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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

516 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 26

Dairying in Japan. a Progressive Industry

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 4

There is probably no country in the world that is making greater strides in industrial development than Japan. Concerning the dairying industry a…

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The Dairy. Frozen Milk. a German Suggestion

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 4

The German authorities have come to the conclusion that there is room for much improvement in the methods of transporting milk. An address on the…

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Wet Wool

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 2

A CONFERENCE of the Pastoralists and Australian Workers' Union was held in Melbourne on Tuesday to consider the question of wet wool and…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Chancing Tints of Autumn Foliage

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 5

The common idea regarding autumn colouring is that frost causes the brilliant colour of the leaves. This popular fallacy is without any foundation…

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A Wet Sheep Case

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 6

A wet sheep case was heard at the Goulburn District Court on Monday, before his Honor Acting Judge Hamilton. Alfred Barrett, of Gunning, a shearer, sued Walter…

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Wet Sheep. Important Decision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 7

AT the Goulburn District Court last week a case turning upon the wet sheep question, and of considerable importance to pastortoralists and shearers, was determined by…

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Dairying in Japan. a Progressive Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 3

There is probably no country in the world that is making greater strides in industrial development than Japan. Concerning the dairying industry a…

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The Dairy. Frozen Milk. a German Suggestion

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 3

The German authorities have come to the conclusion that there is room for much improvement in the methods of transporting milk. An address on the…

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Farm and Field. Steaming Ensilage

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 3

Probably no practice has wrought a greater more beneficial change in dairy farming than the very generally adopted fan of siloing. A few years…

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Cattle-dipping Apparatus

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

Cattle when in low condition are frequently covered with vermin. The apparatus shown below is used for dipping them when in this condition. It is used…

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The Wool Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

The English wool market is still in a depressed condition. On 4th May the English "Farmer and Stockbreeder" wrote:—…

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Farm and Field. Hungry Farms

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

The following article from an American paper is interesting and informative:—"Farmers of the right sort feel the…

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Farm Waggon and Cart. a Combination Vehicle

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

The illustration (from "Work") shows a farm waggon and cart combined, the conversion from one to the other being effected by removing the front board…

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The Dairy. Milk Yield of Cows

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

When is a cow at the top of her milkyielding capacity? It is not the young cow, milk, of life, that gives the most milk, but the yield increases from calf…

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Sheep Breeding and Mixed Farming

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

As my subject is of interest to farmers as well as graziers, I will treat each part separately, and first deal with the farmer's sheep. Of course, there are many who are…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved). Moss on Fruit Trees

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 5

Accumulation of moss on the trunks and branches of fruit trees is not only a bad sign, but is injurious to the trees as it blocks up the pores of the…

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Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson & Co. report.—After an interval of 7 weeks auction sales were returned [?] yesterday (24th) and a general advance of 10 to 15 per cent was established. This was even…

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Cattle-dipping Apparatus

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 3

Cattle when in. low condition are frequently covered with vermin. The apparatus shown below is used for dipping them when in this condition. It is used…

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The Wool Trade

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 3

The English wool market is still In depressed condition. On 4th May the English "Farmer and Stockbreeder" wrote:—…

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Farm Waggon and Cart. a Combination Vehicle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 3

The illustration (from work") shows a farm waggon and cart combined, the conversion from one to the other being effected by removing the front board…

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