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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Battered Fruit Crops

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 4

Melbourne: Fruit pickers worked desperately at Werribee to salvage a small portion of the district's…

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Bank Help For Junior Farmers

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

The Bank of New South Wales has announced its program of financial support for the Junior Farmer Move,…

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Farm Plant Plentiful

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 6

Manufacturers have gone a long way toward catching up with the demand for agricultural implements…

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S. African Sheep Flocks

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 5

South Africa's sheep population, according to agricultural census figures just released, is 35,479,352 — an…

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Russia Bids for Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 6

Melbourne: Sustained Russian bidding lifted prices at Melbourne wool sales. Rates were five per cent…

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Minister Against Wheat Plan

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

Sydney, Jan. 21: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said today that he would oppose the…

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Graziers Support Abbey Appeal Wool Sellers Give £500

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

The wool industry In NSW—both graziers and brokers are strongly supporting the Appeal to save…

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Wool Profits Taxation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 7

Sydney: The Privy Council decision that will forcer woolgrowers to pay £47,000,000 in income tax was "quite a…

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Wool Profits Taxation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 1

Sydney: The Privy Council decision that will force woolgrowers to pay £47,000,000 in income tax was "quite a…

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Wool Tax Must Be Paid

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 7

London, Friday: Australian woolgrowers were liable for income tax on distributions under the Wool Realisation…

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British Wool Record

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 3

London: The International Wool Secretariat today announced that Britain last year imported 827,700,000 lb…

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Plenty of Butter

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 7

London, Monday: Rationing of butter, cheece,marga rine and cooking fats will end in Britain on May 8, it…

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Strange Factors in Wool Market

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 8

A record post-war year of raw wool imports into Britain in 1953 amounting to 827.7 million 1b., equivalent to a little more than 70 per cent, of Australia's 1953…

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Modern Oyster Farm

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

The Hague: The oyster farm "De Arbeid" at BergenOp-zoom in the Netherlands, which was destroyed…

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Girl Likes to Sew With Wool

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 11

Norma Jo Thigpen, of Lake Arthur, New Mexico, 14-year-old high school student, has been named grand prize winner of the 1953 "Why I Like to Sew With Wool" essay…

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Russia Hardens Wool Market

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 8

With buyers for Iron Curtain countries dominating the Continental bidding at Brisbane on Monday and at Geelong on Wednesday, values of all fine to broad…

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Appointment to Dairy Board

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 2

Canberra, Feb 3: The Acting Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Senator G. McLeay, has announced the…

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Crops Rushed in Russia

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 8

London Wednesday: A Russian bacterial preparation named AMB that speeds up the growth and yield of…

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Market Reports Cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 3

The official report of the S. A. Stocksalesmen's Association on the Abattoirs cattle market of 2/2/54 was:…

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Wheat Problem for Australia

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 6

London, Friday: After encouraging Australia to expand food production Britain had turned its back when the…

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