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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Our Wool In U.S.A. Enormous Increase In Consumption

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 5

A New York message says that consumption of Australian wool in the United States has risen from 50,000 bales in 1940 to more than 1 million…

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Top Record rFor Tobacco Crop

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 November 1946 · page 5

OTTAWA (By Airmail).—The first official report of the 1946 commercial crop of leaf tobacco in Ganada states that, with…

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Great Increase in Wool Values Bale Averages Much Higher

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 1

Sydney, November 27.—An astounding increase in wool values over last season was underlined in the report issued to-day by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia. The average price for greasy wool for the first four…

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Choice Of Dairymen

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 4

The Minuter for Health, Mr. Kelly, said in the Legislative Assembly today he intended citizens would have the right to a choice of dairymen as from January [?]…

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Agistment of Sheep

Western Grazier · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L A. has received the following from the Minister for Lands. Mr. W. P Dunn: "In response to your recent personal…

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Wool Prices Astounding Increase

Western Grazier · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

Sydney, November 27.—An astounding increase in wool values over last season was underlined in the report issue today by the National Council…

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Australian Wool For Italian Mills

Western Grazier · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 3

Payment of a Queensland record greasy wool price for 11 bales of wool for Italy, and announcement of a London credit of L[?] million to finance…

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Australian Wool Boar[?] the Fight for

Western Grazier · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 4

A display publication entitled "Fight for Wool," which is being issued by the Australian Wool Board, tells succinctly the story of the more important…

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Wheat for N.s.w. 20 Million Bushels

Western Grazier · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 1

Canberra. November 28.—The Commonwealth Government had directed the Australian Wheat Board to supply up to 20 million bushels of wheat to…

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N.S.W. Sugar Crop Biggest Since 1941

Western Grazier · Friday 29 November 1946 · page 2

Only a reasonable effort was needed by canccutters and growers, to ensure the complete harvesting of the Richmond River sane crop by Christmas, the…

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Scarcity of Seed Wheat Questions In Parliament

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 30 November 1946 · page 5

Attention was directed in the Legislative Assembly to the shortage of seed wheat, when two members of the Country Party asked questions on the…

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Wool Research

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 5

NEW YORK—Following the recent establishment in the United Kingdom of the International Wool Secretariat's Department…

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Wool Industry Research

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 3

Melbourne, December 2.—An estimated expenditure of £461,000 on scientific economic research in the wool industry for 1946-47 has been approved by the…

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Wheat Stabilisation Scheme's withdrawal Urged

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 2

"Could anything be more stupid than suggestion that the State Parliament should poss its Wheat Stabilisation Act and then growers should ask the Federal…

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Dutch Farmers For Australia?

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 1

London, December 2.—Conversations with the Dutch Government for the revision of an agreement entered into with Australia regarding the migration…

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Soldier Settlement Plea for Single Farms

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 4

A fresh pica for the authorisation of jingle farm settlement for ex-servicemen was made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. S. D. Dickson (C.P.,…

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Sharp Drop This Year In Canadian Honey Crop

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 4

OTTAWA — Present estimate of the 1946 honey crop is in the neighborhood of 25,000,000 pounds as against 33,000,000 pounds in…

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Bid To Get Dutch Farmers Here To Live In River Areas

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 3

LONDON, December 3.—Conversations for revision of a pre-war agreement for the migration of Dutch farmers' sons to Australia will begin tomorrow. They will be conducted by the Australian Minister at The…

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Airborne Cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 2

In the recent shipment in a converted army plane of a herd of a ten Guernsey cows from the Patterson, N.J. airport to Bogota, Suth America, the internal…

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Tauber Offered Life Of Ease On Sheep Statior

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 7

NEW YORK, December 4.— Richard Tauber, who sang "Thine Is My Heart" for something over the 15,000th time…

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