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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

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Australian Sheep Purchased for Japan Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 1

M. Okamoto, a Japanese sheep expert, has purchased 260 sheep for breeding purposes. They comprise 220 Corriedales and 40 Merinos. They will be…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, September 16, 1926. Australian Sheep for Japan

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 2

JAPAN is one of Australia's best customers, especially for wool. Japanese buyers are prominent competitors for our wool at the annual sales. There…

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Forest Fires in France Crops Destroyed. (Reuter's Message.) London, September 14

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 1

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports: Forest fires which started in the south of France have travelled northward, 140 acres of forest at…

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Sheep for Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 2

Bennett and Fisher Limited report having trucked at Tarrawingee to-day 1200 wethers from Gnalta Station for the Adelaide markets…

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Industrial State Pastoral Award. an Appeal by Graziers. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 2

The appeal by the Graziers Association against the State award for pastoral employees was continued yesterday in camera. The further hearing was…

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Industrial State Pastoral Award. an Appeal by Graziers. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 1

The appeal by the Croziers' Association against the State award for pastoral employees was continued yesterday in camera. The further hearing was…

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The New Wool Clip Forecast of a Newspaper Contradicted by a Grower Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 2

Mr. C. G. waddell, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, said last night that the eatimate published in a Sydney paper that this…

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The New Wool Clip Forecast of a Newspaper Contradicted by a Grower Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 1

Mr. C. G. Waddell, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowors' Council, said last night that the estimate published in a Sydney paper that this…

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Farmer's Wireless Station on New Wave Length Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 2

Farmer's broadcasting station (2FC) announced yesterday that the station would operate on a new wave length, 442 metros, from 7 o'clock this…

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Farmer's Wireless Station on New Wave Length Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 1

Farmer's broadcasting station (2FC) announced yesterday that the station would operate on a new wave length, 442 metres/ from 7 o'clock this…

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Wool for Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 September 1926 · page 2

It was reported to-day that the platform at the Railway Town station is choked with wool, some of it lying there for two or three days…

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The Pastoral Industry Biological Methods for Control of Pests

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 3

Professor Harvey Johnston, of the University of Adelaide, delivered a lecture in the Burt Memorial Hall, Perth, on Thursday night on the…

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London Wool Sales Prices Very Firm (Reuter's Message.) London, September 22

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 1

At the London wool sales a selection of merinoes and greasy crossbreds was offered, including West Australian parcels suitable for Yorkshire…

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For and Women Girls Bob, Shingle and Crop

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 7

Hairdres[?] in the West End, the fashionable part of London, prophesy that the Eaton crop is doomed, and that the bob and shingle are "going…

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Australian Butter Tests in London Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 4

Mr. T. Paterson Minister for Markets and Migration states that adrice has been received from Sir Joseph Cook High Commissioner that he has…

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Rain in Queensland 10.000 Sheep Are Saved at Rockhampton Station Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 1

Heavy rains have fallen over practically the whole of the west extending right from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the south. At one station in the…

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Hay Sheep Sales One Melbourne Buyer Travels by Aeroplane Hay

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 September 1926 · page 3

At the Hav sheep sales yesterday, when 40,000 sheep were offered, buyers were present from all parts of Australia. One buyer arrived from Melbourne…

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Bull Charges Farmer Victim Seriously Injured Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 September 1926 · page 1

Mr. A. Marin, a farmer of North Casino, was in a milking yard yesterday when an infuriated bull charged him and pinned him against a fence…

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Animal Husbandry Criticism at Conference About Cattle Raising Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 4

Mr. G. M. Budgery, of Newcastle, addressing The Animal Husbandry Conference, said that in no class of the meat industry did Australia compare so…

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State Pastoral Award Graxiers' Assn. Appeal to Industrial Commission Disallowed by Mr. Piddington Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 4

The Graziers' Association appeal against the State Pastoral Award has been disallowed as regards shearing rates and shearing labor…

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