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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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General Cables. (Reuter's Messages.) Indian Cotton Crop. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 4

Favorable reports are being rceeived with regard to-the Indian cotton.crop, which, it is expected, will yield 15 per cent, more than last year…

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Farmers Should Be Considered

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 4

Lord Gladstone, Governor-General, in opening the agricultural show at Paarl, made indirect references to the present situation. He said that some…

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Those Condemned Butter Cases A. A. Brice and Co. Again Before the Court. a Heavy Fine Recorded

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 4

An application was made to Mr. C. F. Butter, S.M., in. the Police Court this morning by Mr. C. Brosnan, Chief Sanitary Inspector, that a penalty be…

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Labor Troubles. Farmers and the R. W.U. 'No Legal Dispute.'' Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 4

The secretory of the Farmers and Settlers' Association says that that body will not admit there, is any dispute, in a legal sense, in regard to the rural…

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British Dairy Farmers. Overseas Products, (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

The council of the British Dairy Farmers' Association has decided that at the next dairy show separate clusess will be provided for Australians and…

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Master Dairymen's Association First Half-yearly Meeting

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 5

The Master Dairymen, and Milk Vendors' Association (writes the secretary, Mr. W. H. Forth) held its first half-yearly meeting in the Trades Hall…

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A State Dairy. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 5

The Minister for Labor announces that the Government proposes to establish a State dairy on the industrial, farm at Randwick to supply, the State…

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The Wheat Maroket. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 4

THE wheat market yesterday closed steady and quiet, with prices unchanged…

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South African Crop. Capetown

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 8

Owing to the long drought the crops throughout South 'Africa have 'prbved a complet failure…

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"Attempted" Marriages. Arch Bishop Kelly's Pastoral

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 3

Many will eschew our imputation, boasting of progress in hygiene and mechanics, motor vehicles, and wireless messages, and the extension of mental…

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Farm Laborers' Wages. Must Be Placed on Proper Basis. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 8

Mr. Bonar Law, lender of the Opposition, in replying to a deputation of farmers, said that some means must be found to place farm laborers' wages…

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Local Boxing. the Hall Butter Contests

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 4

Alf. Hall, who meets, Jack Butler in a 20-round engagement at the local Stadium on Saturday night next, called in at "The Miner" office this afternoon…

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Local Boxing. the Hall-butter Contest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 4

Alf. Hall, who meets Jack Butler in a 20-round engagement at the local Stadium on Saturday night next, called in at "The Miner" office this afternoon…

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Margarine or Butter. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 4

Mr. Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Agriculture, to-day received the deputation from British and Australaisan butter merchants in…

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Wheat and Live Stock. a Marked Falling Off. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

The statistics for 1912 just, issued, show that the rapid expansion of the world's wheat acreage in 1910 and 1911 received a severe shock during…

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General Cables. (Reuter's Messages.) London Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 4

There was good competition at the London wool sales yesterday. Prices for crossbreds were unchanged, but merinoes were in the sellers favor…

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The Meat War. One Trouble Settled. and Another Crops Up. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

The men are asserted to have last £37,000 in wages during the meat strike. The trouble by the way, is not yet…

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Interesting to Farmers. Bacterised Peat As a Fertiliser. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 4

Professur William Bottomley, M.A.. professor of biology, Royal Veterinary College, London, who is deeply interested in all matters relating to…

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Woolshed Destroyed by Fire. Machinery and Seed Wheat Burnt. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

A fire at Katanning yesterday gutted a woolshed owned by Mr. H. W. Piesse, and destroyed all the shearing machinery, farm implements, 180 bags…

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Cattle Die on Railway Journey

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 5

Owing (says the Melbourne correspondent of the "Advertiser") to the inhuman treatment meted out to 859 cattle purchased at Armidale, New…

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