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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

516 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 10 of 26

Farm and Field. High Prices for Grass Seed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 4

The prices at present being realised for grass seed in New Zealand are unprecedented. The autumn sowing is nearly completed, but there is no…

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Continuous Butter Tests. Factory Awards

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 8

North Coast (Byron Bay No. 1), 740 points, 1; Kyogle Co-operative, 737. 2; Alstonville Co-oporative, 736, 3; and North Coast, No. 4, 728, 4…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Silos and Silo Filling

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 1

Silos become each year more common, and progressive dairy men now possess one or more silos. With suitable machinery to do the work it is…

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A Pastoral Visit

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 4

'A' distinguished clergyman, who under the name of "Athol Forbes" has given the world some of the humorous experiences of clerical life…

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The Dairy. Salt in Butter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

The taste of the English consumer has been trained to prefer butter containing more or less salt. Nearly all that is sold is salted, and the quantity…

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Farm and Field. High Prices for Grass Seed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

The prices at present being realised for grass seed in New Zealand are unprecedented. The autumn sowing is nearly completed, but there is no…

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Successful Dairying

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

"Success in dairying depends largely upon the proper feeding of the herd. There are two questions" (writes an American dairyman) "that the dairy…

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The Dairy. Automatic Milk Seller

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

In educational and sanitary matters German authorities lead ell others. A very commendable feature has bean introduced in several schools in Berlin…

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Farm and Field. Testing Soils

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

The officials of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture have, in the last few years, tried to improve and simplify the pot method…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO., LTD., report.--We held a wool sale on 6th inst. Six weeks have elapsed since our last auction. During the interval…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Farmyard Manure

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 5

It should be the aim of all owners of stock to preserve as fully as possible the fertilising properties of manure until it is ready to be applied…

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Father of Pianos. Mr. Brinsmead Passes. a Devonshire Farmer

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 3

We regret, writes the 'Daily Mail" of February 19th, to announce the death of Mr John Brinsmead, the veteran pianoforte manufacturer, which has taken…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

IN consequence of the success of the Winter School for Farmers during the last two years, and the requests already made for a repetition thereof,…

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Successful Dairying

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

"Success in dairying depends largely upon the proper feeding of the herd. There are two questions" (writes an American dairyman) 'that the dairy…

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The Dairy. Automatic Milk Seller

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

In educational and sanitary matters German authorities lead all others. A very commendable feature has been introduced in several schools in Berlin…

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Farm and Field. Testing Soils

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

The officials of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture have, in the last few years, tried to improve and simplify the pot method…

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Farm Gate Fastener

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 4

The device shown in the accompanying illustrations (which are reproduced from the "Prairie Farmer") for fastening a gate through a wire fence is too…

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The Dairy. Australian Butter Abroad. Preservatives Objected To

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

In the latter part of last year it was brought under the notice of the Department of Trade and Customs that a consignment of Australian butter had…

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Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 5

Hill, Clark and Co. report:—Friday's market for wool was absolutely demoralised, and we met a decline of from 10 per cent, to 15 per cent. upon last sales, and further than this we consider we…

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A Good Farm Whitewash

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 4

A carelessly-made whitewash will last only for a little while. It will pay to get the wash right in the first application otherwise the effects are soon lost, and…

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