Why Pick on Wool?
Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 2
Australia is witnessing the unique spectacle of overseas buyers paying extraordinarily high prices for its wool, while professors, politicians, economists and ordinary people seem to be very worried about it. All sorts of ideas are being put…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 3
Main interest in the cattle pens was in the Milch Cow Test. From eight competitors, Mr. G. A. Pocock won easily with a yield (for 24 hours) of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Disappointing
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 2
There were only six pens of sheep yarded, which shows how impossible it is to exhibit fat sheep. This year there are plenty of fats about and some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prices for District Wool Clip and Sheep Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 4
Goldbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report the first series of Melbourne wool sales concluded on 14/9/50, when they submitted 10,500 bales, the largest offering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Dog Display
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 2
One of the events most keenly looked forward to both by those whose work is on the land among stock and those who have little contact with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep to Breed Twice yearly
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 3
CHICAGO, Mon.: The success of a hormone injection to enable sheep to breed twice yearly instead of once was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Limited Competition in Sheep Dog Trials
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 2
Competition in the sheep dog trials was dissapointing. There were only three, dogs in the novice trial and of these only two, Mr. R. Fortune's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Sheep, Bullock Died Under This Tree
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 3
Four sheep and a bullock were killed and a calf injured when this gum tree on Mr Allan Dunn’s property Mt. Ochteryre, Gooramadda rd., Howlong, was struck by lightning during the height of an electrical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World Record Price for Scoured Wool
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 3
BRISBANE, Mon: Five bales of scoured Queensland wool sold at the world record price of 262d a 1b at the Brisbane wool sales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Wool Shares in Peak Prices
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 7
Over 2,000 tons of district wool have left Deniliquin by rail since July 1. Figures released yesterday by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Less Wool Exported, But Return Higher
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 1
CANBERRA, Mon.: The export of Australian wool in July 1950, fell below the figure set the previous year,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Albury Wool Sales Decision Is Due To-day
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 1
The dispute involving the Albury wool sales set down for Wednesday and Thursday of this week has been referred to the National Council of Wool selling Brokers in Sydney and an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 3
Enthusiastic study and preparation was evident in the Junior Farmers' entries and according to the judges the overall exhibit was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“New Hope” : £6000 for : Ex-farmer
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 1
MAITLAND, Mon.: a farmer who had been flooded out so many times in the past year that he left his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Dog Successes
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 2
Following his success at Henty a fortnight ago, Mr A. Mongan, of Myrtleford, was again successful at The Rock sheep dog trials,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 2
Mssrs Elder, Smith and Co, Limited report:— The first series of wool sales in this centre for the 1950-51 season opened…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Wool Sales Postponed
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 2
The announcement that Albury wool sales scheduled for today and tomorrow have been postponed because of a disagreement between broker and buyer has shocked the town. Woolselling in Albury goes back into last century, and the auction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool to 23/4 a lb
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 3
BRISBANE, Tues.: All previous wool records were shattered here today, when seven bales of scoured sold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£16 Mil. Refund Sought for Wheat Men
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Tues.: A refund of £16,000,000 to wheatgrowers is being sought by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Growers Not Responsible For High Wool Prices” SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 2
“This attempt to blame the Australian woolgrowers for the comparatively high price that wool is bringing on the markets of the world is political madness in its most virulent form,” said Mr Hugh S. Robertson, M.H.R., today…
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