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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Sheep Body-strike Losses Can Be Reduced New Leaflet Tells How

Western Grazier · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

Body-strike has recently caused serious losses of sheep and wcol. and further fly-waves may be expected during the weeks to come in many New South Wales…

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Post—J.O. Scheme Favored By Wool Study GROUP

Western Grazier · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

Proposals for a reserve price scheme for wool which had been submitted by representatives of the Governments of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa…

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U.S. "Set Aside" Plan For Wool Comment by "The Economist"

Western Grazier · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 4

American proposals for International allocation of rew wool seem to have changed. The latest propo[?] is for what the americans call a "set aside" Scheme…

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N.S.W. Lands Minister Urges Exemptions From Federal Wool Tax Plan

Western Grazier · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

Sydney, October 30.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Renshaw) said today that he had asked the Premier (Mr. McGirr) to take up with the Prime…

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Australian Wool Sales to Continue on Auction System Allocation Of Quota System Abandoned

Western Grazier · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 3

Canberra, October 27.—The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, said that proposals for allocation of Australian wool on a quota system to overseas countries had been abandoned. He said there would be no interference with…

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1950-51 World Wool Production Estimated 5 p.c. Higher Than Pre-War Merino Clip Figures Nearly Stationary

Western Grazier · Friday 3 November 1950 · page 1

World production of all wool in 1950-51 is expected by the International Study Group to total 3,979 million 1b (greasy basis), compared with 3,938 million 1b in 1949-50, 3,782 million 1b in 1948-49 and 3,788 million 1b annual average from 1934…

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1950-51 World Wool Production Estimated 5 p.c. Higher Than Pre-War Merino Clip Figures Nearly Stationary

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 4

World production of all wool in 1950-51 is expected by the [?] national Study Group to total 3,979 million lb (greasy b[?] compared with 3,938 million lb in 1949-50, 3,782 million [?] in 1948-49 and 3,788 million lb annual overage from [?]…

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Reds Arrest Farmers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 November 1950 · page 11

Berlin, November 3—Mass arrests of farmers by East Germany's Communist Government are reported in a desperate…

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Providing Wool For U.S. Needs Auction System To Continue

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 November 1950 · page 1

Canberra, November 6.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) said on Sunday night that the main problem he was concerned with in his recent discussions of the International Wool folks held in the U.K. recently was the request…

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Social Happenings Shaggy Wool the Rage in Paris

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 November 1950 · page 9

Autumn elegance in Paris is expressed in a host of new shaggy woollens which have changed the whole aspect of fashion, replacing the spare boyish silhouette with the more feminine curving lines…

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Cattle

Western Grazier · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 2

The official report or the S.A. stock Salesmn's Association on the Abattoirs cattle market of Tuesday was: Although the rail strike pre[?]d any…

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Markets Parkes Cattle

Western Grazier · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 2

Langlands Hanlon coy., Parkers, reports as follows on the cattle market on November 8. Owing to rain there was light…

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No Train for Cattle

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 9

News does not travel fast in the outback areas, and three drovers who arrived here yesterday with a mob a cattle were not aware…

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Soviet Wool Supplies Govt. Criticises Aspects of Farm Production

Western Grazier · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 1

Recent reports appearing in the "Western World" concerning agricultural production in the Soviet Union are commented on in a recent issue of the "Wool…

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Heavy Ked Infestation Of S. African Sheep

Western Grazier · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 4

About 20 per cent of South Africa's wool-bearing sheep are ked-infested, according to a report issued recently by three shepp and wool officers. The…

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Pre-emption of Wool (To the Editor)

Western Grazier · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 4

Sir. - Not only woolgrowers, but all Australians, are entitled to know what arrangements were made at the recent conference in London with regard to the…

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Providing Wool For U.S. Needs Auction System To Continue

Western Grazier · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 1

Canberra, November 6. — The Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) said on Sunday night that the main problem he was concerned with in his recent discussions at the International Wool talks held in the U.K. recently was the request…

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Australian Sheep Number 111.9 Million Increase Of 3.2 Million In Twelve Months

Western Grazier · Friday 10 November 1950 · page 1

Continuing an upward trend in numbers after the low point of 95.7 million recorded in March 31. 1947. Australian sheep at March 31. 1950. numbered 111.9…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 4

Sydney, November, l0.—Under keen demand from all sections the market closed at the best point of the week at Sydney wool sales yesterday. There was…

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Wool Tax System

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 3

Canberra.—Members of Parliament received circulars saying that wool tax deduction would be fixed yearly…

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