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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Broomhall's Australasian Wheat Ready Reckoner

The Age · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 3

This book, compiled by Mr. L. F. Broom hall of 18 Bridge Street, Sydney, the compiler of the Grain Merchants Ready Reckoner, conjointly with Mr. G. K. Gregson has been…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Good Bred Fowls Are Best

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 1

SOME poultry keepers' have wrong impressions regarding pure bred fowls and their profitableness, Many people may eat that although good bred birds are…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 6

THE GRAPE (continued)—REMARKABLE AGE OF VINEYARDS—CLASSIFICATION OF GRAPE VARIETIES—[?] OF VINES—[?] OF…

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Farm and Field. Canada and Australia

The Age · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 4

An Australian who has settled down in California having noticed the comparisons made between Australia and Canada, has given his experience to the…

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Cured the Farmer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 3

A farmer in the North of England, about six years ago, had sonic cows which had the cattle plague, and he thought he had the plague himself…

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Wool Stealing

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

Peter Cargill was charged with stealing dead wool, valued at 5s, at Larbert during last November, the property of H. A. Bassingth waighte…

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The Farm Baby

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 4

When the baby begins to eat, what is the first solid food given him Mashed potatoes, in nine cases out of ten, Potatoes are not easily [?]…

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Big Wheat Crop in America

The Age · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

A special report from Chicago to the Boston "Herald" of 23rd October, says that people who have of late been through the wheat-growing States in the…

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Wheat Reports

The Age · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

MESSRS. J. RAVEN & COY., Wheat Brokers and Agents, 148 Clarence Street, Sydney under date of January 16th, report as follows:—Since our last report there has been a slight…

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Feeding for Butter Fat

The Age · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

A bulletin from the Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University, U.S.A., describes experiments carried out on ten cows, to ascertain…

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Commercial Reports. Wool Reports

The Age · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

MESSRS HARRISON, JONES and DEVLIN, Ltd report as follows :—On Tuesday we brought forward a large and attractive Catalogue of 4491 bales which was actively competed for…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Management of Brood Sows

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 1

EXERCISE is necessary for brood sows during the whole period of gestation, and especially so during the last three or four weeks, so that they will not be in a…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for January

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 1

SINCE the nice rain at the beginning of last month the weather has been unfavorable to growers. Hot winds and great…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 5

The Ash—Description—Varieties—Effects of Soil—Ash and Oak—The Husbandman's Tree—Further uses of the Ash—Over thirty Species—Flowering…

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Farm and Field. British Food Imports

The Age · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 3

The value of the living animals imported for food during the ten months ended 31st October was L8,281,821, compared with L8,678,560 last year. Number…

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Wool and Wheat Traffic

The Age · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 3

DURING the past week the number of bales of wool carried on the railway to the Darling Island, Newcastle, and Morpeth depots was 969 more than the…

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Commercial Reports. Wool Reports

The Age · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

The market continues unchanged, with a strong demand for all good wools at full values. Faulty-conditioned lots still sold irregularly. Greasy realised to 12¼. Among…

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market Reports. Sheep

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

At Homebush Best crossbred wethers made from 15[?] extra to 17/, good 14/ to 14/6, medium from 13/…

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Commercial Reports. Wheat Reports

The Age · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

MESSRS. J. RAVEN & COY., Wheat Brokers and Agents, 148 Clarence Street, Sydney under date of January 30th, report as follows: Latest cables received from London indicate…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Forming a Dairy Herd

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 1

IN starting with a herd of grade crossbred or mixed cows it is necessary first to select the good ones and dispose of the unprofitable, replacing them as far as…

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