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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

516 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 26

Farm and Field. Draught Horse Paints

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 4

Hitherto knowledge of the draught horse has not been extensive among the rank and file of breeders. Were it so one would not find so much breeding…

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The Beekeeper. Beekeeping for Farmers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 4

All farmers ought to keep a few colonies of bees. But the bees must be managed so as to give little trouble. For this I suggest (writes a Californian…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 2

Hill, Clark & Co., report:—Our catalogue this week was composed mainly of Monaro and Southern wools of the former many were unskirted and in heavy condition while…

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Farm and Dairy. Original Articles. [All Rights Reserved.] Pasture Land

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 7

It is a bad practice to now and then lay old pasture! land for mowing. Excellent fattening, pastures have been half,ruined by following this plan…

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Fish Farming

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 7

Under suitable conditions, and followed in a proper manner, there are few pursuits more profitable than fish farming. This does not mean that…

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The Dairy. Shorthorn Dairy Cows

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 3

In England the milking Shorthorn, pedigreed and otherwise, stands out as the most popular and most widely kept breed. In America, on the…

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Farm and Field. Draught Horse Points

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 3

Hitherto knowledge of the draught horse has not been extensive among the rank and file of breeders. Were it so one would not find so much breeding…

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The Beekeeper. Beekeeping for Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 3

All farmers ought to keep a few colonies of bees. But the bees must be managed so as to give little trouble. For this I suggest (writes a Californian…

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Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 5

Harrison, Jones and Devlin:—On Thursday we brought forward a catalogue of 3240 bales, which included several good superior clips and a considerable proportion of medium…

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The Dairy. the Special Purpose Cow

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

Mr. T. L. Haecker, of the Minnesota Agricultural College, U.S.A., is a firm believer in the "special purpose" dairy cow. In his opinion, any other kind of…

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Farm and Field. Concrete Floors

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

[?]o substance is so suitable for floors for farm building as concrete. It can easily kept clean, and is free from [?] smells likely to be troublesome on…

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Some British Crops. for the Past Year. an Official Summary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 3

From a summary of the estimated yield of the cereal and other crops in Great Britain in the present year, published in the "Journal of the Board of…

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Commercial. Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 2

Messrs Hill Clark and Company report:—We submitted a small catalogue of 1,900 bales, of which we cleared 1413. The selection was mainly composed of sound wools but…

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Farm and Diary. Original Articles [All Rights Reserved.] Dairy Notes

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 6

Long churnings cause more annoyance to the dairymaid in spring and autumn than at other seasons, and the cause of this is that at these two…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 2

Hill, Clark & Co. Ltd., report.—On Tuesday we submitted a small catalogue of 1,900 bales, of which we cleared 1413. The selection was mainly composed of sound woo's but rather heavy in condition…

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Overseer of Starving Sheep Prosecuted. MELBOURNE

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 6

The police state that a man placed 215 shepp in a 316-acre paddock about a fortnight ago. There was then some little feed. This was soon eaten off. A constable went…

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Commercial. Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, offered on Monday 3,200 bales of various selections. Superior lines commanded good attention, but faulty and inferior were irregular with…

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Some British Crops. for the Past Year. an Official Summary

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 3

From a summary of the estimated yield of the cereal and other crops in Great Britain in the present year, published in the "Journal of the Board of…

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The Dairy. the Special Purpose Cow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 3

Mr T. L. Haecker, of the Minnesota Agricultural College, U.S.A., is a firm believer in the "special purpose" dairy cow. In his opinion, any other kind of…

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Farm and Field. Concrete Floors

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 3

No substance is so suitable for floors for farm buildings as concrete. It can be easily kept clean, and is free from all smells likely to be troublesome on…

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