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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

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Farmer Dies From Lockjaw. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 2

Walter Douglas, a farmer at Mil-lel, last Tuesday, while driving stock, was using a whip, with which he struck himself just below the eye. The…

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Farm Laborers in Demand. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 April 1910 · page 4

The farmers are offering to farm laborers an advance of from 5s. to 10s. a week on the rates which ruled in past seasons, according to the ability of the…

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An American Storm. Cotton Crops Damaged. Orchards Ruined. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 5

A severe storm has swept through a number of the American States. Great damage to the cotton crops is reported from Alabama. Thousands…

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State Poultry Farm. a Victorian Proposal. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 5

It is proposed to start a State poultry farm in Victoria…

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Water in Adelaide Butter. London Impouters Fined. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 April 1910 · page 2

A number of produce merchants in Tooley-street, London, were fined 40s. and a guinea costs for importing from Adelaide (Australia) per the R.M.S…

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The Wool Market

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 2

Windeler and Co., London, report under date of March 23:— The second series of Colonial wool sales, which opened on the 8th instant,…

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Limitation of Moisture in Butter. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 4

The butter trade welcomes the recommendation of the Australian Customs authorities to limit the moisture in butter to 14 per cent. The…

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Accident to Farmer. Drawn Into Machinery. His Windpipe Severed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 4

A farmer at Warrenheip, Victoria, named J. M. Pattinson, was drawn into machinery on Saturday, and while he was trying to get free the sharp…

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The Irish Blight. Grafton and Wollongong Crops Affected. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 May 1910 · page 5

The Irish bright has made its appearance in the potato crops around Grafton, where heavy losses have occurred…

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Cattle Trampled to Death. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 2

A shocking example of the way in which cattle are crowded into railway trucks came to light at Gosford yesterday. Twenty-three cattle were…

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Cattle Driving in Ireland. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 4

There has been a recrudesence of cattle driving in West Meath (Ireland)…

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Wool Buyers and Brokers' Sympathy

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 May 1910 · page 4

A crowded meeting of buyers and brokers and others connected with the wool sales unanimoualy [?] to-day to express the deepest sorrow and…

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Diseases of Crops and Plants. an Agricultural Board's Resolution. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 2

The Advisory Board of Agriculture (South Australia) passed a resolution yesterday to the effect that the Government should appoint a mycologist…

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Alberta Winter Wheat Partially Destroyed. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 6

Mr. M'Hugh (secretary of the Alberta Grain Exchange) reports that one half of the winter wheat in the southern part of this Canadian…

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Jewish Farmers for Texas

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 May 1910 · page 7

Samuel P. Becker, of Hartford Conn., president of the Federation of Jewish Farmers of America, was in Texas recently for the purpose of…

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Mysterious Disappearance of a Farmer. Eleven Years Ago. Sale of His Business Interests Ordered. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 May 1910 · page 8

T. Tolhnrst, in farmer of Moora ca me to Perth in February, 1899, and shortly afterwards mysteriously disappeared. All efforts to trace his whereabouts…

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Convicted of Conspiracy Arish Farmers To GAOL. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 May 1910 · page 4

A Dublin jury lound seven well-todo farmers guilty of conspiring to compel Mr. C. Clarke, of Tipperary, to sell his lands…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. a Farmer's Sensational Experience. Slips Into River with Team of Horses. Badly Kicked in the Water. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 May 1910 · page 1

A sensational experience was reported at Moe (Victoria) to-day. M. Sulllivan, a farmer, was harrowing land, when he slipped, and he and…

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Boys From England. for Victorian Farms

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 May 1910 · page 4

The Victorian Premier has received advice from the Agent-General that seven boys selected by the Rev. R. G. Gwynne are coming out to Victoria to…

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The Farm and the Body

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 7

There is a wonderful similarity in the processes of Nature. The hingest productivity of a farm and the highest capacity of the body are…

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