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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

276 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 14

Moth Proofing Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 11

A further development in the moth-proofing of wool has been announced by George Lee and Sons Ltd…

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New Insecticide For Control Of Body Strike In Sheep

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 3

Mr. H. A. Veron, Technical Adviser of Wilcox Mofflin Limited, states that, tests carried out in England,…

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Elephant in Wheat Crop

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 7

Sydney: Farmer Ken Gibb, of Cootamundra, in Southern N.S.W., woke up yesterday to find an…

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Elephant in Wheat Crop

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 1

Sydney: Farmer Ken Gibb, of Cootamundra, in Southern N.S.W., woke up yesterday to find an…

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African Wool for Russia

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 1

Capetown: Russia has entered the South African wool market, says the Johannesburg "Rand Daily Mail."…

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Japanese Wool Mission

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 14

Tokio, October 1.—The Japan Wool Spinners' Association is sending a mission to Australia and New…

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Woman's Parade London Designers Present Wearable Fashions In Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 3

Wonderful wool fabrics with a new depth of color and a rich variety of weave tell the fashion story in the London Couture collections for winter 1954-55. Elegant and extremely wearable, they are typical of the fashions which appeal to the Queen and to other…

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Crop of Accidents During Week End

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 October 1954 · page 6

Broken Hill, had its share of motor accidents over the week-end. Although all vehicles in the accidents were damaged no persons were injured. On Friday night about…

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Sheep Starving To Death

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 4

Brisbane, Oct. 6 Hundreds of sheep are starving to death in Brisbane abattoirs while a union dispute…

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Pastoral Award Suspended

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 1

Sydney, October 12, — The Pastoral Employees State award was suspended by Mr. Justice de Baun in…

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Wool Prices are Down

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 October 1954 · page 2

Sydney: Competition from the European continent and Japan widened slightly at the Sydney wool…

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Wheat Plan Favored

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 18 October 1954 · page 1

Sydney, October 17: NSW wheatgrowers have voted in favor of the new five year wheat stabilisation plan, the…

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Wool [?]

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 21 October 1954 · page 4

On Monday October [?] the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a cathlogu[?]…

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Our Women's Page London Designs In Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 3

Fine quality wool fabrics go hand in hand with London's new silhouettes this season and, as a result, are seen, not only in models costing £100 and more, but also in dresses made by leading wholesale designers and selling (or as little as £6…

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Butter And Its Substitutes

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 25 October 1954 · page 7

(These practical hints for the guidance of housewives have been prepared by the Nutrition Section of the…

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Australian Wool Methods Praised Visiting US Growers Entertained

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 11

Praise for Australia's methods of preparing wool for market, for the auction system and the high standard of sheep and wool research in this country was…

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Planning Your Vegetable Crop

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 4

Competent gardeners often fall into the same errors as amateurs when it comes to providing vthe family with a sufficiency of each kind of vegetable…

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Pastoral Officials

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 12

The secretary of the Western Division Pastures Protection Boards and Graziers' Conference (Mr. A. J…

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River of molten butter

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 1

MELTED butter runs through the surrounding water in a £1 million sterling fire which…

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Wool Prices Firming

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 11

Sydney: Bradford bought free and lightly burred fine wools with less restraint at the Sydney wool sales…

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