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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Wool Export

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 5

Canberra.— Australia exported £635 millions worth of wool in 1950-51, more than double the value of…

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Canadian Govt. Plan to Buy Butter

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 2

Ottawa, The Canadian Cabinet has given the Government's Dairy Products Board…

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Canadian Govt. Plan to Buy Butter

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 2

Ottawa,. The Canadian Cabinet has given the Government's Dairy Products Board…

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Sharp drop in wool consumption

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 1

London, The wool industry bureau of statistics reports the consomption of wool…

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Increase in Butter Price No Agreement Reached Yet

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 1

Melbourne, August 3.—The State Prices Ministers and Federal Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) today failed to agree on an…

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Mr. Menzies On Wool Plan Ballot

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 1

Canberra, August 5.—Australian woolgrowers in their own interests and those of Australian economy should approve the reserve price plan for…

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Butter Is Problem

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 3

Sydney. — A spokesman for Norco Co-operative Ltd. last night said that buttei might even be in shorter…

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Threat To Hold Butter Supplies

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 1

Lismore, August 6.—Unless action is taken this week to give dairy farmers the cost of production for butter moves will be made by producers'…

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Butter Position Shows Slight Improvement

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 3

There, has been a slight improvement in the butter position during the past week and there is a possibility of further improvement by…

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Mr. Cropley in Bowls Overseas

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 3

Mr. E. H. Cropley, who with his wife is spending six months in England, is combining bowls with sightseeing. In his last letter to his…

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What Rises In Butter, Meat Prices Would Mean

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney, August 8.—An increase of 1/- a pound in the price of butter to the consumer would mean a rise of 2/3 in the next basic wage adjustment, the Prices Minister (Mr. Finnan) said tonight. He added that a suggestion by the South…

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Butter Chaos

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney. — The. butter position in N.S.W. is now "entirely hopeless," the manager of Norco Co-op…

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Sheep and Cattle Lost In Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 3

Brisbane. — Bushfires in Central Queensland killed hundreds of sheep and cattle and caused damage estimated…

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Butter Cuts

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney — Further cuts in butter deliveries were announced today by distributors…

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Withholding of Butter Production Recommended

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 1

Sydney, August 12.—The Australian Primary Producers Union of N.S.W. on Friday recommended to their Federal Council to hold up the production of butter "until such time as an increase is granted equal to that indicated by the recent cost…

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Prison Farm Escapees

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 1

Adelaide.— Early this morning two 19-year-old prisoners were found to be missing at Kyeema prison farm, near…

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U.S. farmers now run fish ponds

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 August 1951 · page 3

Washington: American farmers are Anding many advantages In artificial ponds they build on their…

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Butter Rise?

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 2

Melbourne.— The State Government will approve a rise of eightpence in thc price of butter provided the Commonwealth…

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Barrier Miner Tuesday, August 14, 1951. the Butter Shortage

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 3

MR. J. T. Reid, a Country Party parliamentarian for the State district of Casino, has made an analysis of the reasons why there is such a serious shortage of milk and…

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U.S. Bans Dairy Imports Protests By Export Countries

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 1

Wellington, August 13.—All imports of butter, butter oil, peanuts, peanut oil and non-fat dried milk have been banned by the United States…

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