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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

237 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 12

Rain In Northern Pastoral Areas

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 3

Pastoralists are jubilant at the rain that has fallen during the last 24 hours. The operator at the Flying Doctor…

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Stealing Charge Against Farmer SYDNEY, November 3

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 2

In the Burwood Police Court today, Raymond Franklin (29), a farmer, was remanded to December 1 on a charge of having stolen 400 pigs valued at…

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Pastoral Areas Get Some Relief

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 5 November 1941 · page 3

Pastoralists generally are pleased with the rain prospects, and with what has fallen. Rain in the far north has been badly wanted and joyously…

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The Sheep Dog

Western Grazier · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 4

The education of a sheep dog is important. Dogs bred to yard sheep have natural attributes, but these must be properly developed…

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Cattle Market Quiet Demand

Western Grazier · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 3

Elder. Smith and Co.'s advice concerning Tuesday's Adelaide cattle market said that the yarding included 70 beasts from Central Australia. 75 from Diamentina,…

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Wool Qualities Explained the Finer Points

Western Grazier · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 1

[?] Mr. C. H. Blagg of Wilcannia [?] with the quality and char[?] The subject of these [?] bring before all graziers the…

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They Make Hay While the Sun Shines at Yallambee a Modern Farm In The Dry West

Western Grazier · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 3

They make, or rather grow, hay at Yallambee where the sun shines strongly. In the midst of the barren tracts that extend for thousands of square miles, Yallambee Station stands as an epic of ingenuity and industry—a modern farm…

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Butter Price Rise Refused

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 November 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The refusal of the Assistant Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCarthy) to permit an increase in the wholesale price of butter was…

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Tinned Butter For Our Troops SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 3

EXPERIMENTS in the shipment of tinned butter packed in sawdust to the A.I.F. in the Middle East are being made by…

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Dairying Lease Granted

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 1

On condition that he would erect a stock-proof fence within six months Gerald George Williams was granted 465 acres for dairying purposes at…

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Wheat Board Appointments Canberra, November 12

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 November 1941 · page 1

Three additional wheatgrowers have been appointed to the Australian Wheat board. Their names were announced today. They are Mr. Bourke…

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Dairyman Gets Land Local Land Board's Decision

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 13 November 1941 · page 2

the Local Land Board at its sitting at the Court House yesterday considered four conflicting applications for a special western lands lease of 465 acres in the…

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Cattle Market

Western Grazier · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 4

Elder, Smith and Co's. report of the cattle market in Adelaide on Monday stated that a much heavier supply of cattle was yarded, 1815 being penned…

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Sheep And Lamb Sales

Western Grazier · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 4

Concerning Wednesdays sheep and lamb sales in Adelaide. Elder Smith and Co. reported that although the number of sheep yarded was heavier…

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Wool Clip Insurance

Western Grazier · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 3

Mr. J. P. Abbott New England asked in the House of Representatives: In view of the deterioration of the international situation in the…

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Wool Agreement and Prices

Western Grazier · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 2

In the Federal Parliament just recently, Mr. J. J. Clark member for Darling asked the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) the…

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Pastry Butter May Be Eliminated

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 November 1941 · page 4

CANBERRA, Monday.—Elimination of the manufacture of all pastry quality butter will be discussed immediately by Mr. Scully, Commerce…

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No Increases in Butter Prices

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 November 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Permission to raise the wholesale prices of butter and cheese has been refused by the Commonwealth Prices…

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Sheep Branding

Western Grazier · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 2

The secretary of the Pastoralists Association of West Darling. Mr. C. Sinclair Wood, advises that as a result of further complaints from manufacturers…

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Sheep Sales Supply Very Much Smaller

Western Grazier · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

Reporting on the sheep sales held in Adelaide on Wednesday, Elder. smith and Co. stated that the supply of sheep was very much smaller than that of the…

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