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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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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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Wool Market on Upgrade

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 6

That the price rise was more marked for medium and low crossbred wools was attributed to the U.K. Government orders for service cloths. Merino wools,…

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Missing Farmers Located Bogged Near Hay

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 9 May 1952 · page 1

Adelaide, May 8.—Victor George Tugwell (63), of Langhorne's Creek, and his son. Victor Neil Tugwell (29), of Mr. Barker, the…

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History Made in Cattle Deal

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 May 1952 · page 3

History was made at Charleville, Queensland this week when Mr. Alan L. Wood, Dalgety's local…

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Tax benefits urged for "good" farmers

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 10 May 1952 · page 1

Professor S. M. Wadham, of the Agriculture School, Melbourne University, said recently that tax…

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Wool Textiles Sale Optimism

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 7

New York, Sunday—Wool textile sales should improve considerably in the second half of 1952, Mr. Ames Stevens said…

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Shrewd Farmer

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 May 1952 · page 2

London, Sunday.—A Shopshire farmer has beaten foot-and-mouth disease restrictions by laying a…

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Scarcity of Merino Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 6

At a time when-the-main wool consuming countries of the northern hemisphere are more than ever dependent upon the surplus of the southern producing…

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Wool Styles by Jean Desses

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

This raglan sleaved jacket with high pointed colier and sunray bodice tucking is something new in suit designs. Dosses stiffens…

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Wool Styles by Jean Desses

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

This while wool picture skirt is embroidered with stars, and is worn with a strapless navy wool jessy corsage. Desses adds a…

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Dramatic Wool Ensemble by Pierre Balmain

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 3

A gray velours cloth tow-piece with tightly fitting mink collar and stink cuffs…

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Paris Shows Pretty Wool Jackets For Day And Evening

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 May 1952 · page 2

Casual jackets in unusual wool weaves are well to the fore in Paris at present and range from trim masculine styles to glamorous…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 11

Prices at Elder Smith and Co.'s sale at the Adelaide wool market last Taesday and Wednesday showed. a…

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District Wool at Adelaide Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1952 · page 1

Adelaide, May 14.—Values were fully maintained at yesterday's level when the wool sales continued today…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 5

Adelaide, May 15.—The ninth wool sale closed today on a firm tone. Fine quality wools were slightly…

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Good Prices for Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 3

Prices at the Adelaide wool sales this week showed an increase of 20 per cent, compared with the series in…

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U.S. Farm Production

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 May 1952 · page 1

The number of workers on America's farms declined 4 percent, during the past year, and is expected to drop further as more…

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Starving Cattle On Mile Trek

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 19 May 1952 · page 1

Brisbane. May 18.—Thousands of cattle are following an "impassable stock route from the Northern Territory to Queensland to find…

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Pastoral Chief Gives Review on Industry

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 7

The President of the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling (Mr. R. L. Caskey) had much to tell members when they met today about the trying events of the past 12 months, and amid them he found a ray of hope. It was the 45th annual general meeting of the association…

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Wool Market in Upward Trend

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 6

The upward trend in the wool market continued last week at Perth, states Dalgety's news service, where the sales opened 5 per cent dearer than the Sydney closing rates of the previous week, and on the third day an additional 5 per cent dearer…

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