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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

516 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 19 of 26

Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 5

Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Ltd., offered at auction on Wednesday an attractive catalogue of 1736 bales, principally new season's clip, which was competed for by a large and…

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The Wages of Farm Laborers. Position in New Zealand

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2

A Wellington correspondent writes on Aug. 28:— Still another surprise—and perhups complication—has cropped up in the working of…

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Farm and Field. Diminishing Sheep Stocks

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 3

The strongest reason for anticipating a continuance of prosperity in the sheep trades, states an English writer on live stock subjects is the falling off that has…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO., LTD., report:--There was an excellent attendance of buyers at the Sydney wool auctions last week and our sale…

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Sheep Dipping Bath. a New Zealand Invention

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 3

This is a sketch plan of a "walk-in" concrete sheep-dipping bath at Maraekakaho Station, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, the property of Mr R. D. D…

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The Dairy. the Successful Dairyman. Method and Iltelligence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 3

"We once knew two patrons of a co-operative creamery" (writes "Hoad's dairyman") who were striking examples of successful and unsuccessful men. One…

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International Dairying. the Fourth Congress

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 3

Improved methods in dairying are now engaging the attention of all the civilised nations of the world. The idea of exchanging ideas in an international…

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Farm Ans Field. World's Wheat Prospects

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 3

Mr John Darling, the South Australian wheat dealer, recently gave the farmers of that State some interesting information concerning the wheat crops…

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The Dairy. Udder of the Cow. the Best Type

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 3

The dairy cow can be considered from distinct standpoints. First, as an animal of primarily commercial value, from which the greatest possible amount of…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 3

WINCHCOMBE, CARBON AND CO., LTD., report:—There was an excellent attendance of buyers at the Sydney wool sales last week, and our sale passed off with keen…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. (All Rights Reserved.) Cheap Fencing

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 6

For all general wants a fence a ft. 6 in. high, with two, or, better still, three strands of wire, will answer very well. For a fence this height, the…

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Farm and Field. Preparing Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 4

In a paper on the subject of Preparing Small Clips for Market, Mr A. Brown, a South Australian farmer, recently expressed himself in clear and…

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The Dairy. Preservatives in Butter. Less Used Than Formerly

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 4

In the course of an interesting article on the subject of preservative in butter, the Sydney "Dally Telegraph" states that complaints formerly heard about…

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Electricity and Plants. Results in Wheat Growing. Some Interesting Experiments

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 4

Sir Oliver Lodge has prepared an account of experiments in the application of electricity to crop growing, carried out by Mr J. E. Newman, of Gloucester,…

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Sheep and Lambs

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 1

Just now these animals are causing a good deal of anxiety to both shepherd and owner. Suckling ewes seem to be always hungry, and finish off…

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Farm and Field. World's Wheat Prospects

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 7

Mr John Darling, the South Australian wheat dealer, recently gave the farmers of that State some interesting information concerning the wheat crops…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 9

Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Ltd. submitted on Thursday a cataiogue of 1170 bales composed principally of the new clip. The sale throughout was marked by strong and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 2

WINCHCOMBE, CARSON AND CO. LTD, report:--A firm market with keen competition characterised Wednesday's sale and prices obtained were fully on a par with…

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Farm and Dairy Original Article. [All Rights Reserved.] Vines[?] Disbudding and Stopping

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 1

Very great care must be brought to bear on the final disbudding of the shoots, as any accident to one of those left may cause a permanent…

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The Dairy. Udder of the Cow. the Best Type

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 7

The dairy cow can be considered from distinct standpoints. First, as an animal of primarily commercial value, from which the greatest possible amount of…

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