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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Cattle and Sheep in France. Paris

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 4

The Ministry of Agriculture has taken a census, which shows that on July 1 the total cattle in France were 12,286,849, compared with 13,120,649 at…

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Butter Supplies. Effect of Government Control. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 3

The American butter recently imported by the Government has been made available for distribution in Sydney…

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Scotch Hay Crop. Commandeered by the Government. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 8

The Government 19 commandeering the Scotch hay crop for army purposes at prices ranging from 75s. to 130s., according to the date of delivery…

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Wheat Acquisition. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 2

The State Attorney General explained on Saturday that if anticipation of a bumper wheat crop is realised, it is not the intention or the Government…

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Red Cross. Wool Buyers and Combers' Association. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 2

The Wool Buyers' Association has raised £70,002 for the Red Croas Society. In addition, the mill employees of the Botany wool-combing works have…

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The Wheat Market. Effect of American Reaction. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 4

Prices in the wheat market are being steadily maintained. The demand, however, is very quiet and is in sympathy with the reaction in Canada and…

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Panama Exhibition. Australian Awards. Grand Prize for Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 4

Owing chiefly to the energy of Mr. Nielsen (says the Sydney "Sun"), the Trade Commissioner to America, Australia has secured many awards at the…

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American Cotton Crop. Washington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 2

An official estimate of the cotton crop of the United States for the season is 12,000,000 bales compared with 16,135,000 bales in 1914…

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No More Help for Farmers. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 2

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. W. C. Grahame) stated yesterday that the farmers of the State do not require any further assistance from the…

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New South Wales. Increased Price of Butter. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 4

It is understood that a proclamation on the increase of the retail price of butter will be issued early next week…

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Master Dairymen's and Milk Vendors' Association

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 3

The second annual meeting of the Master Dairymen's and Milk Vendors' Association was held at the Australian Club Hotel on Saturday night Mr…

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Cargoes of Wheat and Oats. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 2

The barque Eudora arrived at Sydney from Buenos Aires yesterday with 303 tons of wheat for the State Government. The steamer Colon arrived…

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American Wheat Yield. Washington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 2

The oficial estimate of the winter wheat yield is 659,000,000 bushels and of the spring yield, 361,000,000 bushels…

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Butter Dealers Fined. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 2

Several persons were yesterday fined various amounts for selling butter at a price greater than that fixed by the Government proclamation…

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Wool in the London Docks. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 2

The Government has notified Yorkshire traders that unless they remove their wool from the London docks immediately the Government will do so…

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Wheat for Queensland. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 2

The Queensland Government was secured 5000 tons of wheat from New South Wales. This will tide the State over the shortage privious to the…

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FINED £100. a Farmer's Celebration. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 2

Frederick Steppner, a farmer, has been fined £100 at Albury for making statements likely to cause alarm. He stated that he was drunk, and was…

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In the West. Farmers Favor German Trade Boycott. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 August 1915 · page 2

At the annual conference of the West Australian Farmers' and Settlers' Association, which concluded on Saturday, it was decided that concerted…

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In Broken Hill the Patriotic Funds. Donations of Sheep and Sheepskins

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 1

A few weeks ago the town clerk (Mr. J. N. Jonas), who is the collector of the Belgian and wounded soldiers' funds, sent a copy of a circular to…

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Record Price for Sheep

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 August 1915 · page 4

What is said to be a record price for the Commonwealth for the number and class of sheep submitted was obtained by Messrs. S. G. Valentine and Co.,…

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