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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

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Butter and Cheese Sales to Britain

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA.—A substantial increase, in the price of butter and cheese for export to Britain was revealed by the Prime Minister last…

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Pastoral Award Application

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 4

Melbourne April 18— May 8 has been set down for the hearing in Sydney of the A. W. U.'s application for a variation in the pastoral award…

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Wheat, Wool Payments Near £520,000,000

Western Grazier · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 4

Total payments to woolgrowers and wheatgrowers in Australia since the war began covering six seasons, would be brought to £520,000,000 by June 30.,…

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Markets Cattle Section

Western Grazier · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 4

A normal supply of cattle was submitted at the Adelaide Abattoirs on Monday, 1,270 coming to band, including 600 from the Northern Territory, 200…

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Wool Use Promotion Bill Before House

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 April 1945 · page 6

CANBERRA.— Speaking on the Wool Use Promotion Bill in the House of Representatives last night, Mr. Hutchinson (Liberal, Victoria)…

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New Outlook for Wool Industry

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA.—W[?] skins could be treated plastically look like expensive imported [?]urs, said Mr. Abbott (C.P.).This would lead to a…

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Poor Outlook for Wool Clip Pastoral Conditions

Western Grazier · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 4

Pastroal conditions over large areas of northern Victoria and of the Rivering of New South Wales are appalling Numbers properties are carrying little or no…

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Crutching of Sheep

Western Grazier · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 3

In addition to the partial immunity it gives against blowily attack, crutching is also conducive to a better start off in life for the young lambs, and invariably…

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Jetting for Sheep Blowfly

Western Grazier · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 4

The good rains which have fallen some pastoral districts will be a mixed blessing to the cheep man. as they will almost certainly certainly cause trouble from…

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Wool Skin As Furs

Western Grazier · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 3

Wool skins could be treated plastically to look like expensive imported furs, said Mr. Abbott (C.P.) at Canberra this week. This would lead to a considerable…

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China Will Need Our Wool Story of Heroic People's Suffering

Western Grazier · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 3

China would require enormous quantities of all conceivable materials, Including wool, for Its tremendous task of reconstruction after the war, and would be…

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Grim Food Outlook Britain Appeals for Farm Workers

Western Grazier · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 3

Describing the British food prospectus as grim, the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Hudson) on Easter Sunday broadcast an appeal for ai least 200.000 adults and…

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Ben Bowyang— Dyed in the Wool!

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1945 · page 2

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Invaders Come And Go: 15,000 Farmers Perish In Floods In Holland

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 6

HOLLAND and the people of Holland have seen Invaders come and invaders go. The invading Romans are forgotten. and not even the names are remembered of the invading German tribes. Vikings despoiled the country, and Spaniards robbed and tortured its people. The Holy…

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Big Drop In Wool Clip N.S.W. 15 Per Cent. Down

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 5

Sydney, May 3.—There has been a decrease of 14 per cent. In the amount of wool available for appraisement in Australia to date this season. Reduced…

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Soviet Collective Farming Distribution Of Earnings

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 6

Much has been written and said continuing Soviet working but little information has been given, except in a general way, of the distril[?]tion of earnings…

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Good Rains In Pastoral Areas

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 3

Although Broken Hill missed a substantial fall of rain during the week end, outback areas benefited considerably. Substantial falls were…

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Dairymen Hit by Fodder Shortage

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY.—So grave is the fodder shortage in the metropolitan area that city and suburban dairymen are buying every substitute they can find…

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Control of Worms in Sheep

Western Grazier · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 4

For control of worms, sheep should be dienched before they get too low in condition. On the first sign of infestation, the whole flock should be treated…

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Senate Passes Wool Bill

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA.—In the Senate yesterday the Wool Use Promotion Bill passed through all stages with three amendments—two minor and one…

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