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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

194 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 10

The Booming Factor in Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

S[?]ute, Bed, and Ce., remarking on the demand on U.S.A, account, say:—Having let the early shorn cl[?] pass them practically without an effort to secure even the top liner, buyers with American…

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Roosevelt's Son. Faces Work Music. at Wool Sorting

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 4

A letter from Thompsonville, Conn., dated October 1:— At 4.30 this afternoon Roosevelt, June, knocked off work for the day…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 7

Dalgety and Co., Limited, report:—After a shorter suspension of public business in wool than usual, auction sales in the Sydney market wore resumed on January 4th under…

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Roosevelt's Son. Faces Work Music. at Wool Sorting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

A letter from Thompsonville, Conn., dated October 1:—At 4.80 this afternoon Roosevelt, Junr., knocked off work for the day…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2

W[?]nohcombe, Carson and Co. report—Our catalogue on Tuesday, the first of the New Year, con[?]ained quite a number of selectors' clips of good character, representing almost every wool…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:—All sections of buyers have been operating at the wool sales during the past year, and, under keen competition, almost the whole of…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5

Hill, Clark and O. report.—We submitted a catalogue of 2142 bales en Thursday, and have to report a clearance of 2080. Our selection was mainly drawn from the Southern Districts and…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, submisted on Tuesday a catalogue of 5203 bales, comprising a wide assorsment of good to superior wools. Competition was again very keen and for all parcels…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:—Notable business has been transacted in the Australian wool centres since our last report. It has been well expressed that " all markets to-day…

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Sheep Farming in Fiji

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 2

A resident of Fiji, in a conversation in Sydney with an "Evening News " reporter, stated that about 7000 sheep had been introduced in Fiji during the past two…

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Agriculture, Etc. Feeding Farm Animals

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 3

The feeding of stock is one of the most important branches of farming. In a recent lecture on the subject, Professor D. D. Williams, of the University…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson & Co., Ltd., report:—The Sydney wool auctions continue to show a very firm tone and the recent advance in values is fully maintained. Offerings are now…

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Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carton, and Co. Ltd, report:—Tha Sydney Wool Auctions continue to show a very firm tone and the recent advance in values is fully maintained. Offerings are now mainly…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 5

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:—The wool position still remains favourable to sellers, who have been availing themselves to the fullest extent of the present brisk…

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Agriculture, Etc. Feeding Farm Animals

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 3

The feeding of stock Is one of the most important branches of farming. In a recent lecture on the subject. Professor D. D. Williams, of the University…

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Farm Lad's Revenge. Shoots His Master and Suicides

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

Warcombe Farm, near Kingsbridge, was the scene of a grim discovery recently. The body of Mr Herbert Baker, the…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 2

Hid, Clark and Co report.—We submitted on Thursday a very representative catalogue of 2586 bales and efficted a clearance of 2390, In greasies the off rings were only of medium quslity, but in…

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Agriculture, Etc. Valuable Farm Paint

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 3

Milk paint is a good preservative. It is an old mixture, not generally known. If properly prepared and applied, milk paint makes about the best and…

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Miracle Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

It is the belief of those who have most deeply penetrated the subject that plants, especially corn crops, are about to be produced capable of doubling the…

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The Apiarist. Bees in the Orchard. Their Influence on Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 3

It is pointed out by Mr Gale, the New South Wales bee expert, that the fertillisation of blossoms by other insects than bees is very uncertain. The…

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