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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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A Sheep Freak. Sydney, Fridny

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

A merino ram disposed of at the Homebush sales recently was the proud possessor of four full-grown hor[?]s. The ram had the ordinary spiral pair, in…

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The Suevics Wool. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 4

Hundreds of peasants on the Cornish coast are engaged in clearing the rocks of the wool from the wreeked steamer Suevic. Some remarkable scenes have…

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The Wool Market. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 4

The wool market is firmer owing to a bettor quality now coming forward…

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The Wheat Yield. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 May 1907 · page 4

It is now stated that the wheat vield estimates of the State have not been [?] by about two and a-half million bushels…

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Further Rise in Wheat. Adlaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 4

There has been another rise in wheat. The price of farmers' lots on the trucks at Port Adelaide is now 3s. 8d. per bushel…

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The Wheat Market. Advance in Flour. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

The wheat market, yesterday [?] to 3s. 9d. [?] bushel. Flour has advanced to £8 l5s. per ton. The bakers intend to meet this week for the…

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Clairvoyant Impostor. Retired Farmer's Wife Fined. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

A woman named A[?] North Stephens, the wife of a retired farmer at bendigo, was yesterday fined £10 for attempted imposition as a clairvoyant…

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The Destruction of Rabbits. Victorian Farmers' Experience. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 4

The farmers of the bendigo district express satisfaction at the failure of the experiments by Dr. Danysz to destiny rabbits by disease inoculation. In…

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The Butter Bill. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 May 1907 · page 4

The special Parliamentary committee on the Butter Bill has agreed to Mr. Stracey's [?] that only milk-blended buttor should be…

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The Butter Bill. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 4

The special Parliamentary committee on the Butter Bill has agreed to Mr. Stracey's amendment that Only milk-blended butter should be…

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Victoria. Sheep Smothered. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 2

Harry Fry drove 883 sheep to Bruthen, where he stoppod on Monday night. The next morning the sheep were piled on one another, 263 of them…

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General Cable News. [R[?]uter's Messages.] the Grading of Butter. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 2

The President of the Board of Trade (Mr.Lloyd-George) yesterday met the l[?]ading butter importers at the Produce Exchange and heard their views…

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Condition of Ireland. the Lords Debate. a Junior Member's Indiscretion. Cattle-driving Not a Serious Offence. the Remark Explained Away. the Government Determined to Keep Order. [Reuter'a Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

A remark made by Lord Denman (one of the lords-in-waiting), who took part in the debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday night on the…

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Disturbed Ireland. Lord Denman's Indiscretion. Pressed Into Service by Agitators. Farmers Expected to Protect Their Cattle. Agrarian Movement Extending. Coercion or Anarchy? [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

The agrarian agitators in Ireland are industriously propagating the remark made by Lord Denman, speaking for the Government in the House of…

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N.s.w. Wool Exports

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

Of the wool exported from New South Wales the bulk has gone to the Continent. The United Kingdom stands ahead of any other single country, but…

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Agrarian Outrages. Cattle Driving in King's Country. Fifteen Persons Sentenced. Large Force of Police Employed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 2

At Birr, in the King a County, two resident magistrates have sent 15 pers sons to gaol for a month for having participated in the driving of sheep and…

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New Zealand Dairying. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 4

The chairman of the National Dairy Association, speaking at Palmerston last night, referred to the recent movement amongst the dairy factory…

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A Farmer Killed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 June 1907 · page 4

H. M'Pherson, a farmer and one of the first settlers in the Wycheproof district, was thrown out of a jinker yesterday and killed…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 2

During the season 1900-7 the sales of wool in Sydney amounted to 707,569 bales, or 78,992 boles more than in the previous season…

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