Since May the number of…

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