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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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MARKETS Cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 5

The official report of the S.A. Stocksalesmen's Association of the abattoirs cattle market of 15/4/52 was:…

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Decline In Wool Prices Disturbs Growers

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 1

Sydney, April 18.—Woolgrowerss and manufacturers were disturbed by the serious decline in wool prices, graziers representatives…

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Mildura's £5½ Million Fruit Crop

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 1

Melbourne, April 18.—Mildura's 50,00O tons of dried fruit crop, the best since 1944, is now practically all in the packing sheds and will…

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Cattle Breeding in Britain

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

Lord Lovat started the herd when he left the Army in 1946, and it is now the largest single unit of its kind in Great Britain. About half the United Kingdom's beef comes from caws or heifers which have been…

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Slippery Sam in Among the Sheep

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 6

Shepparton.—A cagey old half-dingo they've christened "Slippery Sam" is leading a pack of killer dogs hunted by farmers in the Shepparton district, of Victoria…

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They Can Improve Wool Now

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 1

Sir Julius Bruche, chairman of, Holeproof Ltd., revealed recently that researchers here can now…

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Wool Shed Dance At Hazel Vale Odd Jobs

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 5

A CHAIR with the back logs the and a half inches shorter than the front less is very comfortable. WHEN THE BABY OUTGROWS…

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Wool Market Is Showing Rise

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 7

Melbourne—Wool values rose sharply when sales were resumed in Melbourne and Auckland this week at the opening sales of the final quarter of the 1951-52 season. Merinos rose 5 per cent…

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Wool In Less Demand

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 4

Melbourne, April 28.—Sales of clothing and textile furnishings fell throughout the world in the last year, and there was a danger…

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Export Of Merino Stud Sheep Breeders Seek Lifting Of Ban

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 1

Canberra, April 28.—A deputation of Merino sheepbreeders has asked Mr. McEwen to lift for an experimental period the…

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Increased Butter Supplies

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 3

Sydney, April 28.—Butter supplier to retailers ore to be increase by 25 per cent, from next Monday. This was decided today…

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Orders for Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 6

Government orders worth more than £10 million arc expected to be placed with thc United Kingdom wool…

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Wool Prices Rise

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 6

Wool sales last week in Sydney and Geelong confirmed the turn in the tide indicated the previous week in Melbourne—the first upward trend in values, this year, states Dalgety's news service. Reporting from Bradford…

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Use Of Tar Marks On Fleeces Denounced By U.K. Wool Authority

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 5

One at the greatest bugbears in the wool trade is tar marks on fleeces, states the British Wool Marketing Board, which is…

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Wool Plush Topcoat by BRUYERE

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 4

An spermous square collar which can be lifted and warn as a hood[?] the striking feature of Bruyere's scarlet wool topcoat…

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Attractive Wool Dress by Dior

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 4

Black broadcloth makes this attractive afternoon dress with a tailored buslline and full skirt. Christian Dior sods a matching scarf…

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Wool Two-piece by Christian Dior

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 4

Steel gres wool [?]kes this very new looking two-place. The [?]ley locket is finished with a [?] high [?] and the fold[?]est [?] is a differed late. The waist of the back…

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Depreciation Of Farm Machinery Cabinet Makes Allowance Retrospective

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 1

Canberra, May 6—Federal Cabinet has decided to make retrospective to July 31 last the 20 per cent. depreciation allowance…

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Feed the world challenge to our farmers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 1

Dr. L Clunies Ross, chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research…

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Pretty Wool Jackets

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 9

Casual jackets in unusual wool weaves are well to the fore in Paris at present and range…

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