The Wheat Crops. Estimate Op This Year's Yield
The wheat crops now being harvested in Australia are estimated by the various State statisticians to produce 74,866,661 bushels, or 20,245,322…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1912
216 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 11
Farming Methods. Australian v. ENGLISH
"New Chum' writes as follows in the "S.M. Herald"—"I agree with all 'English Farmer' says about farm methods in England, also his remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle-spearing by Natives. Advantages of White Labor. Perth
Reports have been received that cattle-spearing by natives in the North-west is becoming prevalent, and that incendiarism is being practised by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragedy of a Dairy Farm
Alfred Thomas Swift, dairyman at Mead, who is at present a prisoner in the Bendigo gaol under remand on a charge of unlawfully wounding with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Failure of Farmers' Bank. Ottawa
The Canadian Government has decided to appoint a royal commission to investigate the failure of the farmers' bank…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Goods Trains on Sundays. Handling the Wheat Traffic. a Clergyman's Protest
Several special trains in connectionwith the transport of grain arrived in Bendigo on Sunday (reports the "Age,") from up country stations, but the crews…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunting and Spearing Cattle. Thouble with West Acstralian Aborinals. Perth
With regard to the depredations by ab[?]riginals in the north-west, Mr. Male, M.L.A., states that the spearing of cattle is now as bad as ever…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. Revolutionising Dairy Industry. Sydney
The secretary of the Dairymen's Union says that a conference will be held shortly which will revolutionise the industry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Kelly M.l.a., Taken to Task. by Farmers and Settlers
At a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at West Wyalong on January 12 (says the "Daily Telegraph") portion of the business…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Charge Against a Butcher. Alleged Private Slaughtering of Sheep. Sequel to Abattoirs Trouble. Case Dismissed, with Costs Against the Council
In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., John Merritt, a master butcher, was charged with having slaughtered certain cattle at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Large Number of Sheep Poisoned
About a mouth ago (wrote the Casterton correspondent of the "Age" on January 20) Messrs. W. and J. Ryan, of Chetwynd, purchased 760 sheep,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strikers Attack Butter Factory. Nearly Every Window Broken
Last night strikers broke their r[?]cord for good behavior, when an attack was made on the premier butter factory in South Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fixing Wheat Standard. Sydney
The Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday fixed the f.a.q. standard for this season's New South Wales wheat at [?]. per bushel. This places the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farming in the '" DRY" r DISTRICTS
The "first results of forming Aopcratibps at-tho Nyngin Stato Ff jrin iiiiro encouraging. Tho niauoger f the lariji, Mr. fi. J.-Kelly, ni as report,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Runs Into Cattle. Six Animals Killed. Adelaide
The train which lett Adelaide for Henley Beach at 8.15 p.m. yesterday ran into a number of cattle between Albert Park and Cross Roads, believed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chapter Xlv.—the Lost Sheep Found
The explosion was disconcerting to me. I was—literally—thrown off my feet. Probably the police are more used to surprises of the kind…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Transition. the Coming of the Farmer
Much less than a century ago the whole of what is in Australia known as the "safe" country was a grand wide greenwood of the gum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle Stealing Charge Against a Grazier. Breeze Between Solioitors
In the Police Court tills morning, botoro Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., William O. Hannigan charged William Henry Williams with cuttle stealing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shooting at His Wife. Sentenced to 15 Years' Imprisonment. Farmer R'eleased From Custody. Adelaide,.Mondav
Richid FIUSOI Laiiilxkii who was lu 1 eb-uiir 1910 scntt need to lo vcirs' ltiiptisonniuut ou a chut gc of ni feged mutder, vv is ic lease I liciin cus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sale of a Farm. Alleged Fraudulent Representation
An action arising out of the sale of a farm at Gisborne, was before Mr. Justico Hodges in the First Civil Court this month (says the "Age".)…
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