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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Dry Farming. Fourteen-bushel Crop. Dn 2¾ Inches of Rain

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3

One of the observers for the Commonwealth Meteorological Service, who is farming on a large scale at Tralee, near Parkes, New South Wales, in…

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Strike of Wheat Lumpers. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 3

The wheat lumpers at Barmedman struck work yesterday. The lumpers at Balldale have been out since Friday…

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Alleged Bad Butter. Seizure in Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 4

Mr. C. Brosnan, city sanitary inspector, visited the warehouse of a local wholesale produce firm yesterday, and, in his capacity under the Pure Food…

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Cattle Sale. Good Prices Fornetley Staiton Beef

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 4

At the Picton yards yesterday afternoon Messrs. Elder. Smith, and Co., Limited, offered at auction 75 head of prime cows and bullocks from Netley…

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A Wheat Loading Trouble. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 1

Serious trouble appears to be looming over the question of wheat loading in the country centres. The wharf employees in Sydney have decided not…

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Australian Butter. Pushing the Export Trade. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 4

Mr. C. D. Meares, of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Sydney, who has been visiting Canada, America, Great Britain, and the…

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American Wool Growers Improved Methods Advocated. (Reuter's Message.) Salt Lake City

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1914 · page 8

The National Woolgrowers' Association at its meeting to-day criticised the preceding wool list. Mr. Frank Hagenbaith, the president,…

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The Handling of Wheat. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 3

It is said that the Australian Workers' Union is endeavoring to have the embargo on "black" wheat extended by the unions governed by the…

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Wallaroo Waterside Workers. Rates for Handling Salt. a Dispute. Mein Refuse to Load Wheat. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 2

The Waterside Workers' Association ab Wallaroo held a meeting on Friday night to consider the agreements for loading and unloading vessels. All…

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Dived Into Shallow Water. Young Farmer's Death. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 2

Kenneth Smith, aged 19, who was the victim of a serious accident at the Semaphore baths on the afternoon of January 6, succumbed to his injuries…

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The "Black Wheat" Trouble. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 5

The secretary of the Labor Federation says that trouble is pending in regard to "black wheat" unless the Government a unionism. He insists…

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Dairying. the Milk Flow. Monthly Decrease of an Average Cow

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 7

The Wisconsin experiment station (U.S.A.), among other things, has been trying to find out how much the average cow goes down in her milk flow…

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Alleged Baby Farming. Startling Revelations. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

At the Newcastle Chaildren's Court yesterday W. Howard, Inspector of the State Childern's Reliet Department, proceeded aganist Sarah Naylor,…

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Bad Butter. a Wholesale Firm Fined

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 3

At this morning's sitting of the Police Court, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M., A. A. Brice was charged by the chief sanitary inspector…

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The Wheat Trouble and Wages Boards. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

The assistant secretury of the Storemen's Union (Mr. Pemberton) said yesterday that the wages board covering the workers concerned in the wheat…

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Sheep and Beef Products Australia America's Rival. (Reuter's Message.) Denver (Colorado)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 8

Governor Godding, of the State of [?]daho, in addressing a meeting of the American National Live Stock Association, said that the day of the conflict…

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General Cables. (Reuter's Messages.) Boy Farm Labor for Australia. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 4

The "Daily 'Express," in a series of articles on immigration to Australia, is making a prominent feature of the States of New South Wales and Victoria…

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London Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 January 1914 · page 4

Messrs. Bagot, Shakes, and Lewis report having received advice from their London agents, dated January 24, as follows:—"The wool sales have closed…

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Law Costs. Disqualification of Show Sheep. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 4

The disqualification of a Merino ram, owned by the Canowie Pastoral Company, at the September Show, 1912, and its removal after the owners had…

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Women Farmers. Attraction of Irrigation

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 4

Hithorto und[?] prominence has not been given to irrigation farming as a reminine industry (says the "Sun'), but the women setulers in the…

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