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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Age · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

Messrs. Schute, Bell & Co., report under date 4th Dec.—A strong market prevails for practically all descriptions of the staple, American, French, German, Japanese and…

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Milling Qualities of Wheat

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 3

The milling quality of wheat harvested in the dough stage and wheat harvested when quite ripe is an interesting problem. This was one of the…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Lime As a Fertiliser

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 1

THE value of time as a fertiliser is not fully appreciated. With more intensive culture lime will be in increasing demand to aid soil renovation and…

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Farm and Garden. Calender for December

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 1

During November, growers have had an anxious time. As we expected the thunder weather was followed by cold snaps and frosts, very…

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The Pet of the Farm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 1

OH, I would I were a chicken playing round her tiny feet, Or the pigeon on her shoulder as he steals her kisses sweet…

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The Dairy. Starting a Dairy Herd

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 3

No branch of farming pays better than dairying when well conducted, and in no branch Is the direct benefit to the sell of greater value ln maintaining fertility…

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Farm and Field. Pigs in Oration

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 3

A bulletin dealing with the pig industry of Ontario, Canada, has been issued by the Agricultural Department of the province It contains much Interesting…

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Farm House Lodgings

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 3

An article to a recent issue of the “Mark Lane Express,” London, stales that during recent years a new means of income has opened itself to business…

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Labour for the Farm. The Immigration Movement

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 6

A CALL at the Intelligence Department. in Sydney, after the arrival of any boat from the old country, finds the immigration officers besieged by an…

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Cattle

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 2

Best medium and light weight beef was worth to about 25/ per 100lbs, with deavier beef cheaper. Best bullocks made from £10, extra to…

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Cattle Sale

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 3

W. H. WHEATLEY reports having held a almost successful cattle sale at Goulburn on Thursday the 6th December. About 2000 cattle were…

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Wool

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 2

Yesterday greasy and scoured were 15¼ and 22½d respectively…

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Commercial. Cattle Sale

The Age · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 3

W. H. WHEATLY reports having held a most successful cattle sale at Goulburn on Thursday last. About 2000 cattle were yarded and every lot sold right out. No really good…

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Wool Reports

The Age · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 3

HILL, CLARK AND Co., report:—We brought forward a catalogue of 2,575, bales on Thursday last and have to report a clearance of 2,345 bales, which alone speaks of the…

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Farm and Garden. Calendar for December

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 1

During November, growers have had an anxious time. As we expected the thunder weather was followed by cold snaps and frosts, very…

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Farming and Veterinary Notes

The Age · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 2

THE following useful notes on farming and veterinary matters were taken by Mr. C. Cavanagh, of Gininderra, during his recent visit to the Hawkesbury…

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The Dairy. Starting a Dairy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 3

One of the first things I would do in starting a dairy would be to get all of the information I could by observing what others are doing, and by reading…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & Co., Ltd., report:--At our wool sale on Wednesday the market reflected the best features of the previous day's…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Age · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 2

SCHUTE, BELL AND Co., report under date 11th December:—The market reopened yesterday at its strongest point, competition being animated for all descriptions of the staple…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Fertilisers for the Soil

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 2

FARMYARD manure is one of the most efficient means at the disposal of the farmer to permanently improve his soil. Probably no other fertiliser possesses to so…

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