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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Gininderra Farmers' Union. Lecture by Mr. McKEOWN

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 2

ON Thursday last Mr. McKeown, manager of the Wagga Experimental Farm, met the members of the Ginninderra Farmers' Union…

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Dairying. As carried on at Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 4

PIG-RAISING is gone in for extensively at the college; and including litters there are about 300 pigs there at present…

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Gininderra Farmers' Union. a Lecture on Mixed Farming

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 2

BETTER results are obtained from sowing in May than in July; later sowing does not pay. With us (Wagga) the latest is end of May…

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Gininderra Farmers and Settlers' Association

The Age · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 2

THURSDAY last was a red letter day in connection with the above association, Mr. McKeown, principal of the Wagga Experimental Farm lecturing before…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Age · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 2

HILL, CLARKE AND COMPANY report.—Tuesday:—4,900 bales were offered of which our catalogue comprised about 3,000 bales; good clearances were effected at values firm upon…

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Dangers of Wet Wool

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 2
Also in The Age

FOR quite a numbers of years now Australia has experience dry springs, and the wool at the time when most of it is marketed has consequently…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Right Reserved.] Pruning Ornamental Trees

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 2

WHERE practicable it is advisable to follow the suggestions of an experienced gardener or a good book on horticulture, but it neither is available the…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for October

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 1

The abundant rains have rendered prospects much brighter. Large areas of suitable crops can be sown, and dairymen and others have no…

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Dairying. As carried on at hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 4

These ensilage tubs can be built to hold any quantity from 20 tons to 200. The approximate cost of one that would…

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Gininderra Farmers' Union. a Lecture on Mixed Farming Stack Ensilage

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 2

IT is of the greatest importance that the base of a stack shall be of right dimensions, so as to ensure the least possible amount of surface exposure…

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Farm and Field. Wastes on the Farm

The Age · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 3

On all farms there is produced a quantity of waste material which should be utilised for fertilising purposes. The British Board of Agriculture, in a recent…

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Care of Cream at the Farm

The Age · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 3

The problem of caring for the cream so that it may be delievered to the creamery in good condition, writes Professor E. H. Farrington, University of…

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Storm in England. Torrential Rain. Crops Damage. Volunteer Camp Wrecked

The Age · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 4

London beheld last night (2nd. August) one of the grandest exhibitions of atmospheric electrical disturbances witnessed for many a day…

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The Cattle

The Age · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 1

The "Duntroon" cattle are well worth an inspection. In all there are 462 head, mostly Shorthorns, for which the Estate has deservedly…

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The Sheep

The Age · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 1

With the great demand that exists for stocking-up purposes, sheep in any numbers are difficult to obtain. And at a time like this for thirty odd…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & Co., Ltd., report (by wire) as follows:--We held a splendid sale yesterday. The market was very animated, and all…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Age · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON AND CO., LTD., report by wire:— Wool—We held splendid sale to-day. Market very active. All buyers displayed animated competition. We sold…

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Closer Settlement. Subdivision of Part of the Famous Duntroon Estate Grazing Lands, Agricultural Blocks and Black Soil Flats, Also 31,333 SHEEP, 462 CATTLE, 61 HORSES, Together with the Station Working Plant and Furniture in Duntroon Mansion House, and in the Manager's Residence. Duntroon Estate. The Landless Man

The Age · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 3

The cry everywhere is for land. There are too many "landless" men in Australia. At the same time there is far too much "manless" land. Our…

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Farm and Garden. Calender for October

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 1

The abundant rains have rendered prospects much brighter. Large areas of suitable crops can be sown and dairymen and others have no…

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