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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Visiting American Farmers. Their Entertainment in Australia. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

The State Government is distinctly favorable to the proposal that the Commonwealth and the Status should arrange a special tourist trip through…

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Fixing Wheat Standard. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

Wednesday next has been, selected as the date for fixing the standard of sample wheat for the season. 19101911…

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Discovery of Dead Sheep. Leads to Charge of Sheepstealing. Accused Before Millicent Court. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 6

A party of shooters yesterday discovered in a secret retreat among the ti-tree near German Greek, eight miles from Tantanoola, a large number of…

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Argentine Wheat and Linseed. Buenos Ayres

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

The Argentine wheat and linseed threshing returns are satisfactory, the dry weather favoring such farms, but seriously harming the maize in the…

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Dead Sheep and Skins. Investigating Recent Find in South Australia. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

Further investigations in connection wit the recent find of dead sheep and skins in the scrub on the border of Lake Bonney (S.A.) have been made…

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A Long Cattle Trip. From West Australia to Queensland. Drovers Stricken with Fever. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 3

A drover named Albert Williams yesterday arrived on the Millee boundary, near Charleville (Queensland), with 2806 head of mixed cattle from…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Wheat Ship Founders. Off English Coast. the Crew Saved. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 4

The Ardon Craig, a Melbourne wheat ship, went ashore in a fog at the Scilly Islands, off the English coast. It afterwards suddenly rolled over and…

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Caterpillars in Gippsland. Extensive Damage to Crops. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 3

Caterpillars have descended in millions upon the crops in some parts of Gippsland. In some districts damage to the extent of thousands of pounds…

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South Australia. Standard Weight of Wheat. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 1

The corn trade section of the Chamber of Commerce to-day fixed the standard weight of wheat at 62½lbs. per bushel…

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Struck by Lightning. Farmer the Victim

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 1

A series of heavy thunderstorms, accompanied by copious showers, passed over the Wagga district on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Alfred…

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An Australian Farmer. Sets the Pace in England

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 3

"The best farm I saw in the old country belonged to a Victorian," remarked Mr. W. A. Kendall, veterinary surgeon (who has just returned from a…

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Farmhand to Dollar Millionaire

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1911 · page 7

Philip Wolf, who in 30 years rose from, the farmhand to millionaire, died in East St. Louis (Missouri) last year. He was 69, and was accounted one of…

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The "Tiger." Thousand Sheep Missing. Thrilling Story Expected

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

There have (writes the Millicent correspondent of the "Advertiser" on Saturday) been no fresh developments in connection with the remarkable…

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Farmer Found Dead in Bed. Apparent Case of Suicide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 4

Barton Foltus (41), a farmer living near Meningie, was found dead in bed yesterday with, a gunshot wound in the head…

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The "Tiger." Thousand Sheep Missing. Thrilling Story Expected

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 4

There have (writes the Millicent correspondent of the "Advertisor" on Saturday) been no fresh developments in connection with the remarkable…

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A Farmer's Suicide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 2

At the inquest yesterday on the body of Barton Feltus (41), a farmer of Meningie, who shot himself last Sunday morning, a verdict was returned…

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The Tantanoola Sheep Stealing Case. Accused Before the Court. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 January 1911 · page 1

Extraordinary, interest was evinced in the police court proceedings at Millicent to-day against Robert Charles Edmondson, who was charged,—"That…

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Tantanoola Sheep Stealing Case. a Stockowner's Remarks. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 4

After the hearing of the Tantanoola sheep-stealing case Mr. William Sutherland, at the Grand Hotel, Millicent, proposed the health of Detective…

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The Tantanoola Alleged Sheep Stealing. Edmondson Before the Court. David Bald's Confession. Accused Committed for Trial Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 8

At the Millicent, Police Court jesterday the Tantanoula sheep-stealing Sensation was investigated, winni Robert Charley Edmondson was charged,—…

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Frantic Sheep

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 8

A Winton (Queensland) telegram states that particulars are to hand regarding a disaster to Lucknow sheep bound for the Avon Downs Show. They…

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