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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1868

10 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 4

Messrs. Buxton and Hunter's Prices Current of the 30th November, states:—The public sales of colonial wool which commenced on November 14, have thus far…

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The Yorkshire Wool Trade. Leeds, November 29

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 February 1868 · page 4

The report of the wool trade from week to week has not materially varied for several months. The demand is devoid of all speculation, and the fall of prices, combined…

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Local and District News. Police Court. Tuesday, March 17, 1868. Sheep Stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 March 1868 · page 2

The prisoner Brady, charged with stealing a number of sheep from Mr Osborne, of Currendooly, was brought up for further examination. P. Branigan, butcher, in the amploy of Mr Terry,…

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Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Polding

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 4 April 1868 · page 2

HIS Grace the Archbishop o. Sydney has addressed a Pastoral Letter to the clergy and laity of his Church, "directing a Special Public Service of Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the Recovery of…

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London Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 13 June 1868 · page 2

Since the March series some business has been done in Cape wools at firm prices; the market is steady, and, as manufacturers are known to be scantily supplied, a good…

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Important to Wool Growers and Others Interested in Improving the Growth and Getting Up of the Product of the Colony

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 June 1868 · page 4

WE have all kinds of societies formed in various parts of the colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, and prizes awarded by them for improvements…

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Local and District News. Queanbeyan General Sessions. Monday, July 20Th, 1868. BEFORE his Honour District Judge Simpson. Cattle-stealing

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 25 July 1868 · page 2

Robert Jobson (on bail) was indicted for having, at Butmaroo-creek, near Bungendore, stolen two bullocks, the property of Thomas Flynn ; a second count charged the prisoner…

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Cattle Farming

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 24 October 1868 · page 1

MANY months ago attention was drawn in these columns to the advisability of preparing for an increased and more permanent demand for fat cattle, both for home…

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Sheep-washing on Improved Principles

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 November 1868 · page 2

Our attention having been directed to certain inacuracies in a description recently given in the Braidwood Dispatch of Mr. Rutledge's new sheep-wash, at Carwoola, Molonglo, at…

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The Seeding of an Acre of Land with One Peck of Wheat

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 December 1868 · page 4

ALTHOUGH I feel wearied and nearly nauseated with this one peck of seed an acre matter, and I reluctantl[?]urn to it; yet, as some clerical friends have written to me,…

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