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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Wool Review

Western Grazier · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

All records have been broken in the first nine months of the 1949/50 wooseason. At Australian sales, 309m. bales realists 225m. as compared with the…

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Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 2

On Tuesday May 9 New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd brough forward a catalogue totalling 4.642 bales. The selection was a miscellaneous one…

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Cattle From Infected Area

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 1

District Inspector of Stock (Mr. J. E. Cantello) left by car yesterday for Milparinka to meet a herd of cattle from Frome Downs…

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Stock Inspector Meets Cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 26 May 1950 · page 5
Also in Western Grazier

Mr. J. E. Cantello, district stock inspector left yesterday to meet cattle from a reported infection area and innoculate them. It Is believed that the mob…

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Fog to Kill Sheep Parasites

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 May 1950 · page 6

Sydney.—A feg-maklng Machine has been used in preliminary experiments by C.S.I.R.O. division of animal health and production…

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C.W.A. Wool Show

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 2

The Country Women's Association will hold its annual wool and handicraft exhibition at the New Masonic Hall on June 8 and 9…

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Meat, Dairy talks In London Industrial Representation

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 4

Canberra, May 29.—Representatives of the Meat Board, and Dairy Produce Board would go to London shortly. to assist Commonwealth Government…

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Farm For Servicemen

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 8

Sydney. — The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) announced today that a farm on Tooma Estate has been made available…

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Strangled on Farm

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

Wauchope.—A man was strangled when his clothes were caught in a milking machine on a farm at King Creek, near Wauchope,…

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[?]W.a. Wool Show

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 4

The annual wool and Handcrafts Exhibition conducted by the Broken Hill Country Women's Association will be held on June 8 and 9 at the New Mas[?]…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 1 June 1950 · page 2

Adelaide. May 31.—Values were well maintained at the wool sales today when I new record price for pastoral country Merino fleece of 120ld. was obtained for…

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Markets Cattle

Western Grazier · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 4

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

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 6

Adelaide, June 1.—Values were fully maintained at the wool soles today. Six bales of pastoral Merino wool from Radford Bros, of Canegrass Station,…

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Adelaide Wool Sales Record For District

Western Grazier · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 2

Adelaide, May 31.—Values were well maintained at the wool sales today when a new record price for pastoral country Merino fleece of 120½d. was obtained for…

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Prices Ministers Defer Tea And Butter Price Rise Requests

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 1

Melbourne, June 2.—States Prices Ministers today deferred decisions on increases sought in the price of tea, butter and petrol, and decontrolled only two of the 250 items submitted for consideration. The only price increases allowed by…

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Dairymen to Have Talks

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 June 1950 · page 8

South Australian dairymen will meet local wholesale milk distributors and vendors here next week…

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Wool Chiefs' Death

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 3

Melbourne. — Mr. Norman W. Yeo. Australian Wool Realisation Commission chairman, who died suddenly last week, spent most of…

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Will Buy Our Wool

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 6

Sydney. — G. Oldroyd, one of the managers of the English Rugby League team touring Australia, intends to…

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Sheep And Lambs Short In District

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1950 · page 1

Because no sheep or lambs are available in this district local butchers have been forced to buy in other markets. Some supplies are coming from S.A. and others from Sydney. Butchers expect the shortage to…

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