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

Farming & the land, 1955

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Boorowa Woman Will Not Leave Farm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 30 June 1955 · page 4

Deserted wife of a soldier settler has ignored a State Government order to quit her farm near Boorowa by noon last Friday…

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Obituary Mr. Hughstewwart: Prominent Figure In Pastoral Industry In 3 States Passes On

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 July 1955 · page 6

Mr, Hugh Stewart of “Fifield,” Yass, who was one of the best known personalities in the pastoral world in…

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Did Miracles for Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 July 1955 · page 1

“Mr. Madden has performed miracles for me with my sheep,” said a Yass grazier recently to P.P…

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Worms in Sheep Stock Inspector’s Comments

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 18 July 1955 · page 3

“The worm position is not as good in young sheep as we would like,” the stock inspector, Mr. Frank Madden, stated in a report…

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Wool Steals Thunder Of Miracle Fibres

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 July 1955 · page 5

New silicone-processed wool combines all the best qualities of the latest synthetics with those of pure…

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£525 From Red Cross Wool Drive

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 21 July 1955 · page 2

Last Wool Drive for Red Cross in Yass District raised £525 and direct donations to the branch this year were…

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Rabbit Skins Dearer Than Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 25 July 1955 · page 4

Rabbit skins reached £1/0/1 lb at the Sydney auctions last week which is the highest price for many…

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Sheep Stealing Cost £100,000 a Year Sheep stealing is costing N.S.W. graziers more than £100,000 a year

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 25 July 1955 · page 4

The chairman of the meat section of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union, Mr. 3. Bennett, of Blayney, said this last week…

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This Week in Wool £2,092 Million From Wool In Five Year Period (From Dalgety’s News Service)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 25 July 1955 · page 4

With a cheque for £362,691,825 for last season’s record wool clip of 3,915,793 bales, Australia’s sheep flocks in the last five years…

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Scheme to Boost Farmlands

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 25 July 1955 · page 3

A land research organisation has a system for restoring fertility to impoverished farmlands…

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Geneva Talks May Aid Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 July 1955 · page 2

Australia would market a record wool-clip of about 4,016,000 bales in the coming season, a spokesman for Winchombe, Carson, Ltd.,…

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This Week in Wool Future of Wool Another Record Clip Expected (Dalgety’s News Service)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 1 August 1955 · page 3

As Australian wool stores began refilling with new season’s clips expected to aggregate another all-time record production, the textile…

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Dairy Cattle Show Judging “Just Humbug”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 15 August 1955 · page 4

Nothing has done more harm to dairy farming than shows, according to a British dairy husbandry expert…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 August 1955 · page 6

Despite the continual weather making it impossible for owner to bring in several goodlines of sheep, Goldsbrough Mort…

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Store Sheep Market Dearer at Goulburn

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 4

Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd., Goulburn, report having held a very successful store sheep sale at Goulburn on Tuesday, August…

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Why Well-prepared Wool Is Much Sought After

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 7

A feature of the wool selling season which has just ended was that buyers were discriminating in their…

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This Week in Wool Growers Expect Lower Prices When Sales Open On

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 August 1955 · page 2

Woolgrowers in all States expect lower wool prices when the new selling season opens in Sydney on Monday…

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This Week in Wool Expert’s Comments On Wool Prospects(From Dalgety’s News Service)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 August 1955 · page 2

It is expected that wool prices will be lower at this week’s Sydney auctions. Commenting last week, Mr. M…

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Pastoral Outlook in E. Australia Never Better

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 3

As the first signs of Spring emerge over Eastern Australia, the pastoral scene is promising the most widespread abundance of…

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Menzies Praises Wool Men

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 7

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, praised the work of wool research scientists at the International Wool Textile Research…

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