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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Large-scale Sowing of Grain Sorghum Profitable Summer Cereal Crop

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 September 1946 · page 3

Commenting on the unfavorable outlook for the coming wheat harvest in this State, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) said that…

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Blitz Methods To Get Crops

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Septermber 11.— Taking advantage of the temporary lull in a week of rain which imperilled the…

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King Wool

Western Grazier · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 2

To those unacquainted with the pastoral Industry it must seem strange that so much enthuslasm should be created by the change in the form of…

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A.i.s. Cattle Purchased Grafton Experiment Farm Stud

Western Grazier · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 1

An Australian Illawarra Shorthernbul, "Alfa Vale Dougias" and six heifers have been purchased from Came lot Stud. penrith by the Department of…

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Cattle From Morton Boolka

Western Grazier · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 1

Silver City Transport continues to take cattle from Morton Boolka Station to Broken Hill. This stock are from Queensland, rested and fattened at this…

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Wool News Plans for Big Exhibition

Western Grazier · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 1

Plans for the Australasian Wool Board's wool exhibition at the Sydney Royal show next Easter were approved by the Board at its recent meeting. The…

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Helping Britain's Fighting Men to Farm

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 September 1946 · page 6

Six hundred applications a month are new being received in Britain from men and women, who, on leaving their various war tasks, are anxious to take up…

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Butter Coupons

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 1

Melbourne, September 16.—The Director of Rationing, Mr. J. B. Cumming, announced tonight that when the last of the 52 marked…

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London Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 September 1946 · page 3

LONDON, September 16.—At Friday's London wool auctions 13,598 bales were submitted and 13,494 were sold. Offering…

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Butter Coupons

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 6

The Director of Rationing (Mr. J. B. Cumming) announced today that when the last of the 52 coupons marked butter on page 5…

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Miss Australia's Wool Wardrobe

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 3

LONDON, September 18.— The International Wool Secretariat gave a reception for Miss Australia (Miss Rhondda Kelly)…

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Wool Skyrockets, But Sheep Scarce Record Prices Offered

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 3

Young sheep, particularly ewes, are in such demand, in Victoria and South Australia that buyers are travelling more than 1000 miles to purchase them…

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Famous Conductor Boosted Wool

Western Grazier · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 1

In his book "About conducting." Sir Henry Wood, the famous conductor, wrote: "Some of my colleagues are lucky and don't despire as I do. But if you do…

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Attempt To Burn Wool Store

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 20 September 1946 · page 1

Sydney, September 19.—Kerosene was poured into a hollow tinder the door of a five storey wool store at Ultimo last night, and when it was set alight the…

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Pioneer Pastoral Families At Conrick— Harvy Wedding

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 September 1946 · page 6

PIONEER families of the district and pastoralists generally assembled at the wedding of Miss Joan Harvy, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Harvy, of Pine Point Station, which took place at the Oxide Street Methodist Church at 4 p.m. on Wednesday…

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Wool Sales Europe Bids Strongly

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 September 1946 · page 1

Melbourne, September 24.—The market was more buoyant than ever when the Victorian wool-selling season was opened by auctions at the Melbourne…

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Distribution of Wool Profits

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 6
Also in Western Grazier, Barrier Daily Truth

The Australian Woolgrowers' Council has requested the Prime Minister to compile a record of the names of individual growers…

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Wool Secretariat Extends Activities

Western Grazier · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 4

First result of the recent visit paid to the Netherlands by Dr. Edgar H. Booth, Chairman of the International Wool Secretariat, and Dr. F, J. C. Cronje…

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