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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

298 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 15

To the Small Farmers and Graziers of Braidwood District. [To the Editor of the Dispatch]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 2

SIR,—We take the liberty of addressing few lines to you to call your attention to what in our opinion is very likely to develop into a monstrous injustice if some steps are not taken to alter the…

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Prime Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 2

A line of prime crossbred weathers were recently bought by Messrs. Thos. Borthwick and Sons from Mount Pleasant estate N.Z. at 26s 6d. per head on the property. The…

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Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 2

The following resolution was carried at a meeting of the Forbes Pastures Protection Board :—“That, in view of the fact that sheep and skin stealing is rife in the State,…

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Profitable Dairying

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 2

The Candelo Co-operatives Dairy Co’s. half-yearly meeting was held at Tantawanglo on Saturday afternoon. During the 6 months nearly 48 tons of buffer, were…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Commercial Fertilisers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 1

[?]AMY soils as a rule are deficient in phosphoric acid, but contain considerable nitrogen aud a fair amount of potash. Loam soils,…

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Record Cattle Sale

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 2

The Bega “Standard” reports that a record sale of cattle was held at that town on Thursday, when a local auctioneer submitted over 1700 head, which brought high…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Cross Breeding Fruits and Grain

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 5

IN the breeding of plants the term 'cross bred' is used when referring to the crosses produced between different varieties of the same…

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Gorged Cattle

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 4

Mr. S. M. Mowle writes:—"The paragraph in 'Or the Land' in the Herald of Tuesday reminds me that 60 years ago cattle were, although not in any considerable number…

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The Farmer's Wife

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 2

Up with the birds in the early morning—The de drop flows like a precious gam; Beautiful tints in the skies are dawning, But she has not a moment to look at them…

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Agricultural, Pastoral, & Horticultural Societies' Subsidies

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 2

THE total amount contributed by the State to agricultural societies during the year ended 30th June, 1903, was £13,275, of which £9,991 represents ordinary subsidy,…

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The Wheat Position

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 2

IN addition to the 6000 tons of Argentine wheat to be reshipped from Sydney, parcels are to be reshipped from Melbourne, and it is probable that during the current month…

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Dairy Farming

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 4

Messrs. Isaac Bros., for some time storekeepers at Candelo, have have turned their attention to pastoral pursuits, and have settled at Tumut, where having leased the…

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Wool Sale Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 2

HARRISON JONES & DEVLIN, LIMITED, report offering a small but attractive catalogue of new clips. The attendance was large and representative of all manufacturing centres…

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Trouble at the Sydney Wool Sales. the Largest Catalogue Withdrawn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 2

THE Sydney wool market on Tuesday was disturbed by the fact that the buyers refused to bid for the Co-operative Wool and Produce Company's catalogue. The difficulty…

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The Onion Crop

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 1
Also in Queanbeyan Age

We have from time to time written in these papers respecting the onion crop, and we have observed the great loss which has occurred through the onions…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles, Utilising the Early Sitter for Hatching Chicks

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 1

SETTING aside the question of expensive incubators and brooders, while at the same time admitting their desirability, if our purse…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Utilising the Early Sitter for Hatching Chicks

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 1

SETTING aside the question of expensive incubators and brooders, while at the same time admitting their desirability, if our purse…

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Victorian Standard of Butter

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 4

Many butter factory companies and dairymen in a large way of business in Victoria are adopting the plan of branding [?]heir boxes, “1904 Season’s Butter,” and…

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Nowra Dairy Company

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 2

The directors of the Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company entertained the suppliers to the company’s butter factory, together with other friends, at a picnic on the…

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