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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Victorian Labor Colony. Farming on a Large Scale. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 September 1910 · page 2

The victorian Government has decided to proceed with the establishment of a Labor colony. It is proposed to utilise the labor for…

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South Australia. Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 September 1910 · page 2

The wool sales opened in Adelaide yesterday when 29,039 bales, a record quantity for an inaugural sale, were offered…

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A Children's Farm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 4

An admirable suggestion is now being made in Melbourne that a children's farm should be established, where children could obtain thorough…

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English Hop Crop. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 8

A very heavy English hop crop is estimated this season…

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A Farmer's End. Pound Dead on the Roadway. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 8

Edgar Wood, a farmer, was found dead near Owen on the roadway this morning. He had apparently been thrown from his horse and killed…

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Sheep Ravaged "By Wolves. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 4

The wolves in Nova Scotia are ravaging the farmers' sheep…

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Farmer and Wife Die From Pneumonia. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 2

Mrs. M'Donald wife of a farmer at Willowgrove, died yesterday afternoon at her residence from pneumonia, after an illness of a few days. The husband…

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Proposed Westralian Railways Opening Up Wheat Lands. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 1

The Westralian Railway Advisory Board, reporting on the proposed railWays south of the Eastern Goldfields line in the great southern areas,…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 4

The wool sales held in London to-day were good. General competition prevailed, but the prices remained unchanged…

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A Barrier Stud Farm. Some Notes on Ascot Vale

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 2

Out at Ascot Vale, within easy reach of Broken Hill, Mr. Joseph Kenworthy has got together the nucleus of a stud farm that in time to come should…

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Butter Awards. London, Thursday. [?] the London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 8

The butter awards at the London Dairy Produce Exhibition are unaltered. Bega (New South Wales) was very highly commended. The revision was…

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Australian Transition. the Coming of the Farmer

Western Grazier · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 4

Much less than a cenery ago the whole of what is in Australia known as the "safe" country was a grand wide greenwood of the gun…

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Dry Farming Congress. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 8

At the American Dry Farming Congress, Senator M'Coll (Australia) was elected international vice-president. Congressman Modell, in his…

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An Unshorn Sheep

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 7

A sheep that was 13 years old and had never been shorn was discovered the other day by Mr. Carter, a well-known sheep-owner in the Glenisla…

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The Weather. Hail and Snow in South. Austhalia. Damage to Crops. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 October 1910 · page 4

The cold weather yesterday nearly established a record for the month of October. There were heavy hailstorms and…

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Wool Steamers Delayed. an Unpromising Outlook. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 4

The wool steamers are being seriously delayed at Melbourne owing to the shortage of railway trucks to carry the bales to the vessels' sides…

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British Crop Reports. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 8

The British crop reports of "The Times" for October 1 show wheat to average 91.1 bushels per acre, barley 92.6 bushels, and oats 93 bushels…

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Severe Frosts. Wheat and Early Fruit Damaged. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 October 1910 · page 8

Severe Trosts occurred yesterday in various parts of the State, doing great damage to the wheat crops and the early fruit…

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Severe Frosts. Wheat and Early Fruit Damaged. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 4

Bevere frosts occurred yesterday in various parts of the State, doing great damage to the wheat crops and the carly fruit…

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Frosts Damage Crops and Fruit. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 October 1910 · page 2

Severe frosts were again reported yesterday from all over the State. The early, crops and fruit have suffered serious damage…

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