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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Wheat Production Falling Regularly Estimated 1952 Yield Lowest For five Years

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 6

Canberra, January 3.—Areas of land sown for wheat production hove decreased regularly every year since 1947-48; ond the estimated area sown for 1951-52 season Is tha lowest for any peacetime year since…

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Wool Fabrics Made For Long Wear At Paris Mid-Season Collections

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 5

With the present trend towards practical clothes, wool fabrics are first favorites at Paris mid-season collections for elegant models which will give long wear This season too wools which were formerly restricted…

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U.K. Govt. to Stockpile Wool Will Bay 40 Million lb. Up To Jane Next

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 6

In accordance with the general policy of stockpiling raw materials, the U.K. Ministry of Materials has announced that it is planning to acquire up to 40 million Ib. (clean) of raw wool in the wool selling season…

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Scandals Hit Mink Farmers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 5

New York, Tuesday—Mink farmers in the U.S. are complaining of loss of business because mink coate have had…

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Farmers on Murder Charges

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 4

Brisbane.—Two Albanian farmers appeared in Atherton Tableland courts each charged with having…

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Wool Market Rules Firm

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 4

Sydney, January 9.—The market at today's wool sales ruled firm compared with yesterday for wools showing fine quality and all…

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Professor Says : Wool Knowledge Helps Cancer Research

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 3

London: "Life is a manifestation of the long chain molecules which make up the body's tissues." Prof. W. T. Ashbury, F.R.S., told a…

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Repairing 350-Year-old Dutch Wool Tapestry

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 4

London, in a special department of Ar[?]erdam's Nations. Gallery, repairs are being carried out to a wool [?] made in 1596 for…

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U.K. Wool Market Quiet At Year-End

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 5

The United Kingdom wool market in entering a quiet phase from which little change is expected until some time in January, the…

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Idea For Greater Wheat Production Reduced Taxation, More Machinery Urged

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 1

Sydney, January 9.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) today advocated reduced taxation to encourage…

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U.S. 1951 Crops Among Largest On Record

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 3

Crop productions levels in the United States this year stand at one of the highest levels in history, according to the U.S…

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Higher Meat Prices In Queensland Attracting N.S.W. Cattle, Sheep

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 4

Brisbane January 10.—Sheep and cattle are being sent from northern New South Wales across the border into Queensland to take…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

Sydney, January 10.—The market at the Sydney wool sales today ruled firm compared with yesterday for all average to good…

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World Wheat Production

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

The U.S. Department of Agriculture now estimates world wheat production for 1951 at 6,600 million bushels, against 6,300 million in…

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Wheat Production Australia May Not Be Able To Meet Committments

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 5

Canberra, January 11.—The Agricultural Council will meet on February 15 and 16 to consider Australia's declining wheat…

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Cattle Books for Princess

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 4

London, Sunday—Princess Elizabeth will study Hereford beef cattle while she is in Australia, says Reuters,…

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U.S. Reduces Wool Prices Ceiling

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 4

Washington, January 11.—The United States had ordered the ceiling prices of wool reduced by 20 per cent. from April 8. Ceiling…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

Sydney, January 14.—Value of all descriptions of Merinos ruled at about last Thursday's rates at the closing auctions of the eighth…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 4

Melbourne, January 16.—An improved tone prevailed at the second day of the Geelong wool sales today with comeback wools…

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Drought Kills 500.000 Cattle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 8

Brisbane. — Nearly 100,000 cattle are estimated to have died in the Normanton-Georgetown-Boulia area in the Gulf country's worst drought since 1890…

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