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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Water in Butter. Scene at a Deputation

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 7

Mr. Fenton, M.H.R., in introducing (wired the Melbourne correspondent of the "Bendigo Advertiser" of May 10) to Mr. Tudor, Minister for Customs,…

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Farmers and Mono-railways South Australian Government's Intentions. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 8

The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr. Vaughan, states that it is the intention of the Government to introduce a bill next session, giving district…

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Moroccan Troubles. Daring Raids on French Relievtng Column. on Its March to Fez. Rebels Capture Bullocks and Sheep. [Reuter's Message.] Paris

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 4

During raids on Major Brulard's column are, according to news received in Paris, delaying the march of the French troops to the relief of Fez…

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Abolition of Freehold Tenure. Farmers and Settlers' Regret. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1911 · page 8

The Farmers and Settlers' Association executive regrets the determination of the Government to abolish freehold tenure and also urges strenuous…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, May 25, 1911. All Wool?

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1911 · page 2

ARE Australian blankets all wool, as one correspondent of "The Miner" claims, or are they mostly cotton and all shoddy, as another implies? The…

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Farmer Squires. Returning to Ring. Will Fight Lang in August. Will He "Come Back"?

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 3

Bill Squires has (says the "Sun" of May 21) decided to leave his wheat patch at Tamworth and try his hands again at the fighting game…

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Immigrant and Farmer

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 4

At the Small Debts Court yesterday (wired the Singleton correspondent of the "S.M. Herald" on May 19), John Mapp, a young Englishman, sued…

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London Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 2

Business was good with been competition for cross-bred at yesterday wool [?]…

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Wilcannia Pastoral Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 19th Annualsh0w. a Great Success

Western Grazier · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 2

Wilcannia has been is fete the last week, the chief attraction, of course, being the above Society's show. This fixture took place on the show ground…

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Experimental Farms. Running Them Upon Commercial Basis. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, when establishing additional experimental farms, is to make them large enough to run upon a commercial basis…

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Is the Tariff "All Wool" or Is It "Shoddy?" To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 5

Sir,—The writer has read your leader on the subject of "allwool," and feels prompted to inquire as to what is the moral of that same leader. Do…

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In Australia They [?]All [?]Ows by Ph[?]nograph. So Says an American Paper. "A Farm in Sydney."

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 May 1911 · page 1

Calling cows by phonograph is the very latest thing in dairying according to two Monroe (Wisconsin) boys now on a farm in Sydney (N.S.W.). And…

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A Farm for Youths. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

Speaking at a meeting last night the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Wilson) said he had gone to New South Wales recently to see if he could find any…

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A Farm Purchase. Case Before Adelaide Civil Court. Clergyman Sues Farmer. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 6

At the Adelaide Civil Court to-day the Rev. A D. Bennett, Methodist supernumerary minister, sued Frank Gabriel Culley, a farmer, of Willunga,…

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Trouble Over a Farm. an Agreement Arrived At. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 1

On Mr. Justice Gordon's advice the parties conferred in the case in which the Rev. Augustus Bennett claimed £1250 damages from Frank Culley, a…

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Kitchener Wheat. Grown in East Africa. Blend Between Boer and Tibetan Wheat. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 4

Lord Kitchener, in a speech at Ipswich yesterday, said that when in Tibet he, at the instance of some Boer friends, sent to South Africa a dozen…

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Sheep Are Not Epicures

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 7

The following is sent out by the [?]ansas Agricultural Colegs:—Sheep will eat 400 species of plants. Horses and cattle will eat[?]ly seventy-two species…

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The World's Greatest Wheat-producing Country

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 3

The United States, the greatest wheat-producing country in the world, produces about ten times as much wheat as Australia. Russia in Europe…

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Mr. Hughes's Dairy Farm. the Attorney-general's Defence. a Hot Time on "Our Selection."

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 1

Giving evidence on his own behalf in the case arising out of the working of a dairy farm, in which Richard Bellinger, charged Mr. Hughes (Federal…

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Wool and Frozen Meat Trade. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 4

According to the Swedish Consul-General, there are big possibilities ahead of trade with Sweden in wool and frozen meat. In regard to…

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