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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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New York Designers Use Wool In Novel Ways

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 5

Novel sweaters, skirts and gloves in wool are making fashion news in New York where leading designers are showing same unusual and attractive models. For example, decollete blouses knitted in…

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Romance in Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 9

Designed on soft rounded lines, London's newest fashions achieve a romantic air, whether they are intended for practical morning wear or gala occasions. Often wool fabrics in…

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Dry Weather Helps Wheat Yield

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 1

Sydney, December 19. — The recent dry weather has been ideal for the wheat harvest, which it is now estimated will yield 41…

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Farmer Loses Big Crop

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 5

Melbourne. — A Numurkah wheat farmer watched helplessly as fire raged through his tinder-dry crop…

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Production of Milk, Butter and Cheese Drops

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 5

Conberra, December 20.— Pro[?]tion of milk, butter and cheese in Australia during October this car was lower in all three cases…

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Australian Wool Sales First Five Months Lower This Year

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 3

Sydney, December 20.—Australia's wool sold during the lint five months of the 1951-52 season brought nearly £102,000,000 less…

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Big Increase In Tractors On Farms

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 5

Canberra, December 20.—There are approximately three times the number of tractors on Australian farms this year than in 1939, the…

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Ways to Use Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 December 1951 · page 9

Novel sweaters, skirts and gloves in wool are making fashion news in New York, where leading designers are…

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