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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

166 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 9

Champion Cattle-Prizes

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Boatson, secretary of the South Coast Agricultural Union, has write [?] various societies again with regard to the proposal to [?] each society [?] £5…

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A Pearl Farm

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 3

There is only one pearl farm in the world. It is in the Torres Strait, at the northern extremity of Australian, and belongs to James Clark of Queensland. Mr. Clark, who is…

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Dairying in Sweden

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 October 1900 · page 2

According to a statement made by Professor [?] at a meeting of the Swedish Agricultural Academy; there are now 1550 [?] established by co-operative…

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Sheep-worrying Dogs

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 2

The following core for sheep-worrying proclivities is said to have been tried on a dog with such complete success that he never again showed the slightest disposition to…

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The Law Amd the Dairy

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 October 1900 · page 2

“I hear that the great law firm of Gouge and Gobble has engaged extensively in the dairy business.” “Ton don’t say !"…

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Spray. Sheep in the East

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1900 · page 4

A species of sheep in the East, common in Syr[?] are so encumbered by the weight of their [?] that the shepherds fix a piece of thin board to the under…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 October 1900 · page 2

The first series of Wool Sales opened at Adelaide yesterday. They were practically a fiasco. The London wool sales are a little mere…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 October 1900 · page 2

The first series of Wool Sales opened at Adelaide yesterday. They were practically a fiasco. The London wool sales are a little more…

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Judging Dairy Cattle

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 5

In establishing a dairy herd the importance of using a sire descended from a deep-milking strain is admitted (remarks tho Australasian), but even when such an animal is provided…

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A Carious Species of Sheep

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 October 1900 · page 2

A species of sheep in the East, common enough in Syria, are so encumbered by the weight of their tails that the shepherds fix a piece of thin board to the under part, where…

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Judging Dairy Cattle

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1900 · page 3

In establishing a dairy herd the importance of using a sire descended from a deep-milking strain is admitted (remarks the Australian), but even when such an animal is provided,…

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Foddor Crops

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 October 1900 · page 2

CONSIDERING the large development of the butter and dairying industry in our colony, and the immense capital invested in this great source of national wealth and…

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Fodder Crops

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 October 1900 · page 4

Mr. A. Lansdowne, Goulburn, writes:—Considering the large development of the the batter and dairying industry in our colony, and the immense capital invested in…

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Winchcombe, Carson & Co's Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 2

We held our opening sale for the new season on Thursday. The selection available included a large number of burry and seedy wools, which feel the drop in the market much more severely than the…

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Wool, or Wheat: Which?

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 2

IT is an ugly fact that with an outlook brighter than has fallen to the lot of our farmers for a cycle of years past the prices they have been…

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Millionaire Dairy Farmers

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 2 November 1900 · page 4

Some of the finest farms in the world are worked by New York millionaires. From 17 of these farms the produce annually sold amounts to £100,000. Mr. L. P. Morton…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 November 1900 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Co report—We held our second sale yesterday. Wools were rather above the average quality. Splendid…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 November 1900 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Co report—We held our second sale yesterday. Wools were rather above the average quality. Splendid competition prevailed throughout the sale,…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 November 1900 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—Winchcombo Carson and Co report that at yesterday's wool sales prices were firm, especially for best classes. The highest prices were—Greasy 8¼d,…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 November 1900 · page 2

'Sydney, Tuesday—Winchcombe Carson and Co report that at yesterday's wool sales prices were firm, especially for best classes. The highest prices were—Greasy 8¼d…

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