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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Cattle Ramps No Longer Needed At Hospital

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 3

Cattle ramps at the entrances to the Hospital grounds are no longer needed and are being filled in with concrete. High praise was given the city herdsman…

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Radio Frequency Crop Drying

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 4

Radio Frequency is the latest method of crop drying which is being developed in Britain and a small model plant was demonstrated last month at the B.I.F…

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Australian Cheese, Butter England To Pay More

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 4

Canberra, July 4.—The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. Pollard, said today that Great Britain would pay increased prices for Australian butter…

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Murray Farms For Soldiers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 July 1949 · page 11

Canberra.—Plans for the subdivision of 26.450 acres in the Murray Valley irrigation and water supply district for soldier…

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Pastoral Industry Has Grave Outlook

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 July 1949 · page 10

A thoughtful review of the pastoral industry has alarmed the president of the Graziers' Federal Council (Mr. R. D. Bakewell) and he spoke gravely to the annual convention in Sydney on Tuesday. Mr. Bakewell said that from…

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Markets Sheep

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 2

The official report of the S A Stock Salesmen's Association on the abattoirs sheep market on Wednesday, June 29, was:…

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Big Subsidies For Butter

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 7

Canberra.—The Commonwealth Government was reserving £5,575,000 for subsidies to butter and cheese industries for…

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Scotsman For Cattle Station

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 3

MR. IAN [?]VING, from S[?]tland, is a migrant pa[?]enger on the Mal[?]j[?] which arrived at Outer Harbor yesterday. He is g[?]ing to settle in Northern Queensland where he hopes to run a cattle Station. With him is a friend, Miss Rene Skeet, of Cheshire,…

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Cattle Tick Eradication Campaign

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. F. H. Graham, M.L.A., announces that it has been decided to postpone the took eradication campaign which it was…

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Mortality in Sheep After Eating Yellow Vine

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

Sheep have died recently in north-western districts of the State as a result of eating leaves and stalks of a [?] of Tribulus, commonly known as yellow…

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Foreign Matter in Export Wool

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

More or less regularly each year 2 general complaint is seat out from Bradford regarding the amount of foreign matter —principally jute [?]ibres -…

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Wool Course for Sales Staffs

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 3

Co-operating in the British Government's campaign to encourage salesman and saleswomen to learn more about the wares they sell, the International Wool…

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Science-in-wool Display to Tour Australia Wool Chief on Progress of New York Bureau

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 3

An International Wool Secretariat exhibition featuring the latest scientific developments in wool and its uses, which has been touring the United Kingdom…

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Reserve Prices for Dominion Wools Wool Disposals Statement

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 3

The Australian Wool Realisation Commission advises the following announcement by U.K. Dominion Wool Disposals Ltd.—London:—…

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Wool News Victorian Screenings of Film on Foot-rot

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 3

The Australian Wool Boards aim on foot-rot and loot abscess will be screened at three Western District Voice centres by the Victorian Department of…

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Effect of U.s. Recession on Wool Business National Income Still High

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

Government and other economists in U.S.A. are baffled over the current recession in business, which obviously is of concern to the wool business. Various…

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U.k. Wool Development Council to Be Created Employers Oppose Government Plan

Western Grazier · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 1

In a White Paper issued on June 20, the U.K. Board of Trade announces the Government's Intention to set up a statutory Development Council for the…

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Wool Growers Council

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 3

Al the annual m[?]ting of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council held in Sydney on July 1 and 8 full consideration was given to the report of the Council's Post J.O. Wool Marketing Committee. The Committee issued its report on April 13 and it was then…

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Wool Sales In London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1949 · page 6

London, July 11.—When the wool sales were continued on Friday 18,279 bales were sold out of the 19,556 offered…

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Rivett's Idea of Farmers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 July 1949 · page 2

London, July 13.—Difficulties ahead in developing Northern Territory neat production were stressed by Sir David Rivett at…

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