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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Local Grazier Exhibits Prize-Winning Sheep Before Royalty

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

District grazier, Mr. F. Hilton Kelly, enjoyed a large measurse of success in the special exhibition at the Dubbo Show which was held…

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Duke of Edinburgh Will Receive Book on Illawarra Cattle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 3

At his express wish, the Duke of Edinburgh will receive a history of the Illawarra breed of dairy cattle. It happened at one of the receptions to the Queen and Duke…

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Room For More Students In Local Wool Classes

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 2

Goulburn Technical College authorities are puzzled at the drop in enrolments in sheep and wool classes…

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Chemicals As Aid To Farm Output

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 3

Agricultural advances in the year 1953 suggest that farm productivity can be at least doubled in the next…

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Grasshoppers Affect Early Crops

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 6

The unusual prevalence of grasshoppers in the Taralga district during the month of January caused a fair amount of…

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Wool Prices Firm

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 7

Prices were firm for all types of wool at the Sydney sales yesterday. The price for greasy merino fleece was 195d lb. A…

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210d for “Spring- Bank” Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 2

Four bales of extra super, account J, T. Kerr, “Springbank,” Yass topped the market with 210d at yesterday’s Sydney wool sales…

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Wool Values Down

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

Medium to broad types of merino wool fell 2½ per cent, at the Sydney sales yesterday. Prices for all fine to superfine wools…

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Goulburn Wool Sales State Record Price For Merino Lambs

Boorowa News · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 8

The fifth series of sales were held in Goulburn 17th and 18th instant when a catalogue of 9,252 bales…

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New Supervisor of Junior Farmers' Clubs

Boorowa News · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 3

Mr. Barry O'Neill, who graduated in Agriculture at Hawkesbury College, has been appointed as District…

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New Wool Packs To Be Tested

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 8

Wool packs woyen in .Australia from kenaf fibre grown in New Guinea by an Australian company, will be…

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Young Wales Farmer Visits Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

In the course of a world tour, young Wales Junior Farmer, Tom Rees, visited Goulburn last week to make an inspection of the sheep industry here. Accompained by Mr. Chas…

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Special Sheep Sale Prices

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 5

Farmers and Graziers report having conducted a most successful store sheep sale at Goulburn on…

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Child Bitten by Cattle Dog

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

A 5-year-old child received treatment at Goulburn Base Hospital yesterday after he had been bitten by a cattle dog…

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New Approvals for Soldier Farms

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

Approval has been given to the inclusion of 11,317 acres of the Corrowong Estate in the War Service Land Settlement…

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Big Oval at College for Farm Students

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

The sports oval at St. Michael's Agricultural and Trades College, inveralochy, is believed to be the biggest individual oval in Australia. The oval, which has yet to be…

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Farmer Takes Action Against Grandson Contempt of Court Threat

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 2

In Goulburn Tenancy Court yesterday afternoon a 77-year-old farmer took ejectment proceedings against his grandson. The farmer—Charles Francis…

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Decline In Wool Values

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

The Commonwealth Wool & Produce Co. Ltd. reports that the 11th series of wool sales for Sydney Centre opened on…

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Picker Families Produce Outstanding Quality Wool

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

Nine separate clips of outstanding quality wool produced by the Picker families, of the Bigga district, were offered at the Goulburn Wool Auctions conducted recently by…

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Picker Families Inspecting Top Line of Wool

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 1

Members of the Picker families, of Bigga, gathered around Mr. S. F. Picker & Sons top line of wool which realised 236d. per lb. at the last Farmers & Graziers' Goulburn Wool Sales. From left to right : Messrs…

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