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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Danes Put Butter Before Guns

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

Copenhagen: Denmark, economically on its kness, is putting butter before gusns. It belives food is democracys' best weapon. The Foreign Minister (Ole…

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Potato Crop Half Normal

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 11

[?]ount Gambier: The potato [?]d in the Mount Gambier dis[?]t this year is about half that [?]a normal year because of dry…

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Soviet Wheat for India

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 2

New York, May 14.—India's acceptance of 50,000 tons of Soviet wheat has caused a flurry of action at Washington and the…

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Values Lower At Sydney Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 3

Sydney, May 14.—Values for all classed of wool at Sydney sales today were from 1½ per cent. to 7 ½ per cent. lower than rates offering at the close…

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Wool Price Fall: Cannot Alone Halt Inflationary Trend

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

Sydney, May 11—It was unlikely that the substantial hall in the prices at the recent wool sales can by itself halt the inflationary trend of internal prices, the…

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President Tells Graziers: Pastoral Conditions Have Deteriorated "Members Must Be Apprehensive Of Wool Price"

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 1

"Since our last annual general meeting pastoral conditions have deteriorated, and although not yet of a drought nature, water supplies arE in many cases dangerously low," said…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 4

Sydney, May 15.—Values for Merinos at today's wool sales showed some recovery and generally ruled in the seller's favor, particularly in the case…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 4

Adelaide, May 15.—Bidding by the Continent. U.K., Australian Mills and U.S.A. was animated at the opening today of the ninth wool sale of the…

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Grave Warning on Wool Price Given Graziers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 3

A warning that the present high prices might lift wool from a utility fibre to a luxury and thus promote greater competition from synthetic fibres was given by Mr. R. L. Caskey (president of the West…

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Butter At 3[?]8 lb

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE. — Butter would have to be imported from New Zealand within a few weeks to meet the…

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Girls Lift Big Mob of Cattle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 7

Darwin: The Northern Territory's only woman boss drover, 24-year-old Edna Zigenbine, has begun her long overland…

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Wool Sales U.S. Withdrawal Hit Growers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 1

Sydney, May 16.—Virtual withdrawal of American bidders from the Australian wool auctions in April cost growers…

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MARKETS Cattle

Western Grazier · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

Official report of the S.A. Stockmant[?] Association for the Cattle Market for 14/5 51 is a follows: Life to a train derailment on the…

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President Tells Graziers: Pastoral Conditions Have Deteriorated "Members Must Be Apprehensive Of Wool Price" Broken Hill

Western Grazier · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

"Since our last annual general meeting pastoral conditions have deteriorated, and although not yet of a drought nature, water supplies are in many cases dangerously low," said…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 6
Also in Western Grazier

Adelaide. May 17.—Wool sales today closed firm with yesterday's values well maintained. Top price was 211d. for eight bales of AAA 60/64 Merino…

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R[?]an Wheat for India

Western Grazier · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

New Delhi, May 10.—Prime Minister Nehru announced in Parliament today that [?] carrying wheat had [?] for India, Mr…

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Value Of Wool Exports Up

Western Grazier · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

Canberra, May 10.—The value of Australian wool exported overseas during the nine months ended March this year is double the value of wool…

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The Week In. The Wool Market

Western Grazier · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 2

With dramatic suddenness U.S.A. buyers re-entered the wool market at Geelong on Thursday, 10th, after, on o[?]sence since the Easter recess. As a result values, which had been sagging curing the week, registered a sharp appreciation to…

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Higher Market at Sydney Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 1

Sydney, May 17.—Wool sale closed today with the market from par to five per cent, higher. Values for better class descriptions of merino fleece and skirting…

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