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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] The Fatality at a Wool Store. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 4

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon on the bodies of Henry Wright and M. Gemnotte, killed by a falling pulley at young and Co.'s wool store…

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London Wool Sales. London, July 3

Western Grazier · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 3

The London wool sales opened yesterday. Business was dull, and showed a decline of from 5 to 10 percent…

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The Adulteration of Butter. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 July 1901 · page 2

The Board of Agriculture has appointed a departmental committee to determine what deficiency of normal constituents, or what additional…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 July 1901 · page 4

The wool sales were continued yesterday. Crossbreds wore unaltered in value but there was strong competition at full prices for merinos…

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A Sensational Quarrel. Fighting Farmers. One Man Seriously Injured. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 July 1901 · page 2

A Bath[?] telegram gives particulars of a sensational affray at Cow Flat. Two farmers, Edward Spencer Cook and John Hobbs, lived half a mile from each…

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Western Pastoral Lands. [?] [?] SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 4

At the Farmers and [?] Conference yesterday, Messrs K[?]d and Crick, members of the Min[?]try,ted that the [?] was going [?] in a very liberal m[?]…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference. Discussion on Arbitration. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 July 1901 · page 2

At the farmers and settlers' conference, sitting at Tamworth. Mr. Little yesterday moved and Mr. T. Brown, M.H.R., seconded.—"That this…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 2

The present series of wool sales close on the 26th instant, next Friday…

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The Pastoral Industry in S. A. [By Telegraph. Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 1

A large deputation of pantoralists waited o[?] the Minister of Lands to-day and strongly urged that in view of the i[?]se l[?] which have resulted from the drought their…

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Canadian Wheat Harvest. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 4

A moderate estimate of the wheat yield of Manitob[?] and the north-west provinces of Canada for the year is 50,000,000 bushels…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 July 1901 · page 2

The July series of wool sales have closed. Compared with the May sales the closing prices of medium and inferior merinos were at par; finer sorts…

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The Outlook for Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 July 1901 · page 2

THE special wool-market correspondent of the S. M. Herald wrote from Bradford (England) on June 21:—Not for a long time have we locked out upon the wool world…

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Canadian Wheat Yield. An Unprecedented Harvest. [Reuter's Message] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 August 1901 · page 2

An unprecedented harvest is reported from Canada. In the Manitoba district the wheat yield exceeds 60,000,000 bushels. Twenty thousand English…

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The Position in Cape Colony. Enemy Split Into Small Bands. Supported by the Farmers. Branch Banks Closing. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 August 1901 · page 2

The main force of the Boers in Cape Colony within the quadrilateral formed by Beaufort West, Do Aar, Stormberg, and Queenstown has been split into…

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Warwick Farm Races. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 August 1901 · page 1

Races were held at Warwick Farm this afternoon, Results:- Hurdle Race, about two miles.—Linden, 9st. 7lb., 1; Benedick, 10st. 51b, 2; Pebble,…

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Wheat Production in New South Wales

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 7

AMONG some of the most striking details of the report of the Department of Agriculture for 1900 are the figures given by the chief inspector…

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Sheep Poisoned by Weeds. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 August 1901 · page 2

Considerable losses of sheep have occurred in the Marsden district through the animals eating poisonous weeds growing in the dry bed of Lake Cowal. On Donkin's station…

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Selling Adulterated Butter. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 4

The firm of Pearks and Co. has been fined at Folkstone £20 and costs for selling butter containing an excess of water, and £50 and costs for selling…

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Australian Butter in England. LONDON, Thurdsay Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 8

Messrs. Weddell and Co. anticipate that the high prices obtained last season for Australian butter will not only be maintained, but possibly be augmented…

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South Australia. A New Pastoral Measure. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 2

In the Assembly last evening. The Commisiioner of Lands moved the second reading of an amending pastoral measure, another step in the direction of…

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