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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Cattle Production Project Opening Queensland Channel Country

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 27 July 1950 · page 5

Melbourne, July 24. — A £1,000,000 works program, which it is hoped will result in doubling cattle production in the, channel country at soulh-western…

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Wool Missing

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 1

A bale of wool valued at £80 was alleged to have been stolen from a lorry on the Tibooburra Road between July 28 and July…

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"Peace" or "Butter" Warning By Statesman

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 31 July 1950 · page 3

Washington, July 27.—Bernard Baruch, American older statesman and adviser to the President, soberly warned the United States yesterday that it had to choose…

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Artificial Wool?

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 11

Sydney. — American and British interests were "perilously close" to perfecting artificial wool, Professor T. G. Hunter…

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Bale of Wool Missing

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 3

A bale of wool is alleged to have been stolen from a lorry on the Tibooburra Road near Thompson's Tank between July 28 and July 30…

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Air Lift For Fodder To Cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 August 1950 · page 1

Sydney, July 31.—To keep thousands of starving stock alive in the flood bound areas of the State, the Commonwealth Flood Relief Committee proposes to…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 5

Sydney.—The 1950-51 wool sales will open in Sydney on August 28 to 31 when 62,000 bales will be offered…

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Flood Position in N.-w. N.S.W. Still Desperate "A Million Sheep Will Be Lost"

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 3 August 1950 · page 1

Sydney, August 2.—The food position in flooded North Western N.S.W. is still desperate, but if the present fine weather conditions continue the danger will soon diminish. Two more R.A.A.F. Dakotos jointed the air lift of food and…

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Markets CATTLE

Western Grazier · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 3

The official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association on the Abattoirs cattle market on Monday was: The Supply of cattle submitted today…

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Wool Sales Records

Western Grazier · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 4

Sydney, July 24.—The total proceeds from the last season's wool sales and also the average price per pound consti[?]ted Australian records. the proceeds for the…

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Air Lift For Fodder To Cattle

Western Grazier · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 1

Sydney, July 31.—To keep thousands of starving stock, alive in the flood bound areas of the State, the Commonwealth Flood Relief Committee proposes to…

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Doctor And Wife Buy £73,000 Sheep Station

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 3

Brisbane.—A leading Sydney doctor and his wife—also a Macquarie Street specialist—bought a Queensland sheep station for £73,000. They are Dr. R. E. Buckingham and Dr. Susie Buckingham, who…

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Thousands Of Sheep Face Death By Cold

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 1

Sydney, August 4.—The cold weather forecasts tonight by the State Weather Bureau is likely to kill most of the sheep which escaped death from drowning, exhaustion and starvation in the flooded north-western N.S.W. Burdened with a…

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Making bettet use of pastoral areas

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 4

Mr. R. W. Jessup is to tackle the problem of making [?] use of SA's low rainfall pastoral country, using and preserving its natural assets of saltbush and bluebush. His appointment to the first…

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Good Prices for Local Cattle

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 11

Cattle from the Broken Hill district topped the market at Adelaide Abattoirs last week. Twenty-six Shorthorn steel's in…

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Paris Seeks Drama in Wool Colors

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 8

Color strikes a dramatic note in Paris fashions this season, and the extravagant blending of tone points the way to some exciting tweeds for autumn. Wool is in high favor among the…

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Butter at 1'4 a lb

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 6

Washington, August 7.—The U.S. Government wants to sell 50 million pounds of surplus, butter at 1/4 a lb. to member…

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Girl On Big Cattle Drove Loses Only Eight In 1,400 Miles

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 5

Darwin, August 7.—An attractive 23 years old girl is showing Northern Territory cattle drovers how to operate. The girl, Edna Ziggenbine, is in charge…

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Wheat Board Changes

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 2

Canberra, August 7.—The appointment of Mr. Cullen as chairman of ,the Australian Wheat Board ended, today. He has been succeeded by Mr. J. S. Teasdale,…

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Work of Wool Boards

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 11

There is probably no organisation in the world quite like the international structure based on the wood boards of Australia,…

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