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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Butted by a Sheep. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 4

Norman, a son of Dr. De Le Pervanche, while working among some sheep on Tarraro station, was killed. One of the sheep butred him,…

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New South Wales Wheat. Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 1

Mr. Hall, the Government statistician, estimates the 1903 New South Wales wheat harvest at 20,488,800 bushels, the second best year on record,…

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Accidents, Fatalities. Mishap to a Wool Waggon. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 1

An eight-horse team attached to a waggon loaded with wool bolted yesterday on a hill near Goulburn. The waggon overturned, and two of the…

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Queensland Drought. a Chat with the "Cattle King."

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 3

Mr. Sid. Kidman, known throughout the Commonwealth as the "Cattle King," who is just now in Broken Hill is inclined to be jubilant on account of…

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The Wool Sales. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 2

The Antwerp wool sales yesterday opened dull. Fine sorts held late prices, but crossbreds were totally neglected…

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The Cotton Crop. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

The Southern Cotton-growers' Association, U.S.A., has resolved to keep up prices, to grant one-fourth less cotton than is requested, while…

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Experimental Farming

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

The Victorian State Government has acquired from the Closer Settlement Board two allotments, aggregating 540 acres, at Wyuna, for the purposes of…

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Experimental Farming

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 4

The Victorian State Government has acquired from the Closer Settlement Board two allotments, aggregating [?]1O acres, at Wyuna for the purposes [?]…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday prices were firm for good quality sorts…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 8

The wool market is veiy excited, and prices are likely to be quoted in advance on late rates…

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Farming Ln America

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 2

The wealth produced on the farms of the United States in 1905 reached the highest amount ever attained, writes a San Francisco correspondent,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales, Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

The wool sales yesterday attracted a large attendance, and business was brisk. Top prices realised for greasy merino were i3¼d. per lb…

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A Farm Colony. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 4

The Local Government Board has declined to sanction the scheme submitted by the Lambeth Board of Guardians for the establishment of a…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

Wool is firm. The best rates of the previous week are being maintained, whilst the improvement in the prices for faulty sorts is continued and…

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Alleged Dirty Dairy. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 5

Sir,—Kindly allow me space in your columns to express my disgust with some of the dairymen of this city. As a resident of the Barrier for the past…

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Alleged Dirty Dairy. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 2

Sir,—Be the letter in your issue of February 17, I should like to know if the person who signs himself as " Disgusted" is really too disgusted to sign…

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Australian Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 2

Messrs. Windeley and Go., London, speaking of the past wool season, say:The clip just dealt with from Australia while much better than the last…

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Alleged Attempted Murder. Farmer Charged with Shooting. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

Mr. MWaters, farmer, of Yackandandah, has been arrested. He is charged with shooting at John Woodside, grazier, with intent to murder…

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The Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 1

The March wool sales had an animated opening yesterday. Prices generally showed an advance of from 5 to 10 per cent…

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The Wool Sales. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 2

Americans are buying freely at the London wool sales…

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