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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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Objection To Butter For Japs

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 3

PERTH.—"If rice was good enough to bring them here, our butter is too — good to take them back," said a Military Cross…

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Markets Cattle Section

Western Grazier · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 3

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

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Excellent Pastoral Conditions Ensured by Further Rain

Western Grazier · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 1

From Sunday to Monday night of last week heavy thunder storms swept the district and many heavy falls were recorded. All mails were again delayed and traffic on most roads was suspended for two days. Many swamps and lakes which have…

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Shortage of Trucks for Store Cattle Effect on Meat Supplies

Western Grazier · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 2

The Inability of the railways to provide enough trucks for the transport of store stock was deplored in the Legislative Assembly by the Leader of the…

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End Of U.S. Wool Duty Is Urged

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 5

NEW YORK, March 7.—Although he was not prepared to state Australia's views on Empire preference…

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More Cereals Aim Of Britain's Farms Return to Normal Postponed

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 5

Playing their part in fighting world famine, Britain's farmers have had to postpone their hope of a speedy return to a normal and beter balanced rotative of…

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Prospects Of Clearing Wool Stocks

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 1

London, March 8.—London wool confercnce's estimate of prospects of clearing reserve wool stock from the Dominions must be subject to…

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Serious National Losses In Wool Export Decisions Of The Graziers' Annual Conference

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 1

Sydney, March 12.—The serious national losses on the wool except trade had been caused by the recent industrial strikes, declared delegates at the annual…

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Farm Waters Bill

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 3

Sydney, March 12.—During the second reading of the Farm Water Supplies Bill in the Legislative Assembly today, Mr. Davidson (Cobar) said he hoped the…

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British Pedigree Cattle

Western Grazier · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 1

Methods used by pedigree stock breeders in Britain are very similar for any breed. But in these small islands' a great variety of cattle are bred for export to many different parts of the world. When the breed is mainly milk producing, the cow is shown; when beef producing, the bull. Both, bull and cow are shown of dual purpose breeds…

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Minimum Wool Reserves Satisfaction with New Scheme

Western Grazier · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 3

Reports from abroad generally indicate satisfaction with the minimum reserve system of selling wool, which will operate under the new scheme next season…

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Feed Like Fields of Wheat Corona to Quinyambie

Western Grazier · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 3

"Like fields of wheat" is the way one man described pastoral properties between Corona and Quinyambie, and including those properties. Feed is from a few to 14 inches high. There in nothing like rain to banish all…

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Big Peach Crop Needs Women Workers

Western Grazier · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly recently, Mr. Enticknap asked: Will the Premier say whether it is a fact that there is a crop of 11,000 tons of peaches ready to…

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Five Drowned in Victorian Floods Crops, Dairy Cattle Destroyed; Much Damage

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 1

Melbourne, March 18.—It has been ascertained that the five victims of the flood at Macarthur were members of one family, George Henry Sparrow (58), his wife, Lillian Sparrow (56), Mavis Leititia Sparrow (24), Bruce Leo Sparrow (22), Ronald Hamilton…

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W.a. Sheep for Snowtown

Western Grazier · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 2

A consignment of 3,025 breeding owes and weaners consigned from Westralian Farmers Ltd. to the South Australian Farmers' Union arrived in Kalgoorlie in…

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Mr. Calder Back From Big Pastoral Tour; Still Drought Areas

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 3

IN most parts of New South Wales and Riverina, districts, the drought has definitely broken, but around Bourke and towards the Queensland border (Hungerford) and out Brewarrina way, the country is…

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Stray Dogs Make Attacks on Sheep

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 8

LIGHTS PASS (S.A.).—When stray dogs chased and attacked a mob of 90 sturdy year-and-a-half-old Merino ewes on the…

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World Is Getting Our Wool Cheaply

Western Grazier · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 4

Optimism in the immediate trend of values is the keynote of the wool trade on all sides consumption continues to expand rapidly and little competent…

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Three Hundred Airfields Become Farm Lands Again

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 6

Today 300 of the 650 war-time airfields in England and Wal[?] which were so important a factor in carrying the war against Germany to a successful…

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Markets Cattle Section

Western Grazier · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 3

Official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association Although the number of cattle yarded on Monday at the Adelaide was 25 greater than that…

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