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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land
298 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 15
THE meeting convened by the secretary of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, having for its object the receiving of requisitions for seed wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PLACING corn in the silo usually increases the digestibility of the crude fibre. On the other hand, there is always some loss from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the interests of the farmers of this district who require grants of seed wheat for the coming season we here publish the description of the form drafted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE was a large attendance of farmers at the meeting of the above Association convened for Tuesday last. Mr Woodger's rooms not being adequate to the occasion, by the courtesy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOME months ago when the drought, which -- in certain optimistic but badly informed quarters-- is referred to with the prefix "recent." was at its height and the real…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRST importation of Suffolk sheep has arrived at Melbourne for Mr. G. R. J Jackson. The sheep are to be taken to a property in New South Wales called Ferndale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →APPLICATIONS for seed wheat are coming in freely. The necessity for careful supervision has on more than one occasion (says the Telegraph) already been shown, people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EVERYWHERE in the country complaints are rife concerning the very leisurely way in which the Department of Agriculture is moving in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IF clover cannot bo grown some, other good leguminous crop is needed that will act as a soil renovator to fix in the soil the atmospheric…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Rayleigh, who has attained his sixtieth year, is known to the public both as a man of science and a dairyman, and his work and his milk are alike excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Premier stated on Wednesday that the work of arranging for the distribution of seed wheat to those farmers who are justly entitled to such assistance is being carried out energetically by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr Kidd (Minister for Mines and Agriculture) and Mr Hayes (honorary member of the government), who have been entrusted with the task of alloting 200,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. T. I. Campbell, secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, has received the following letter from Mr. H. Curry, Under Secretary for Land, dated January 31:—" Sir,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For some time past the stockowners all over the state have suffered a constant loss from thieving. More recently owing to the high prices ruling for meat the depredations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The two Ministers in charge of the seed wheat distribution, Mr Kidd and Mr Hayes, are receiving numerous applications on the required forms daily. As the applications…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuesday was pay day for the Go-operative Creamery, and the amount paid to supplies was £6082 17s 2d. The output of butter for the month was 67 tons 1001bs, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the important matter of time of cutting, the next step is shocking the corn. Other things being equal, a large shock should be planned for, but the size…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FERTILISERS only fertilise the soil when they contain one or more of the essential constituents of plant growth, that is, nitrogen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“If a man wasn’t a widower in my day, why, be girl wanted him” said Sarah Ann Spriggs, advising her daughter Sally as to the choice of a husband. “Look at your…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has noticed a telegram from Glenfell to the effect that the price of seed obtained by the Government is greatly in advance of that obtainable…
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