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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

534 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 18 of 27

Dry Farming

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 2

SOME years ago American farmers, refusing to deliver over any part of the Republic to the drought, discovered a method of tilling the soil in…

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“The Farmer and Settler.”

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 2

We are in receipt of a copy of this publication, issued in the special interest of the man on the land. It contains a vast amount of information, which…

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Farm Competitions

The Age · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 2

NEXT month judging will commence for the Southern Tablelands Division of the Herald and Mail Farm Competitions. The work has been entrusted to…

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Sydney Wool Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

For many years now Sydney has been the leading market for wool in the Commonwealth. New buyers from all parts of the world come to Sydney each year to swell the already large number who…

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Wool

The Age · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson and Co. report:—Useful rains fell between the 14th and 20th inst., on the central tableland as high as 313 points were…

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He Dairy. Making Butter From Sweet Gream. the Use of Ferments

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 3

Condensed from a “builetin” by J. D. Leclair, St. Hyacin the Dairy School, Quebec, Csisada. This bulletin contains a detailed…

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Sydney Wool Trade

The Age · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 4

For many years now Sydney has been the leading market for wool in the Commonwealth. New buyers from all parts of the world come to Sydney each…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Right Reserved.] Deeding Ducks for Eggs

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 2

IN selecting breeding and laying stock most people choose the long-bodied, bright-eyed erect specimens, and allow five ducks to one d[?]ake, and those are…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for August

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 3

The serious rainstorm centres passing to the south have caused deficient rainfalls in our district; still the land is in fair order for cropping, and it is always a…

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Close Farming Exterminates Rabbits

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 4

MR. C. W. BOWMAN, of Derowie, Molong, has about 2000 acres, under wheat on the halves system this season. He claims that the only way to…

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Farmers and Socialism

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 2

THAT socialism is of paramount importance in Federal politics at present was evidenced on Monday, when a representative gather of delegates from the Farmers and Settlors'…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for August

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 3

The various rainstorm centres passing to the south have caused deficient rainfalls in our district; still the land is in fair order for cropping, and it is always a…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 4

BEANS—D[?]TION—PROPAGATION—METHODS OF CULTIVATION—BEANS AS FOOD—VETCHES OF TARES—WINTER AND SUMMER TARES—THE KIDNEY…

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Sheep's Head Broth

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 5

Ingredients:--1 sheep's head,½ cupful barley, 1 slice bacon, 2 carrots, 1 turnip, 1 onion, salt and pepper to taste, 2½ qts water…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved] Growing Early Water Melons

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 6

IN order to grow early water melons, the first consideration is the soil, and a warm, responsive land is heat. If it is not already well supplied with plant food,…

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An Up-to-date Wool Store. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Sydney

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 6

Amongst the Australasian wool brookers none is more progressive than the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Founded…

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Farm and Garden. Calender for August

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 3

The various rainstorm centres passing to the south have caused deficient rainfalls in our district still the land is in fair order for order for cropping, and it is always a…

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Farm and Field. Home Grown Seeds

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 5

Farmers and gardeners frequently complain about the Quality of vegetable and flower seeds, the germinating percentage very often not being…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated, Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, August 31, 1906. the Gininderra Farmers' and Settlers' Union

The Age · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

AS an instance of what can be done by our farmers and settlers when they go into things earnestly and enthusiastically,…

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Butter Grading

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 2

The Melbourne “Herald” reports some sharp exchanges between Sir William Lyne and a deputation in connection with butter grading under the…

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