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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

166 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 9

Meteorological Report for Farmers and Gardeners. for the Month of July, 1900

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 2

11th to 13th. -- Atmosphere good for planting and sowing especially vines & trees. Weather variable frost, with showers in places…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

AT the meeting of the above body on Monday Mr. E. Hanley of Victoria said that centra[?]sation seemed to be the bane in N. S. W. In Victoria the good things were…

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Wool Week in Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

There was a remarkable gathering of Australian Sheep men at the 26th annual Stud Sheep Fair of Messrs Goldsbrough Mert and Co. Ltd, at the magnificent…

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Wool Week in Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

There was a remarkable gathering of Australian Sheep men at the 26th annual Stud Sheep Fair of Messrs Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd, at the magnificent…

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Yorkshire Farmers and Sparrows

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 1

The sparrow feare at least two broods each spring, and his breeding season lasts for ten weeks. During this time every pair of sparrows destroy about 3,300 grubs a…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

THE work during last week's session of the Farmers and Settlers Conference was of a most useful and valuable character. This is…

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Meteorological Report for Farmers and Gardeners. for the Month of July, 1960

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 4

11th to 13th. -- Atmosphere good for planting and sowing, especially vines & trees. Weather variable, frost, with showers in places…

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The Protected Farmer in Australia

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

The farce of protection for the farmer is about played out. It is now a regular thing for the protected farmer of Victoria read in his local paper that wheat is selling…

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Spring Rust in Wheat Crops

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 4

The Government wheat expert, in a report to the Minister for Agriculture, says be is receiving complaints from farmers to the effect that their wheat crops are becoming…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 2

The following resolutions were passed at the sitting of the Farmers and Settlers Conference:— 1. That lands suitable for settlement…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 2

The following resolutions were passed at the sitting of the Farmers and Settlers Conference:— 1. That lands suitable for settlement…

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Alleged Cattle-stealing

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 2

AT the Cooma police court on Tuesday F. E. Thomas, described as a grazier of Undeo, was charged with stealing a number of cattle belonging to seven residents…

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Meteorological Report for Farmers and Gardeners. for the Month of July, 1900. by Oronzo Presa, Meteorologist and Astronomer

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 2

11th to 13th. -- Atmosphere good for planting and sowing especially vines & trees. Weather variable. frost, with showers in places…

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Meteorological Report for Farmers and Gardeners. for the Month of July, 1900

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 2

27th to 28th.--Atmosphere unchanged. Weather variable, most likely wet southern districts, southerly wind storms, may shift north-west…

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A Menagerie Farm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 2

The thousand-acre menagerie farm in Merced county is putting the "glorious climate of California" to a new and interesting use (says the San Francisco " Argonaut."…

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Large Poultry Farm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 2

A man in America is said to have the largest poultry farm in the world. He ships from 130,000 to 150,000 dozen of eggs a year. He keeps his fowls on the colony…

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No Cattle-pens at the Vatican

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 3

The American is bound to see everything. when on his travels, and if he does not see what he wants will not fail to ask for it. A gentleman, returning from Italy ,tells this…

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Meteorological Forecast for Farmers and Gardeners. for the Month of August, 1960

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

1ST TO 5TH.--Atmosphere good for planting and sowing. Weather heavy, rein in places, moat likely snow in highlands in southern districts. Southerly winds…

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Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd. Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 3

THE local market remains in a very quiet condition and transactions are not likely to be large until some definite revival takes place in the home trade. A few inquiries…

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Meteorological Forecast for Farmers and Gardeners. for the Month of August, 1960

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 2

1ST TO 6TH--Atmosphere good for planting and sowing. Weather heavy, rain in places, most likely snow is highlands in southern districts. Southerly winds…

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