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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Sheep and Cattle at Homebush. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 8

The supply of sheep at Homebush is above requirements, and values are lower. Lambs are unehnnged in price. Cattle are also too plentiful…

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London Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 8

At the wool sales to-day animated competition preyailed. All sorts were firm in price at yesterday's level…

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London Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 8

Animated competition prevailed at the wool sales to-day. All sorts were 5 per sent. above the opening rates. Americans had keen competition…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Pastures Inspection Board Inspector Charged. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 8

At the Carcoar Police Court yosterday C. B. King. an inspector of the Carcoar Pastures Protection Board, was charged with stealing 41 sheep…

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About the Wool Business. I an Interesting Review

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 5

Dalgety and Co.'s Review of the Australian wool markets for the season 1907-8 is to hand, and a perusal of its contents shows that it is not alone…

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Murder and Suicide. Farmer Shoots His Daughter

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 5

Noews of a pitiful tragedy has been received nt Auckland, but beyond the barest facts no particulars are yet avail, able as to the surrounding ciroumatan…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday 4594 bales wore catalogued, and the sales, including private, transactions, anion rited to 4364 bales…

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London Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 8

The wool sales to-day were very good. Prices remained unchanged. Sydney, Thursday. At the wool sales in Sydney…

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Supply of Sheep and Lambs at Homebush. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

The supply of sheep and lambs at Homebush is over 43,000. Values are not showing any apprcciable chango in late rates. Primes are soiling readily…

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Wire Netting for Farmers. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 8

The Government has agreed to accept 10 per cent, instead of 25 per cent. value as a deposit for the, wire notting it will supply to the, farmers…

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London Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 8

Good sales of [?] at full late rates prevailed to-day at the London wool sales. [?] crossbreds were occasionally in favor of the buyers…

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The Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1908 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day crossbreds Were weaker, especially in the faulty kinds. Merin[?]s, however, were very [?]rm…

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The Wool Salus. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 8

At the wool sales to-day crossbreds were weaker, especially in the faulty kinds. Merinos, however, were very [?]…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. Annual Conference. Australia a Nation of Small Prosperous Freeholders." Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 4

The Farmers' and Settlers' Association opened its fifteenth annual session in Sydney yesterday an army of delegates being present. The greater part…

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The Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 8

Better competition for crossbreds and merinos at the wool sales prevailed to-day. Prices were slightly harder…

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Pastoral Prospects. Autumn and Winter Lambings, 6,333,000 Lambs Marked. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 5

A statement has been issued by the Sureau of Statistics covering the autumn and winter lambing. It shows that of 20,937,000 ewes in the State…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 4

The Farmers' and Settlers' Conference yesterday carried a motion in the direction of compelling persons to contribute towards the interest of railway…

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Threatening Butter Famine. Great Shortage in Victoria

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 4

At present there seems to be every prospect of Victoria experiencing a butter famine—a somewhat remarkable state of affairs for a State in which…

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The Threatening Butter Famine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

Some slight improvement in the volume of butter business is reported by the Melbourne distributing houses, but the wholesale trude is extremely quiet…

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Remarkable Suicide. "Cattle Killer" Used

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

An extraordinary weapon was used in what was obviously a case of suicide discovered at Tunstall, Victoria, on Friday. The body of Archibald…

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