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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

194 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 10

Farm and Field. Pasture and Rye Grass

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 4

A leaflet issued by the Irish Department of Agriculture on the laying down of land to permanent pasture does not give any encouragement to the…

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Comfortable Homesteads on Farms

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 4

"Does a farmer live as comfortably as his means warrant?" asks. "Moira," a contributor to the "Sydney Mail." From what has passed under my notice…

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Farm and Field. Influence of Food on Milk

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 4

In the instructive article on "The Influence of Food on Milk," which Mr Allan Barns Graham, jun., of Craigallian, Scotland, contributes to the new volume…

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Thanet Farm Siege. Tenant "Smoked Out."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 3

An action for alleged assault and trespass commenced in the King's Bench Division on June 3 revealed some very extraordinary procedure in regard to…

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Farm and Field. Sale of an Alleged Diseased Bull

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 4

The "Sydney Mail" gives a report of a case tried at the Murwillumbah Police Court, New South Wales, last week, when John Manly Sharpe was charged…

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Chapter Xliv. Farmer Blow's White-tailed Pony

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 3

Lionel Verner was just in that frame of mind which struggles to be carried out of itself. No matter whether by pleasure or pain, so that…

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The Dairy. Milk Fever in Cows. New Zealand Remedy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 4

An experienced Jersey breeder in New Zealand speaks of tincture of aconite as a simple, perfectly harmless, and infallible cure for milk fever in cows…

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Milking Machines at the W. A. Govt. State Farm

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 2

THE West Australian Government, after delegating a special officer to make exhaustive enquiries through-out Victoria as to which was…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 23rd August:—The series of sales held on Tuesday and Wednesday last resulted most satisfactorily as regards good to superior…

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Farm and Field. Spraying Potatoes for Blight

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 4

Mr Kirk (Government Biologist for New Zealand) states that the potato crop in that colony will show a shortage for the season. The havoc this year was in…

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Seven Acre Farm How to Work It Successfully

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 3

John Doe occupies a holding of seven acres on a seventy years' lease at a rental of LI an acre. He devotes about half his time to his own land, and works…

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The Dairy. Milk Fever in Cows. New Zealand Remedy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

An experienced Jersey breeder in New Zealand speaks of tincture of aconite as a simple, perfectly harmless, and infallible cure for milk fever in cows…

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Home & Fashion. Dairy Dishes. Omelets and Souffles

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 7

The art of making omelets is a very enviable one, for the result is a dish that the most fastidious gourmet appreciates, and that is equally agreeable to…

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Farmers Scattered

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 1

The Lodden flood waters broke through the levees at Kerang on Tuesday, inundating most of the town, and all business was…

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The Dairy. Siberian Butter

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 3

Siberian butter, in the opinion of "The G[?] London, promises to exercise more [?]ence on the London butter market in the future than in the past…

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Farm and Field, Diseases of the Udder. INFLAMMATION

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 3

An inflammation of the glands secreting the milk is one of the most common troubles of the dairy cow. It is generally caused by high feed,…

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Seven Acre Farm How to Work It Successfully

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 3

John Doe occupies a holding of seven th acres on a seventy years lease at a rental of L1 an acre. He devotes about half his time to his own land, and works…

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Farm and Field. Green Manuring

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 3

It is a movement in the right direction to find that more attention is being directed to the advantages to be derived from green manuring in order to…

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The Dairy. Notes on Churning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 3

Almost any farmer that has had anything to do with milk and its products thinks he knows all about making butter, and consequently will not listen to…

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Dry Weather on the Manning. Starving Dairy Stock

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 1

The whole of the Manning River district has been suffering for many months past from unusually droughty conditions. In fact, years have elapsed since the want of rain has…

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