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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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State Wool Record

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 1

Sydney: Output of wool in N.S.W. in year 1952-53 made a record at 556,552,000 lbs. greasy…

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Labor Wheat Plan Attacked

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 7

Melbourne, March [?],—Labor's 10 year wheat [?] was completely outside the authority of any Commonwealth Government, the Federal Minister for…

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Soviet Has Big Plan for Farms

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 March 1954 · page 3

Moscow, Tues.: Russia plans a spectacular attempt to cultivate vast areas of remote wastelands…

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Dogs Attack Cattle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 April 1954 · page 11

Sydney: Packs of wild dogs are attacking young cattle round Kyogle, in Northern New South Wales…

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Carioca for Race at Warwick Farm

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 12

Sydney: Star galloper Carioca is selected to defeat Silver Phantom in the Liverpool Handicap at Warwick Farm tomorrow. The event should be full of interest…

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Girl Saved Farm of Father from Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 April 1954 · page 1

Adelaide: An 11-years-old girl saved her father's farm from serious damage by fire near Bird wood last night. She is Eileen Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Cox…

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Wool Profit

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 April 1954 · page 12

Canberra: The Acting Minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay) announced today that the fourth interim…

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Wool Industry Healthy

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 7

London: "The wool industry has never been healthier than it is today," said Mr. Ewen Waterman, (chairman and Australian member of the International Wool Secretariat) speaking at the Bradford Rotary Club luncheon recently…

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Onus on Farmers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 1

Canberra: The Federal Government will shortly give Australian wheatgrowers the option of continuing…

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Actress to Go Farming

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 April 1954 · page 5

Sydney: Florence Desmond, English stage star, said she soon would retire from the theatre to tend…

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World Wheat Glut Fear In U.S.A.

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 7 April 1954 · page 7

New York, April 6. — The world's wheat supporting notions were fearing a world [?] financial writer of "New York Times" says, He said it was likely that burdensome…

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Wool in Demand

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 3

London, Wednesday: At the wool. sales here today. 9,380 bales were offered, of which 9000 were sold. The…

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He's farming sponges

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 9

NEW YORK, Mr. Henry Thorne, a retired US Air Force colonel, is trying to establish sponge…

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New Wool Boat

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 6

London, Thurs.: Mrs. A. J. M. Crichton, wile of one bf the. P. and O. Company's general managers, yesterday…

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Plans for Sale of Butter. Eggs

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 3

Canberra: Australian butter and cheese manufacturers expected severe competition on overseas markets, the Minister for Shipping (Senator McLeay) said…

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50,000 Cattle in Big Trek

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 7

Darwin: Nearly 50,000 head of carrie will have fro walk 100 miles without feed in the largest mass evacuation of cattle in the history of the Northern…

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50,000 Cattle in Mass Evacuation

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 12 April 1954 · page 1

Darwin, April 11: Twelve droving plants have begun a mass cattle evacuation to shift 50,000 head from Wove Hill Station in a desperate attempt to save them from one of the worst droughts in memory…

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Israel's Reservoirs Become 'Fish Farms'

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 April 1954 · page 7

Scientific ingenuity has made it possible to raise fish as a crop in all the reservoirs of Israel. Hitherto,…

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Country Women Hail Mrs. Cullen; Wool Show

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 April 1954 · page 4

Mrs. C. Ryan presided over an attendance of about 100 members at the fortnightly meeting of the Broken Hill branch of the Country Women's Association. She…

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U.S. Butter Surplus For Sale Abroad

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 21 April 1954 · page 6

Washington, April 20.—The United States Agricultural Department has announced a program to dispose of surplus butter abroad as butterfat…

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