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

Farming & the land, 1954

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Fat Sheep Contest

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 9

The fat sheep weight guessing contest was won by John Kelly who correctly estimated the weight at 192 lbs…

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Wool Markets

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 3

Woolbrokers reported, that prices realised for wool offered at Newcastle auctions yesterday were fully firm at levels recorded…

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Sold Milk Lacking In Butter Fat Content

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 6

For having sold milk which, when analysed was found to be lacking in butter fat content, Kouia Venardos was fined £10…

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Wool Sale Here To-day

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 1

Over 9400 bales of merino and crossbred wool will be offered at Farmers and Graziers' auction to-day and…

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WOOL 7¾d LB

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

Cleaning up some old office papers, Mr. Geo. Davis of Brown Street, came across an account…

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Sheep Impounded From Dog Trap Road

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

The president, Cr. G. Johnson, said at last Goodradigbee Shire Council meeting that he had directed the impounding officer to…

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Australian Wool in U.s. Display

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 7

Wool's unmatched adaptability to a great variety of uses and the importance of Australia as a producer of fine wools were the…

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8 Soldier Farms at Bookham Open For Ballot

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

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

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Fat Sheep Decline

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 8

Judge of the fat sheep, Mr. A. H. Emery, of Goulburn, said the number of entries in this section was…

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Farmers' Assoc. Purchase

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 March 1954 · page 8

The Farmers and Settlers' Association had paid £42,000 at auction for a city building in Castlereagh Street. The…

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Taralga Cattle Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 2

TARALGA: Goldsbrough Mort & co: held a very successful cattle sale last week and whilst a few of the lighter and low…

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Shoppers “Cant Identify Wool”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 3

Most people, when shopping, did not know whether a fabric was woollen or not, said the State Prices Minister, Mr. A. B…

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Fat Sheep Poorly Represented

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 10

Fat sheep were poorly represented and the Judge commented that he frankly expected to see a much better display. "The…

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Wool Very Firm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

Wool prices were very firm at Sydney sales yesterday. Competition was strong and wide-spread. An all day cricket match will…

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Local Cattle for New Guinea

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 2

A consignment of Crookwell cattle were despatched last week for New Guinea and comprised 24 Aberdeen Angus heifers bred…

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Sir William Liked The Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

Sir William McKell waa particularly Interested in the exhibition of stud beef and fat cattle and to o representative…

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Few Entries In Fat Sheep

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 8

Mr W Murray, of Goulburn, who judged the fat sheep section, expressed disappointment with the…

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Fat Cattle Great Credit to District

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 8

As is usual at Taralga shows the fat cattle exhibit was a credit to the district. The judge, Mr. Bill Murray, of Goulburn, remarked that Taralga had long been proud of its…

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Big Increase in Wool Entries

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 6

Wool entries were up at least 50 per cent, on last year and were the heaviest of recent years and amongst the best quality ever exhibited in Crookwell…

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[?]Rection of Up-to-date Cattle Pavilion Forecast

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

The erection of an up-to-date cattle pai[?]lion at the Crookwell showground was forecast by the president, Mr. C. C. Hewitt, when [?]esponding to a toast to the A.P. & H…

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