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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

258 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 13

Unlawfully Impounding Sheep. Municipal Herdsman Fined

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 4

At the Police Court this morning before Mr. H. S. Hawkins, D.S.M., John Merritt, butcher, proceeded against John Thomas Dunn, herdsman,…

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Victorian Butter. This Season's Shipments. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 8

The shipments of butter from Victoria this season amounted to 21,606 tons, valued at £2,268,682, a record…

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American Politics. Farmers Free List Bill. Democrats Confidenit of Carrying It. [Reuter's Message.] Washington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

The Democrats are confident of carrying the Farmers Free List Bill in the House of Representatives at the end of the week…

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Canadian Development. Forty-five Thousand American Farmers. to Settle Along Northern Railway This Year. Estimated Influx Altogether. Will Exceed Two Hundred Thousand People. [Reuter's Message.] Toronto

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 4

The Canadian Northern Railway officials' estimate that 45,000 American farmers will settle along the railway this year…

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A Mysterious Fire. Farmer Victimised

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 2

The Bathurst correspondent of the "Sydney Morning Herald" on April 21 wired:— An inquiry into the circumstances…

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Dairymen Summoned. Milk Specially From One Cow

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 6

At the Wagga Police Court (the correspondent of the "S.M. Herald" wired on April 25) Herbert Nixon was charged with selling adulterated milk…

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Attempted Suicide. Farm Laborer Cuts His Throat. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

Arthur Crig, a farm laborer, was brought to the Perth Hospital on Sunday night with his throat cut. He had been travelling on the Midland railway…

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Missouri-fruit Crops. Damaged by Frosts. [Reuter's Message.] Kansas City

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 8

Frosts have damaged the fruit crops in Missouri…

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The American Tariff. Debate in House of Representatives. Revising the Wool Schedule. [Reuter's Message.] Washington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 2

The American House of Representatives debated to-day the free listing of Agricultural implements and certain manufactured articles…

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English Boys at Pitt Town Farm. Giving Satisfactory Service. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 1

The Lord Mayor of Sydney stated this morning that the first batch of 12 English boys, under the Dreadnought farms' scheme, who arrived at Sydney…

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Missouri Fruit Crops. Damaged by Frosts. [Reuter's Message.] Kansas City

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 4

Frosts have damaged the fruit crops in Missouri…

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Sporting. South African Cricketer. Becoming an Australian Farmer. Durban

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 2

It is reported of Durban that Faulkner, the South African cricket champion, intends taking up farming in Australia…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office, 8.30 p.m. British Dairy Farmers a Visit to Holland. [Reuter's Message.] The Hague

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 8

A hundred and fifty British dairy farmers have visited the dairy farms and butter and cheese factories in Holland…

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An Ostrich Farm. in British Columbia. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 4

Mr. Otto Becker, of Hamburs (Germany) will establish an ostrich farm in the Kootenay district of British Columbia…

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Farmer's Free List Bill Debate in American House of Representatives Ended. [Reuter's Message.] Washington

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 4

The debate in the House of Representatives on the Farmers' Free List Bill has ended. A vote will probably be taken on…

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British Dairy Farmers a Visit to Holland. [Reuter's Message] The Hague

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 4

A hundred and fifty British dairy farmers have visited the dairy farms and butter and cheese factories in Holland…

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Lord Dudley's Speeches. on Dairying Industries and Railway Facilities. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 4

Lord Dudley (retiring Governor-General), in a speech at Ulmarra yesterday, said that the dairying industry needed regulating and unjustifiable child labor…

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Among the Implement Strikers Farmers in the Workshops

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 8

At yesterday's meeting of the strikers (says the "Age" of May 6), it was arranged that a series of football matches should be played as a means…

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Farmer Injured by Chaffcutter His Hand Out Off. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1911 · page 5

L. Dawkins, a farmer of Two Wells, was chaffcutting yesterday, when his left hand got caught in the cog wheels. His hand was drawn in and cut off…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Snowstorm in Canada. Farmers in Prairie Provinces Suffer. [Reutor's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 8

Extraordinary snowstorms in the prairie provinces of Canada are reported. As a result millions of dollars will…

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