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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Farm Waste Made Into Useful Commercial Products

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 2

What to do with corncobs vegetable and fruit wastes, wheat straw chicken feathers, and other farm [?]es is a question asked…

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Nitrogen Fertilisers Seen Key to Greater Crop Output

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 3

Farmers and Federal officials are working together in the United States to increase crop production and build soil fertility through…

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Crop Talks by Natives

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 3

New York. — European crop specialists will go to the University of Wisconsin in the north-central. United…

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Fourth London Wool Sales Close

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 2

London, July 29.—The fourth series of the London wool sales for 1952 ended on Friday was an offering of 12,879 bales, of which…

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Slump in [?]land Wool [?]try

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 3

Brisbane [?].—The Queensland representative on the Australian Wool Board, Mr. G. E. Humphreys, said that the wool…

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Argentine Has Upset World Market in Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 8

The prediction that the accumulation of crossbred wool in South America would disturb prices, when Argentina considered the time opportune to unload, was borne out this week, says Dalgety's News Service, when the Argentine rate of exchange was manipulated to give big…

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Wool Need for New Fabrics

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 9

Although the newly-arrived and inventor designated miracle man-made fibres were still being produced in what represented laboratory quantities, at least…

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Wool was not Pure

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 7

For having applied a false description to goods advertised in a national magazine, Headquarters…

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Man's Suicide After Wounding Share Farmer

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 August 1952 · page 2

Sydney.—One man was shot dead, and another is in Leeton Hospital with a bullet in his chest, following a shooting alffray, on a farm at Murrami, 11 miles from Leeton in the Riverina…

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Conference on Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 2

Two representatives of the Pastoralists Association of the West Darling will leave here on August 18 to attend…

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Social Happenings Rich Wool Fabrics Are Favored in London

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 August 1952 · page 9

Rich wool fabrics in deep jewel tones tell the autumn fashion story in London at present and collections from leading designers reveal clever use of a wide range of materials. Among the newest is a…

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Wool Trade Has No Fears of Sudden Slump

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 7

After more mature consideration the wool trade is now less apprehensive regarding the probability of a sharp slump in wool values arising from Argentina's intensified efforts to clear her accumulation of 550 million lb. (greasy), which during the next few months will be almost doubled…

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Not Enough Wheat Bad Position Forecast For Next Year

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 11 August 1952 · page 1

Sydney, August 10.—Australia will not be able to produced enough wheat next year to enable hour millers to operate on a profitable…

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Glamorous Wool Evening Gown

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 4

[?]9/7. [?] Australian Wool Board Photograph [?]anvin-Castillo evening gown in white broadclath. Scroll lines…

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Advertised "Pure Wool" Shirts Firm Fined For False Description

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 3

For having applied a false description to goods advertised in a national magazine. Headquarters and General Supplies Co. Ltd., of…

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Wool Fabrics In Jewel Shades Highlight Autumn Fashions In London

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 5

Rich wool fabrics in deep jewel tones tell the autumn fashion story in London at present and collections from leading designers…

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Rhodes Scholar To Be Farmer

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 5

Dr. R. C. R. Cuninghame, N.S.W. Rhodes Scholar for 1949, who has returned, from Oxford, says he plans to go…

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To Turn Desert Into Rich Farms

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 5

Washington, Tuesday—The discovery of a process for taking the salt out of seawater at a. relatively low cost had opened the way for turning deserts into rich…

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Disaster Fund For Farmers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 2

Sydney, August 12. — The State Executive of the Australian. Primary Producers Union decided to-day to have established a national…

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