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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Farmer's Daughter Who Wrote Of Love To An Italian

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 3

LONDON July 14.—Discovery of love letters in the pockets of an escaped Italian prisoner-of-war led to the arrest of a Wiltshire farmer's…

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Sheep-Man And Novelist "Pastoral Symphony" As Radio Serial

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 3

Active in Australia's sheep industry, for many years on the land, and now as a business executive, J. J. Hardie has made his knowledge the basts of a…

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Twenty Thousand More Silos To Store Britain's Cattle Fodder And Save Ships

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 4

Twenty thousand silos for cattle fodder is the latest contribution of Britain's contribution of Britain's concrete makers to the war effort. They are…

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Petrol Refused for Wool Cartage Shock for Wilcannia Carriers

Western Grazier · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 1

A shock was in store for the Wilcannia carriers this week when one of their number. Mr. W. C. Boland made application for petrol tickets to enable him to…

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Using Jeeps on the Farm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 July 1942 · page 1

THE COUNTLESS MILITARY MACHINES being produced by the United States will not be discarded after the war. Tests are already being made to find peace-time uses for them. Here students at Alabama Polytechnic Institute are using a jeep to pull a mower cutting…

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Pastoral Supplies Request to Minister

Western Grazier · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 1

The Grazers' Federal Council has conveyed to the Minister for Supply the following resolution adopted by the 59th Convention of the Council:—…

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Wool and Fuel

Western Grazier · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 2

THE TIME HAS COME when it would be suicidal to obstruct in any manner the Government's efforts to conserve fuel for motorised…

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Menindee News Sheep From District

Western Grazier · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 3

Kinchega Station is sending 1,000 sheep off the shears to the Adelaide market. They will be in the charge of Drover Talbot, who his three other men…

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Grease Salvaged From the Wool of Sheep

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 2

LONDON.—Dubbin, with which all boots issued to Britain's Home Guard are in future to be treated, has for one of its main ingredients grease…

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Tobacco Crop Standard Quality Essential CANBERRA, July 28

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 3

Tobacco production in Australia increased by about 20 per cent. last season, to 6,300,000lb. This was in spite of labor shortage…

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Sheep Authority Dead Sydney, July 23

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 3

The former editor of the "Country Life" newspaper. Mr. Darcy Gilligan died in hospital today. He was regarded as a world authority on sheep…

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Sheep Authority Dead Sydney, July 28

Western Grazier · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 3

The former editor of the "Country Late" newspaper. Mr. Darcy gilligan died in hospital today. He was regarded as a world authority on sheep…

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Hazel Vale Wool Mr. Ind Reminiscent

Western Grazier · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 2

All this week Mr. G. Ind has been occupied in bringing wool from Hazel Vale to Broken Hill, whence it is rolled to South Australia. One day this week…

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Mineral Needs of Dairy Cows Effect Of Deficiency On Production And Reproduction

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 3

Many [?] are actually necessary in foodstuff [?] animals to make economical [?] to ensure successful reproduction, but the two most…

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Federal Pastoral Award

Western Grazier · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 4
Also in Barrier Daily Truth

The secretary of the Pastoralists' Association of West Daring has been advised that the Commonwealth Arbitration Court has awarded an…

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Cattle Market

Western Grazier · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 4

Elder, Smith and Co.'s Adelaide repre[?] of August 3 roads:—The supply of cattle submitted at the Abattoirs today was 250 less than [?]…

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Increases in Federal Pastoral Award

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 1

An increase in all awards under the Federal Pastoral Award has been allowed by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court…

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Idle Wool Trucks

Western Grazier · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 1

The week the president of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales Mr. H. R. Cowdery, made the following statement to the press:—…

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Wool Pack Economy

Western Grazier · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

A recent appeal for assistance from woolgrowers in conserving supplies of woolpacks is being made by the Central Wool Committee Because of the serious…

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