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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Moree Sheep Killed by Black Soil Mud

Western Grazier · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 5

About 500 sheep which had become begged when rain turned the black son into a meras were found dead in a paddock on a property about six miles…

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New Season's Record Wool Price

Western Grazier · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 4

Sydney, September 26.—A now season's record price, of forty-eight and a half pence was paid at today's session of the Sydney Wool sales…

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Wheat Quota for Export India to Get Most

Western Grazier · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 2

Australian authorities export England to turn to the United States and Canada rather than Australia for increased wheat and flour supplies…

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Fifty Centres Now Aid Britain's Farming Research Government Spends £700,000 Annually

Western Grazier · Friday 27 September 1946 · page 4

Eight, distinguished American agricultural scientists and administrators. representing experimental stations and agricultural colleges in farming areas of…

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Pleuro In Cattle Quarantine Area Extends

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 5

Sydney, September 27—An additional holding in the Wagga pleuro-pneumonia area was quarantined yesterday because cattle on the property were…

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Many Sheep Die Graziers' Big Loss

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 4

Heavy losses of sheep have occurred in the Tenterfield and Inverell districts as the result of the recent rain and the cold spell which followed it…

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Wool at 48 1/2d

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 7

Sydney, September 27.—Greasy wool sold in the Sydney market yesterday for 48 [?]d. per lb., the highest price in Australia since 1924-25, when the world…

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£600,000 Worth of Wool Burnt

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 28 September 1946 · page 6

Wool valued at £600,000 of a total stock worth £3 million, five aircraft, and a large quantity of aircraft stores were destroyed by fire in Wellington (N.Z.) on…

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Cattle Breeders' Experiment

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 3

Sydney, October 1.—Cattle breeders in three States who are using semen taken from America's champion Jersey bull, Regal Heritage, will next week make the…

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Sydney Wool Sales Higher Prices Paid

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 2 October 1946 · page 4

Sydney, October 1—With competition wider and more general, values at the Sydney wool sales yesterday were from par to 5 per cent above last…

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Wheat Crops Need Rain

Western Grazier · Friday 4 October 1946 · page 2

In the last three weeks there his been increasing apprehension at continued dry weather in the wheat areas north of the Great Dividing Range…

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Markets Cattle Section

Western Grazier · Friday 4 October 1946 · page 4

Official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association. Adelaide Abattoirs Cattle Market. Monday The number of cattle yarded today…

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Transport for Western Wool

Western Grazier · Friday 4 October 1946 · page 2

Mr. M. A. Davidson. M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Minister for Transport: "I am writing with reference to a…

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Where Our Wool Went

Western Grazier · Friday 4 October 1946 · page 3

Sales of Australian wool during the 1945-46 season totalled 5,134.000 bales, according to a recent statement by U.K. Dominion Wool Disposals Ltd. Sales…

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Big S.a. Wool Shipments

Western Grazier · Friday 4 October 1946 · page 3

More then 71 million lb. of wool and more than 37,000 lb. of wooltops were exported from South Australian ports during August…

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High Wool Prices May Not Last

Western Grazier · Friday 4 October 1946 · page 1

Sydney, Octorber 3.—High prices for [?]might not be sustained, said the Chairman of Directors of Winchcombe Carson Ltd., Harold Bell, at the annual…

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G.M.—Holdens Switch To Wool

Western Grazier · Friday 4 October 1946 · page 2

An event of major importance to the wool Industry is the decision. Just announced of General Motors-Holden-Ltd. stipulating that a large proportion…

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World Wool Position

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 1

LONDON, October 8.—The British Government has invited Australia the Argentine, Belgium, Canada, China, France,…

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American Cattle Australian Farmer Impressed

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 1

Sydney, October 10.—Mr. A. K. Gardener, who won the progressive farmer competition and has just concluded a tour of…

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Cattle From Conwary

Western Grazier · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 1

Last week-end Silver City Transport took away from Mr. Hudson's Conwary Station a lott of about 15 head of cattle to Broken Hill. They were a nice lot…

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