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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Wool Has Large Part In Fashion

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 9

As Paris spring collections continue to appear, leading designers give increasing importance to fine wools. Christian Dior, for example, uses flecked worsteds and speckled tweeds for two-piece…

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Australian Farmers In England Spending Proceeds of "Golden Fleeces"

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 1

London, March 6.—The arrival here on board the Orion of 50 Australian sheep farmers for a holiday, in Britain on the proceeds of their "golden fl[?]" is…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 3

Sydney. March 6.—Under general competition from all sections of the trade, the wool market today was generally bouyan, for all descriptions…

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Poison Weed Among Sheep

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 6

New York, March 7.—A fastspreading, poisonous weed called halogeton, is menacing sheep flocks in five Western American…

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Canada in WOOl SEARCH

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 3

Ottawa, March 7. — A team of seven Canadian wool experts will soon be searching world markets buying up scarce wool…

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Wool Sales Already Far Past Last Year's

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 4

Sydney, March 6.—Auction sales of wool in Sydney this season have already realised nearly £23,500 more than the total N.S.W. cheque last…

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Migrants as farmers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 1

NOMINATED BY South Australian formers, three young British youths reached Outer Harbor in the Mooltan TOP (from left), they are Donald Billett, 16, going to Mount Gambier, Peter Abigail, 17, for Binnum, and William Hodson, 18,…

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Wool Section

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3

An innovation at last year's Show was the wool fleeces exhibition and this event created a lot of interest…

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Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

Sydney, March 6.—Under General competition from all sections of the trade, the wool market today was generally bouyant for all descriptions…

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Wool Report by Committee of London Wool Brokers

Western Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 2

The Committee of London Wool Brokers has issued the following report for the information of its clients and those actively engaged in the wool industry:—…

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Mr. Graham To [?] In Cattle Compen [?] Legislation

Western Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

Recently, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said he would introduce a Bill into the next session of Parliament for the payment of compensation to…

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Wants Sheep Killed Off Professor's Strange Views

Western Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3
Also in Barrier Daily Truth

Melbourne, March [?].—Professor O[?]chant said today: "We see what myxomatosis has done to the rabbit menace. I wish a similar cutbreak would occur…

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Sheep Stations Passed in at £70,000

Western Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

Adelaide, March 6—Bidding stopped at £70,000 and two sheep stations, comprising 137,488 acres, were passed in at [?]. They were Pariacoona and…

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Wool Sales Already Far Past Last Year's

Western Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

Sydney, March 6.—Au[?]r, sales of wool in Sydney this season have already realised nearly £23,500 more than the total N.S.W. cheque last…

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Australian Farmers In England Spending Proceeds of "Golden Fleeces"

Western Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

London, March 6—The arrival have on board the O[?] of [?] Australian sheep farmers for a [?] in Britain on the proceeds of their "[?]" is…

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Autumn Rotato Crops May Help Relieve Shortage

Western Grazier · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

The reflated potato shortages New South Wales over the past few years have [?]lated great interest in the possibility of planting an autumn…

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Farmers' War on Rabbits

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 6

Foster (Vic.). — Two hundred farmers took 500 rabbits to a meeting here today and had them infected with myxomatosis virus…

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Sheep Curse Of Australia Says Professor Oliphant

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1951 · page 3

Melbourne.—Here are some extracts from an address by Professor Marcus Oliphant to Melbourne's Top Management Conference—before which he denounced sheep as a curse of Australia. Professor Oliphant was in Broken Hill early this week. SHEEP…

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Sheep and Science

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 12 March 1951 · page 2

A few days ago Professor Marcus Oliphant slated to Melbourne's Management Conference that sheep were the curse of Australia, having "eaten…

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