A Farmer's End. Found Dead in a Shaft. Melbourne
Julius Reesom (83), a farmer, was found dead yesterday in a shaft with his horse and cart at Gordon. It is supposed that he tried to stop the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1908
427 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 22 of 22
Queensland Sugar Crop. Statistics for 1908. Brisbane
The statistics of the Queensland sugar crop for the 1908 season indicate that though the area cut will exceed that of 1907, there will be a…
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Hobart, Thursday. The drought is becoming serious. The condition, of the country is such that the marketing of sheep is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Farmer Killed. His Skull Fr[?]ured by Falling From a Buggy. Sydney, Wednesday Night
An old man, named John Bridle, a resident of the Tumut district, with a farm at Bowlers' Flat, was returning from Tumut to-day, driving two horses…
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William Collins, farmer, of Malebo, yesterday committed suicide. Just before be died he told his wife that he had taken strychnine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Double Bolt at a Mallee Farm. Melbourne
Two agents doing business with a farmer in the Beulah district espied a mob of geese. They purchased one of the geese for their Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Farmer Drowned. Sydney
The body of James Nugent, a farmer, aged 55, was found floating in a dam at the Murwillumbah railway yards yesterday. It is surmised that Nugent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Growing Experiments. Federation Seed Returns the Biggest Yield. Melbourne, Tuesday Night
The Victorian Agricultural Department has received a report from the Dookie College showing that the average wheat yield there was 24 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Boy to Mayor
When November comes round (says "Lloyd's Weekly" of November 1), Mr. Robert Barley King, a passenger guard on the Great Northern, will take his…
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