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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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Activities of Wool Speculators Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 February 1940 · page 6

The president of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. E. L. Killen) today issued a warnings to woolgrowers against the activities of…

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Like Sheep In Fold LAUNCESTON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 6

DISCUSSION of a dull subject at the Beaconsfield Council meeting had become Jost in a buzz of casual conversation…

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Advances in Control of Blow Fly Strike Told In C.S.I.R. Report To Wool Board

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 2

OBSERVATIONS on the influence of age at marking time on the healing of tail wounds have shown clearly the value of early marking of sheep to prevent blowfly strike, states a report to the Australian Wool Board from…

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Hiring Germans to Farmers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 3

LONDON, February 21— Answering questions in the Commons yesterday, the Secretary for War (Mr. Stanley) said that no arrangement had…

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Started with Six Birds Death Of Founder Of Big Farm MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 5

A LANCASHIRE enginedriver who, with half a dozen birds, founded what was to become the largest poultry farm in the world, supplying a…

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Export Wool Trade Encouraging To Industry

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 2

REPORTS of an increasing volume of exports of textiles from the United Kingdom to Allied and neutral countries are…

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Farmer Killed While Fighting Fire Katoomba District Suffers SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 1

TWO hundred firemen, policemen, and civilians fought two bushfires in the Katoomba district last night. Hundreds of acres of scrub…

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Wool Purchase Contract

Western Grazier · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 2

Arrangement have been made for a special meeting of the Australian Woolgrowers Council to be hold at Sydney on Monday, 4th March when…

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British Wool Control Policy Attacked Australian Growers Are Dissatisfied

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 March 1940 · page 3

BECAUSE of the serious light in which the Australian Wool Board views the policy of the British. Wool Control Committee, the chairman (Sir Dalziel Kelly) has issued the following statement —…

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Margarine Becoming Popular in England Butter, Trade Affected SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 1

MRS. E. Glencross, Federal president of the Housewives' Association, said in Sydney last night that it was almost incredible that the…

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Uneconomic Farms; Assistance Likely

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sinclair) said last night that the question of liquidating wheat farmers on uneconomic farms…

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England Needs Wool Australia's Part SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 6

DR.lan Clunies-Ross, Australian representative of the International Wool Secretariat in London, who arrived in Sydney by flying…

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Complicated Wool Position Mr. Casey To Make Inquiries (Special to "The Miner") New York, March 8

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 7

SEEKING a full understanding on the complicated wool position, the Australian Minister in the…

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Revision of Wool Agreement Sought Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 3

The Graziers' Association conference today decided to ask the British Government for a revision of the Australian wool purchase agreement. "If…

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Fertility in Sheep Report Made To Board

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 7

PROGRESS is reported of studies of fertility in sheep conducted at the McMaster Field Station of the Council for Scientific…

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Graziers' Conference Restriction Of Wheat Area Opposed SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 3

The graziers' conference to-day refused to adopt a resolution opposing any form of restriction of wheat acreage…

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Prison Farm Being Enlarged

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.— The Minister for Justice (Mr. Treatt) is having Emu Plains prison farm enlarged immediately to accommodate more…

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British Wool Rationing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

LONDON, March 17.— The curtailment of British wool consumption for civilian purposes is reaching the stage where Australian wool producers…

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Pastoral Conditions In Various States

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 March 1940 · page 4

THE following information as to the existing pastoral conditions in Australia has been received by the Pastoralists Association of West Darling through the Australian Woolgrowers Council…

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Tragedy on Farm Mother & Son Killed BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

TWO murder charges were preferred in Toolgoolawah Court against Gustav Martin (52) farmer Martin was charged with having…

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