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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

371 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 19 of 19

Sheep in Smash

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 5

Melbourne: A semi-trailer carrying 200 sheep overturned at North Fitzroy. Many of the sheep were…

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Wool Yield Lower?

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 8

Sydney: The final estimate of Australia's total wool production for 1953-54 is 1,163,368,800 lb…

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Boy Proud of His Crop

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 11

Sydney: A wheat crop which won first prize in a recent championship is the pride of a boy of 12…

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Wool Sales Near Best in History

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 December 1953 · page 10

The curtain fell this week on the first half of the second richest wool season in Australian history. Total realisations are expected to exceed the figure for the first half of last season by approximately £20 million. Only in the corresponding…

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Sheep Guard of Honor

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 3

Sydney: Stud sheep may form a woolly guard of honor for Queen Elizabeth when she visits Dubbo…

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Sheep Guard of Honor

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 December 1953 · page 3

Sydney: Stud sheep may form a woolly guard of honor for Queen Elizabeth when she visits Dubbo…

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Farmer Sent to Gaol

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 December 1953 · page 1

Adelaide: The owner of a farm which last year yielded an income of £12,000, John Abbs Duffield (33), of…

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Wheat for Pakistan

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 December 1953 · page 4

Left to Right: Harold Stassen, United States Mutual Security Administrator; S. Am jad Ali, Ambassador-at-large of Pakistan; M. Shafqat, First Secretary of the Pakistan Embassy; and George…

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Vitamins From Wool Grease

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 2

Wool grease is a rich source of vitamins. This was reported to the Wool Education Society in Leeds this…

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Bourke Hands in His Title; to Go Farming

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 December 1953 · page 4

Melbourne-Al Bourke, middleweight boxing champion of Australia, has retired from boxing to become a farmer. He will go into partnership with a…

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Value of Increase in World Wool Clip U.S. Survey Points to Steady Demand, Stable Prices

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 29 December 1953 · page 3

The world wool supply hot shown a permanent increase which will tend to reduce price fluctuations, states the Wool Bureau Inc., New York, in a review of the…

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Poison Attempt Case S.a. Farmer's Wife Now in Custody

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 December 1953 · page 2

Wellington (N.Z.): The death roll in the Tangiwai train wreck of December 24 is still falling. Today 10…

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