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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Dairy Supervision in the Argentine

The Age · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 4

The growth of the demand for Argentina butter in Europe, chiefly for Great Britain, has induced the Government of the Republic to enact stringent…

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Farm and Field. Electricity in Agriculture

The Age · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 4

Recent experiments have demonstrated that electricity will promote the germination of seed. At the Massachusetts Agricultural College, U.S.A. in a…

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An English Paper on the Sydney Wool Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 6

The following paragraph appeared in the Reading Mercury, Berkshire, England, on May 19:— A LINK WITH THE PAST.—The 'Annual Wool Review,'issued by Messrs. Winchcombe…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 3

THE Sydney wool market is altogether without change, Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report, business being confined within the narrow limits…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for July

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 1

THE frequent showers we have had and the mild weather during middle of June have been favourable to growth, and the soil is in good order for cropping. All…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 4

The Walnut (continued)—[?] Kernel—Fruit and Oil—Leaves [?] Husks—Varieties of Walnuts—Propagation—Soil—Trees intended for Timber…

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Our Oldest Wool Firm

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 6

Our pastoralists and producers and all interested directly or indirectly in .the primairy and staple industries of Commonwealth, will . note with,…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Keeping Hogs

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 1

THE first thing to be considered is the breed or type of animal desired. If an early maturity and easily fattened herd of hogs is wanted, select for fine bone short…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for July

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 1

THE frequent showers we have had and the mild weather during middle of June have been favourable to growth, and the soil is in good order for cropping. All…

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Dairy Cows: the Ayrshire

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 1

The Ayrshire is a model' breed in both senees of the word--for it gives you the ideal form of a cow, and it is the cow rather too much in miniature to be satisfactory to…

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The Dairy. a Profitable Swindle

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 4

The necessity for drastic legislation, against the “doctoring” of butter (writes the London correspondent of the “Canterbury (N.Z.) Times”) is…

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Farm and Field. Teaching Agrienlture in the schools

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 4

The question of teaching agriculture, In the Victorian State schools has often been discussed, but no practical steps in that direction have yet been taken. in…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for July

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 17 July 1906 · page 1

THE frequent showers we have had and the mild weather during middle of June have been favourable to growth, and the soil is in good order for cropping. All…

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Stud Sheep Sales

The Age · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 2

AT the recent annual sales of stud sheep held in Sydney, Messrs. Hill Clark & Co., who operated in conjunction with Messrs. Powers Rutherford & Co., of Melbourne had a most…

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Farm and Field. Wheat and History

The Age · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 4

The first free emigrant to Australia who undertook the cultivation of the soil of this broad continent was (writes the "Sydney Mall"). a German, by name…

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Butter and Cheese As Conveyers of Infection

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 4

Some time ago, an interesting experiments was undertaken by Professor Delaine, of the Public Health Laboratory Manchester University, England, into…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. Methods of Grafting Trees and Shrubs

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 2

THE methods of grading which will be found most useful are clott, whip and side;while at this season, evey fruit-grower should know how to bridge-graft,…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for July

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 1

THE frequent showers we have had and the mild weather during middle of June have been favourable to growth, and the soil is in good order for cropping. All…

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Farm and Field. Top-dressing Pastures

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 4

Artificial pastures receive -very little attention in the shape of winter top pressing. When a forest is cleared, what with the heavy coating of ashes that…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 4

THE MANGO (continued)—THE MANGO DOD[?]L—VARIETIES—THE MANGOSTAN—WHERE A NATIVE—DESCRIPTIONS OF TREE, FRUIT, FLOWERS…

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