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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

194 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 10

Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 7

Schute Bell and Co.,—Ltd. report under date 5th October :—A solution of the dead lock between selling brokers and buyers having been arrived at, sales are to be re…

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Homely Farm

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 October 1909 · page 3

Pastry for Fruit Tarts.—Ingredlents: A quarter of a pound of butter, one ounce of lard, half a pound of flour, a pinch of salt, water. Method: Rub the…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., Ltd., report having sold yesterday:—Jand J. Lockett, Wagga, 14½d; W. Seward, Gundy, 13¼d; James McMaster, Bundella, same; J…

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High Class Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 2

ON the afternoon of Saturday last several adjacent landholders were by the kindness of Messrs. A. J. and M. McDonald, afforded an opportunity of…

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When to Cut Wheat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 3

The proper time to cut wheat and other cereals is immediately after their grate, has been fully matured. When the green color of the straw, just below the…

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Farm and Field. Care of Harness

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 October 1909 · page 3

Happy is the farmer who has got a careful. bandy man in charge of his teams, who has an eye for seeing when a strap, is coming off or a buckle needs…

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Cattle Diseases on the Coast

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

In addition to the " rickets," which hat so disastrously affected the Coast cattle and has been traced to their eating burrawangs. another trouble has arisen in the appearance of a disease called…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 7

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., submitted on Tuesday a large and representative catalogue of 4930 bales which met good competition from a…

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Commercial. Wool Report

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

Messrs. H[?], Clarke and Co. report: We submitted a catalogue of 2,444 bales on Monday, 18th, comprised of useful wools without any superior lines and effected a satisfactory clearance…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 7

Schute Bell & Co., Ltd., report :—Taking into account the exceptional volume of wool offered at Brisbane on Saturday last, it is a matter for congratulation that prices realised…

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Beef Diet in Japan. British Cattle Purchased

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

For some time past earnest attention has been devoted by the Japanese Government, under the direct encouragement of the Emperor, to the…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 2

Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Ltd., submitted on Monday an attractive catalogue of 4488 bales which included a fine display of wools in the grease, and the first instalment of the…

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North Coast Dairying. Milking Machines Favoured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 2

"MILKING machines are the salvation of the dairying" writes Mr. G. W. Robinson, "Roseneath,' Casino, Richmond River," and more particularly…

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Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlie, Limited, submitted on Monday at attractive catalogue of 4488 bales, which included a fine display of wools in the grease. The market has developed a drooping tendency…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 2

A selection of 40,441 bales, comprising some of the best grown wools of the State, has been placed before buyers during the past week and the total clearance at auction and…

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Formalin Treatment for Smut in Wheat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 3

"The Effect of Formalin and Bluestone on the Germination of Seed Wheat" is the title of a small treatise prepared by Mr D. M'Alpine, the Victorian Government…

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The Dairy Cow

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 3

At the Dairy Farmers' Convention, held in Chicago at the end of February last, Mr A. B. Gurler read a paper on the individuality of the dairy cow. He…

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The Dairy. Management of the Separator

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 3

The points in the operation of a separator, given in their order of importance as bearing on the quality of the work are as follow (says E. H…

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English and American Fruit Crops

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 3

Latest reports to hand show that the fruit prospects in England are very discouraging, while record yields are anticipated in some parts of the United States…

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Water for Farm Animals

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 3

That not only unwholesome water, but a stinted supply, is fruitful of animal diseases, has been known for some time. About three-fifths of the…

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