Optimism Over Wool
With good lines of merino 64's-70's wool back approximately to the October peak-of-season averages, at Brisbane and London last week, optimism continued to rise. Demand was still wide as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1952
517 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 26
Prison Farm Escapes
Melbourne.—Three youths two of them known car thieves, escaped from Langi Kal Kal prison farm, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Luck of Farmers
Although New Zealand primary producers pay appreciably more in taxes than Australians, their output has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farms For Soldiers
Sydney. — Ex-servicemen, reeking soldier settlement farms, whose applications for Qualification Certificates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →White Wool id Lavishly Used
Paris—Top-ranking designers here are using white wool fabrics more lavishly than ever before. There has been a steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dogs Take Toll of Sheep; Border Fence Lapse
The secretary of the pastoralists' Association of West Daring (Mr. A, J. Heston) has issued the following report and comment on the meeting of pastoralists held at Tibooburra on May 29 which was the culmination of the recent inspection of the bor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter to Rise to 4- A lb?
CANBERRA. — Butter is likely to cost 3/10 or 4/- 1b. from July 1…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Wool Used in U.k
Wool consumption in the United Kingdom during March last was slightly higher than…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Paris Designers Feature White Wool Fabrics
Ideas that white is Impractical seem to have been waived this season, for wool fabrics in white are among the successes in Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London May Wool Sales Closing Report
N.B.: All prices in this report in Australian currency). The May series of London wool[?]les closed today, having lasted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London Designers Fed[?]e New Wool Fabrics
Current London collections show that although the romantic look for s[?]ing and summer has not been maintained, designers are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →United Kingdom Wool Consumption Rote Slightly In March
Wool consumption in the United Kingdom during March last was slightly higher than in February and was the highest since last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Values in Wool Are Still Firm
With Continental, British, and Japanese buyers still dominating the bidding,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempt To Stage Pastoral Strike Ill-Timed, Says Dougherty
Sydney, June 6.—General secretary of the Australian Workers Union. Mr. Tom Dougherty, described the Communist attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Saturday, June 7, 1952. Butter May Soar
GEFORE long we may be paying much more dearly for butter., Early forecasts are that the retail price will be increased by 10d. 1b…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Settlers On Farms Affected By Cut In Loan Funds
Sydney, June 6.—The New South Wales Government could place only 180 soldier settlers on farms in the last 12 months because of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Winter Wheat Crop In US
The 1952 production of winter wheat in the United States is forecast at 986 million bushels, 40 million bushels more than indicated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Hazards Threaten Future Us. Wheat Crop
Plant scientists ore carefully screening between 13,000 and 14,000 wheats in the world collection to find resistance to four serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Helped Capture
Sydney. — A herd of cattle helped in the capture of a man in AT.S.W. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rick Wool Fabrics Starred For Coats At New York Autumn Collections
Emphasis is on fabrics at New York advance showings of autumn and winter coats which will generally follow slimmer lines. Deep pile fabrics in rich colors like glowing green, wine, blue, cold and towny browns…
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