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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

421 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 19 of 22

Sydney Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 2

Wincombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Our Thursday's catalogue included a large proportion of fine woo's, and there met with an excellent reception. A firm done prevailed in the market, and prices…

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The Farmer. Shall We Sow Grain Thick or Thin?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 October 1910 · page 4

One often sees the question raised in the agricultural press whether better results are obtained by sowing cereals thick or thin, and both…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 6

Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Limited, submitted on Thursday a catalogue of 4373 bales, comprising a representative selection of above the average quality…

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Wheat Growing for Profit

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 2

WITH the good prices that have been obtainable during the past two years it may seem superfluous to say "it pays to grow wheat" but the up-to-date…

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Raising Dairy Calves

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 October 1910 · page 2

"About 70 per cent, of the 1,246, 700 dairy calves roared in Wisconsin each year must be raised on skim milk," writes H. Otis, of the…

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Local News. Big Goulburn Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 2

MR. W. H. WHEATLEY advertises a special cattle sale of 1500 head superior store cattle at the Municipal Yards, Goulburn, on Wednesday, 2nd November next, comprising 360 bullocks, 4, 5, and…

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Record Price Obtained for Fleece Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 2

FOR our 6th sale we offered a catalogue of 4940 bales, the selection although mainly consisting of good average clips, also included a few better class wools…

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Farm and Field. a Farmers' Trust

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1910 · page 3

The American Society, of Equity is the title chosen by a number of American farmers and sympathisers, whose object is to organise land tillers…

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The Farmer. the Head of the Horse

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 4

Much emphasis is properly laid upon the head of a horse, no matter of what breed he is. Besides entering largely into the whole sum…

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Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 3

WINCHCOMBE CARBON, LIMITED, report.—No Auction sales were held in Sydney this week. This has been arranged to prevent the Sydney fixtures clashing…

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Original Correspondence. The Farmer's Heavy Burden. (To the Editor of the Dispatch.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 November 1910 · page 2

SIR,—Speaking at the luncheon given by the Lard Mayor, Sir Carlaw Martin of the Scottish Agricultural Commission said: "We are struck by the fact that the farmer is betting a very heavy…

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Military College. Duntroon Pastoral Station

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 November 1910 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer

THE Minister for Defence has secured the Duntroon pastoral station, near Queanbeyan (N.S.W), as the site for the military college. Referring to the…

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The Farmer. Feeding a Calf

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 November 1910 · page 4

For the first two weeks the calf should have nothing but new milk. If it be of the shorthorn breed, or a half-breed calf of the Shorthorn…

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Butter Hints

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 1

Cream should never remain on milk above 38 hours; this is a very important point, for if by any omission cream be suffered to remain for a…

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Progress in the Dairy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 2

THIS is unquestionably an age of progress in all departments of industry and especially is this true of our great Dairying Industry, which during the…

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The Dairy. Butter Fat and Butter

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 4

The Bebcock test shows the actual' fat content in the milk of cream. When we make batter we mix with the butter fat salt and water, hence…

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The Wool Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. report:—the course of the wool market since our last report has been favorable to tellers, a strong demand having prevailed throughout with continued keen competition from…

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The Dairy Contagious Abortion in Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 3

Abortion in cattle may be caused by drinking considerable of cold water, eating a large quantity of cold food (roots or green vegetables covered with…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 2

Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Limited submitted on Monday a catalogue of 4435 bales, comprising an attractive display in both the greasy and scoured sections. Splendid…

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