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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Citizens To Enjoy Night On Farm On

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 September 1947 · page 5

THE committee of the Memorial Oval Fund has prepared a unique attraction for Friday night. They propose holding a Hay Ride and procession through the streets, culminating in a grand…

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Conference Of Pastoral Boards

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 September 1947 · page 7

The seventeenth annual conference of representatives of the Pastures Protection Boards of the Western Division of New…

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Wheat Sowings Unlimited

Western Grazier · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 3

No limit would be placed on wheat sowings for the 1948-49 season the Minister for agriculture (Mr. Pollard) said in Canberra this week…

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World Wool News Paris Designers Feature Wool For Dinner Gowns

Western Grazier · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 3

Wool crops, face cloth and wool jersey were among the fine woollens used by 25 leading Paris couturiers for the models they contributed to a display of dinner dresses held recently of the theatre in Strasburg…

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Play ford Against Wheat Restriction

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 1

Adelaide, September 11.—Opposition to any restriction of Australian's wheat acreage was expressed by the Premier (Mr. Playford) today when opening the…

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Switch in the Housing Plan Prefabricated Types for British Miners and Farm Workers

Western Grazier · Friday 12 September 1947 · page 1

Britain's new plan for agriculture — to produce an extra £100 millions' worth of food within the next four years — goes side by side with a change in the…

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Analysis of the Wool Cup

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 September 1947 · page 7

AN analysis of the Australian wool clip for 1946-47 by qualities and degrees of fault is being…

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American Textile Men Worried At High Wool Prices

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 4

NEW YORK, September 16.— Soaring Australian wool prices are causing American textile manufacturers much concern,…

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Markets Cattle Section

Western Grazier · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 2

Stock Salesmen's Official Report. Adelaide Abattoirs Market. Monday. Although the number of cattle yarded yesterday was a little less than that…

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Cattle Tick Eradication Campaign Deferred A Year

Western Grazier · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced today that the tick eradication campaign which was to have commenced on January 2…

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High Prices at Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE — Two bales of scoured wool from the Llanrheidol Pastoral Co., Winton, brought 93d. at the Brisbane wool sales…

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Wool News Fashion Parades at Newcastle

Western Grazier · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3

The Australian Wool Board is co-operating with the Newcastle branch of the Country Women's Association of New Smith Wales in staging a wool…

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Wool Prices Rise at South African Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 1

London. September 18.—Prices for the best fleece continued to rise at the wool sales at Port Elizabeth. South Africa, on Tuesday. The market remained firm…

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Jersey Cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 6

The Jersey breed of cattle is rightly claimed to be one of the oldest breeds in existence. They are greatly an demand because of their rich milk and freedom from disease. Particularly during recent years the value of the Jessey as a…

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Record Price For Scoured Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 5

The Australian record for scoured wools, established at the Brisbane wool sales on Wednesday, was broken on Thursday when 95½d. was realised for…

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Wool News Fashion Parades at Newcastle

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 6

The Australian Wool Board is co-operating with the Newcastle branch of the Country Women's Association of New South Wales in staging a wool…

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Wool Clip Analysed Considerable Change in Character

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 6

An analysis of the Australian wool club for 1946-47 by qualities and degrees of fault is being completed by the Australian Wool Realisation Commission. This…

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Pastoralists Warned on Scabby Mouthed Sheep

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 5

SHEARING strikes have occurred here recently because of pastoralists presenting scabby mouth sheep for shearing. Stating this, the Pastoralists'…

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S.a. Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 September 1947 · page 3

Wool sales opened in Adelaide today with a quantity of local clips offering. The high prices realised at the…

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U.S. Open Wheat Market Exploited

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 24 September 1947 · page 3

Melbourne, September 23.—Open marketing methods of handling wheat in U.S.A. have resulted in exploitation by a ruthless band of food speculators…

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