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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Newmarket Sheep Sales

Western Grazier · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 2

Sales at Newmarket (Melbourne) on Tuesday were confined to off-day tucks of sheep and lambs, which arrived at the week-end or stock by road. Transport…

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Wool Publicity

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 3

NEW YORK, October 10.—The International Wool Secretariat, to which Australian woolgrowers contribute, has opened handsome…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 4

Sydney. October 9—The market rules very firm by the rates of the previous days for all descriptions, and under sustained competition very satisfactory…

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Wool Subsidies Criticised

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 3

Melbourne, October 10.—Oversea manufacturers [?] import wool from Australia are b[?] critical of the wool buying subsidies [?] by the Federal…

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Continent Wants Wool to Hold

Western Grazier · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 2

Domination of wool talcs in Australia, South Africa and London by French and Belgian buyers has been the subject of a great deal of discussion…

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World Wool Supplies Equality In Open Market

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 3

The London conference or 13 wool producing and consuming countries, to be held next month. is expected to dispel arty lingering [?]givings that…

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C.s.i.r. Plans for Wool Research Major Extension in Three States Proposed

Western Grazier · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 2

Large scale extensions of scientific investigations into wool and sheep problems are proposed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The…

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Wool Board Booklet

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 14 October 1946 · page 2

"Concerning Wool." a booklet which is being issued to all schools in Australia by the Australian Wool Board is an informative publication telling the…

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London Wool Talks on November 11

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 7

LONDON October 14.—The Times states that the Government, after consultation with the Australian, New Zealand and South…

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Spring Rains Save Many Wheat Crops In Victoria

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 3

Melbourne, October 15.—Only the northern Mallee and far eastern Gippsland failed to benefit from week-end rainfalls that have revived many drooping crops…

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New Fine Wool Fabrics Hold-up In England

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 4

Sydney, October 15.—The new method of producing fine wool fabrics by what is known as the alginate process his been held up in England because…

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New Books On Agriculture Work Of U.S. Farmers

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 1

United States Farmers can learn to feed their own and other peoples and do it with their traditional freedom and independence despite the problems…

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Food Situation In India Failure Of Crops

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 4

Canberra, October 15.—The failure of Indian crops, short allocations of food from abroad, heavy shortfalls in the arrival of these allocations, difficulties of…

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Bumper Crops of Fruiit for Canada

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 4

OTTAWA.—A particularly bright outlook for fruit production in Canada this year is forecast by the first official estimate…

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Wool Sales Held Up By Dispute

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 October 1946 · page 5

Sydney, October 16.—Sydney wool sales scheduled to resume in Sydney on October 28 will be held up by N.S.W. Wool Baling Brokers and Wool…

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Record Wool Price

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 6

At [?] Wednesday wool realised [?] thus breaking the 1924 record of [?] Bidding was brisk at this sale…

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Canadian Farmers Improvements by Government Loan

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 October 1946 · page 7

Ottowa, October 18.—Through the Farm Improvement Loans Act of the Dominion Government, a farmer may borrow up to £938 for any of the…

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Clerks' Union Wool Ban

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 21 October 1946 · page 5

Brisbane, October 20.—The future of the £2 million wool sale to begin in Brisbane tomorrow is in doubt. The State president of the Federated Clerks…

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Tobacco Crop Less In Canada

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 October 1946 · page 5

OTTAWA.—The third report of the commercial crop of leaf tobacco in Canada in 1945 has just been issued and includes…

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Falling Dairy Output Drought On Sooth Coast

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 October 1946 · page 3

Dairy production in both the butter and milk zones of New South Wales is lower than it has been in mid-spring for years…

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