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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

18 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers

Seed Wheat. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 3

The Governor refuses the request for a special session of Parliament to consider the seed wheat question…

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The Seed Wheat Fund. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 March 1889 · page 3

The Begister seed wheat fond, for the assistance of needy famers, now amounts to £494…

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Failure of Wheat Crops. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 March 1889 · page 3

Statistics have been compiled which show that 7,188,000 bushels of wheat will have to be imported to N.S.W. during this year…

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The Wheat Harvest. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 3

The colony's wheat yield for last season is estimated to total 8,632,200, or an average of 7-11 bushels per acre. The surplus available for exportation's computed…

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Distressed Farmers. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 3

Mr. John Haynes, Member Legislative Assembly for Mudgee, is occupied in bringing the wretched condition of the farmers, through their bad harvest, under…

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Travelling Sheep

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 2

ABOUT 5,000 sheep (Locke McIntyre in charge) arrived at Silverton: On the 21st instant, en route from Kulnine Station, Victoria, to Mundi Mandi Station,…

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Travelling Sheep

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 2

A SECOND mob of about 5,000 sheep, under the charge of T. Rhodes, en route from Kulnine Station, Victoria, to South Australia, arrived at Silverton on Sunday…

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Stealing Seed Wheat. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 3

At the Crystal Brook Court a married woman named Kate Turner has been sent to gaol for three months with hard labor for stealing one bag of seed wheat, the…

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Seed Wheat. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 3

The Government's offer to supply seed wheat to distressed farmers is being largely availed of…

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Seed Wheat Question. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 3

The Hon. T. Playford, the Premier, addressed a large gathering of his constituents at Carrieton last night, and spoke on the seed wheat question for over an…

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Seed Wheat. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 3

The Government forwarded the first instalment of seed wheat for the relief of distressed farmers yesterday…

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The Seed Wheat Fund ADELAIDN

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 April 1889 · page 3

The first distribution of the seed wheat purchased from the proceeds of the Register fund was made to-day. Thirty-eight farmers in all participated to the…

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Charge of Cattle-stealing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 May 1889 · page 2

SENIOR-CONSTABLE MASON, of Purnamoota, brought James Coleman as a prisoner before the local court yesterday, charged on remand from the Purnamoota court…

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Probable Risc in Wool. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

Messrs. C. B. Eline and Co. and Messrs, Jacomb, Son, and Co, the wellknown London wool brokers, predict a material advance in the price of wool…

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The Latest. Cablegrams. The Wool Market. LONDON, Thursday (midnight)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 June 1889 · page 2

The American demand for wool is increasing, and there is every probability of the market rising rapidly…

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Floods in Urana. Great Loss of Sheep. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 June 1889 · page 3

Further information comes from Wagga respecting the floods near Urana. The biggest known lake in that vicinity, Lake Cullavel, ovarflowed, and the water ran…

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2nd Edition "Miner" Office, 5 p.m. CABLEGRAMS. Wool Sales Opened. LONDON, Tuesday (midnight)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 June 1889 · page 3

The current London wool sales series opened to-day. There was a large at tendance, and merinos were in demand…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 June 1889 · page 2

MR. W. E. RAINE, local representative of Harrold Brothers, London and Adelaide, has received the following telegram from the Adelaide branch:—"Cablegram…

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