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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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The Season's Wool Clip Worth About £43,000,000 Is Melbourne Estimate Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 November 1929 · page 4

Dealing with statements which have been made in regard to the decline in value of the present season's Australian wool clip, Winchcombe Carson Ltd…

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Farmer Discharges Gun at Man Stealing Potatoes Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 November 1929 · page 4

A Syrian farmer at Picnic Point, Bankstown, who found a man raiding his potato crop at 2 o'clock this morning is alleged to have fired a…

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Geelong Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 November 1929 · page 2

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., advise that the Geelong wool sales were conducted on Thursday, there heine an excellent selection. The American buyers bought…

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Geelong Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 November 1929 · page 1

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., advise that the Geelong wool sales were conducted on Thursday, there being an excellent selection. The American buyers bought…

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The Season's Wool Cup Worth About £43,000,000 Is Melbourne Estimate Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 November 1929 · page 6

Dealing with, statements which have been made in regard to the decline in value of the present season's Australian wool clip, Winchcombe Carson Ltd…

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Farmer Discharges Gum at Man Stealing Potatoes Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 November 1929 · page 6

A Syrian farmer at Picnic Point, Bankstown, who found a man raiding his potato crop at 2 o'clock this morning is alleged to have fired a…

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Export of Stud Sheep Permit Given to Send Two Rams to the Sudan Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 December 1929 · page 2

Several requests were made to Mr. J. E. Fenton, the Minister for Customs, yesterday for lifting the embargo on the export of stud sheep…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report that the Sydney wool sales were held on Monday when they offered 5095 bales, mostly from the western,…

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Export of Stud Sheep From "Sheepman"

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 2

Locally there has been a great deal of controversy of late as to whether the 5000 merino sheep purchased from studs in New South Wales by the…

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Farm House Burnt Six Persons Perish (Special to "The Miner.") Alfred (Ontario), December 4

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 December 1929 · page 4

Paul Baptiste Sauve and five of his children, aged from two to fen years, was burned to death to-day in a fire which destroyed their farm house…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. report that the London wool sales closed fairly active with fair competition on Wednesday. The prices of the previous week were…

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Late Cable News London Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 2

London, December 4—At the Wool Sales 17,118 bates were offered. There was a moderate selection of marines, and clip works suitable for spinners;…

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The Wool Position Russia Not Considered. an Australian Rival Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 1

According to Mr. W. U. Sanderson, who arrived in Sydney to-day from U.S.A. Russia will never be a serious rival to Australia in fine woo. He…

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Bush Fires in Queensland Banana Farms Wiped Out Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 December 1929 · page 4

Disastrous bush fires have occurred over the summit of Mt. O'Riely Five banana farms were completely destroyed, and the damage is already…

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Ban on Sheep Export Consignment of 501 for Durban Stopped Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 4

Within the last few days the Federal Government has prevented a consignment of 501 stud merino sheep leaving fdr Durban, South Africa…

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Conditions Outback Drovers Travel Cattle Through Desert Country Tons of Hay Dropped to Feed the Animals Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 December 1929 · page 2

Mr. E. Pratt, pastoral inspector for Sir Sidney Kidman, who has returned from A four-months' tour outback, said yesterday that he doubted if there…

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Tasmanian Fruit Crop the Season's Estimate Hobart

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 December 1929 · page 4

Mr. P. H. Thomas, the Cliier Horticulturist, estimates the apple crop this season at 3,250,000 bushels, apears 175,000 bushels. apricots 144,000 bushels,…

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N.Z. Farm House Raided Three Times in One Day Search Parties Hunt for Man Wellington (N.Z.), December 12

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 4

An extraordinary story has been told to the police by Mr. D. Meads, of Silverhope. He stated that a masked man visited his farmhouse on…

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A Farmer's Insurance Against Horses and Bulls Died From Injustes by Kick From Cow (Special to "The Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 December 1929 · page 4

Sacramento (California), Dec. ll. William Leggett, a farmer, effected an insurance against being kicked by a horse or gored by a bull. He died…

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Adelaide Wool Sales Dalgety & Co's. Report

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 4

The fifth wool sale of the season opened at Adelaide yesterday. Dalgety and Co.Ltd., have received advice that there was a good selection…

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