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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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The Grading of Butter. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

A deputation of butter exporters waited on the council of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday, and urged that body to oppose, the…

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Late Cable News. [Reuters Messages.] Canadian Dairying. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 8

Earl Grey (Governor-General of Canada), replying to a deputation of Ontario dairymen, predicted that there would shortly be a large market for…

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The Sheep Market. Active Demand from West Australia. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 May 1906 · page 2

At yesterday's sheep sales market values materially improved, owing to the extended operations of West Australian shippers', who purchased…

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London Wool Sales. Highest Prices of the Series. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 May 1906 · page 2

There was a miscellaneous selection at the London wool sales to-day, with a consequent slight irregularity in prices, but medium to good wools…

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Butter Rates Reduced. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 2

Owing oartly to the favoiable position of the railways, the Commissioners have decided to reduce the rates for carrying butter over the railway lines…

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Big Butter Enterprise. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 4

Messrs. Lovell and Christmas, large butter importers of Lonton, propose to amalgamate with Messrs. Wall and Company, of Liverpool and…

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The Wool Market. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 4

Wool to-day closed shgbtly irregular, but generally top prices were realised…

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Trade Reciprocity Farmers Object to Increased Customs Taxation. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 2

The Farmers' Union Conference now sitting here is strongly objecting to any increased Customs taxation except for revenue purposes, and also…

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Gold in Sheep's Teeth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 6

Mr. George Archer, of Garfield, Victoria, has in his possession the lower jawbone of a sheep, the molar teeth of which are coated with gold. The gold…

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A Missing Farmer. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 4

Inquiries prosecuted by the police all over the Commonwealth have Tailed to throw any fresh light on the mysterious disappearance of the man David Deans,…

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Accident to a Farmer. Mutilated by a Seed Drill. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 2

N. T. Simpson, a farmer at Antechamber Bay, was yesterday knocked down by a young horse harnessed to a seed drill. As the drill was…

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The Butter Industry. Deterioration of Dairy Heids. (Wellington (N.Z.)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 1

The annual report ot the South Island National Association states that the dairy herds continue to detenoiate and that the exports ot dairy produce…

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Wheat Shipwrecked. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 4

The ship Cassard. wheat laden, from Sydney to Falmouth, is reported to be g total week…

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Stud Sheep. Tasmanian Consignments for New South Wales. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 2

Arrangements for shipping stud sheep to Sydney have been completed. The steamship companies have arranged with the Shecpbreedcrs'…

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An Australian in America. Hotels—farming Industry—labor Saving. Interview With. Mr. C. T. HYDE. No. VII

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 6

One of the most pestilent growths of our latter-day civilisation is undoubtedly the tipping system. It is a curse that follows the traveller all…

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[?]Fire on the Gothic. Broke Out in the Wool. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 2

The surveyor of the Salvage Association believes that the fire in the Atlantic liner, the Gothic, originated spontaneously among the wool, which…

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Death of Cattle. Sydney, Wednesday

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 2

Forty of a trainload of cattle died on the journey from Wallerawang to Parkes. They were being removed to good grass country…

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Butter Commission. Mr. Coghlan a Witness. the Committee Favors the Bill. [Reuter's Message.]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. T. A. Coghlan (Agent-General for New South Wales), on behalf of the Australian, Agents General was the final witness examined before the…

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Disasters to Wool Ships. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

"The Times" says that the underwriters are greatly disturbed by the recent frequency of disasters to wool ships. They fear that the high prices…

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A Barrierite Abroad. The Earthquake in 'Frisco. Farming in California

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 5

It will be some time before the awful interest of the San Francisco earthquake will fade, even when the city on the Golden Gate shall have been…

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