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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

230 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 12

Bacteria for Farmers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 1

For many years the U. S. A. Agricultural Department has made it a rule to distribute gratuitously rare seeds for the use of farmers. It has…

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The Wheat Yield

The Age · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate

THIS year's wheat yield in New South Wales constitutes a record, 27,000,000 bushels having been harvested, being 10,000,000 bushels in excess of the previous record year…

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An Object Lesson to Australian Farmers

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2

A paper contributed to the “Monthly Review ” by Mr. R. A. Westenholz, who is president of the Farmers’ League in Denmark, dwells upon the serious handicaps…

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Savoury Butter Pudding

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 1

Mix a quarter of a pound of Soctch outmost in half a pint of boiling milk, and stir over the fire for ten minutes. Then mix in a quarter of a pound of sifted…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Growing Sugar Cane Fob Profit

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

EXPERIENCE has shown that sugar cane requires a moderately but not too rich soil, sandy loam seems most desirable. Canes…

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Farmers and Settlers’ Association

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

A meeting of members of the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association was held in the Council Chambers yesterday, at which there was a fair attendance. Mr. R…

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Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association. and the People’s Reform League

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

We have in the State two strong parties for reform, outside of Parliament —the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association and the People’s Reform League. Both are striving…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 2

A meeting of the members of the Braidwood branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of N.S. Wales was held at the Council Chambers on Thursday afternoon last. The attendance…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. More About Sugar Cane

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

CANE plants are usually the top parts of the plants consisting of four or six of the top joints; the shorter the joints the better;…

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[?] a Crop in Japan Is of Great Commercial Value

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 1

The bamboo groves of Japan are not only one of the most striking features of its landscape, but one of its most profitable plant cultures…

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Farmers and Settlers Association

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 2

An adjourned meeting of the local branch of the above was held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday. Those interested will recollect that the object of the adjourned…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Educational Butter Tests

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 1

[?]T a recent meeting of buttermakers it was stated that a gradual improvement in the quality of butter had taken place, so far as…

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Bega Butter

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 3

The output of butter from Bega last month was 158,0641b., or over 17 tons per week, of which 47,9921b., or over 21 tons, were. exported to London. The…

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Profitable Dairying

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

Some big herds of cows are being, milked on the Waimate Plains, New Zealand, says the Otago “Witness.” It is stated that one dairy farmer m that locality received £400…

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Seed Wheat Payments

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 2

It is understood from the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Kidd, that the payments to the Government for seed wheat applied last year to necessitous farmers are coming into the Treasury in a fairly…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Cold Storage of Fruit

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

IN studying the influence of temperature on [?] kinds of fruit, duplicate series of apples and pears were placed in a storehouse where…

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Grand Sheep Test Prize

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

WITH the object of maintaining the reputation of the Wagga Show as the great sheep exhibition of the State, Mr. G. P. Wilson, of Big Springs,…

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Local and General News. Manitoba Wheat

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 2

Last year Messrs. Jas. Loneragany, Ltd., sold a bag of Manitoba wheat-seed to Mr. Harry Keech, of Burrundulla, and on Monday Mr. Keech sold to the Mudgee Milling…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 2

THE POPULAR MASTURTIUMS. THE N[?] are among the most deservedly popular of garden flowers. They are easily garden…

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