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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

382 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 20

The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

John Bridge & Co., Limited, report:--Very little business has been transacted in the local market during the week, the attention of the brokers having been…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the pesonal supervision of the Hon. J. L. trof[?] M[?] of Agriculture, and are based namely on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems conecting the [?] and production which impracticable to the individual producer…

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The Farm. Inter-pollination of Apples

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 3

Thera is very little positive knowledge concerning the inter- pollination of fruits, and no subject in pomology is in greater need of…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trafle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

DELEGATES attending the Farmers and Settlers' Conference, to be held in Sydney this month, will no doubt make it a special point to inspect the…

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Abnormal Rise in Butter. [Contributed.]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 2

We have been blessed with beautiful recent rain, which has poured down all over the State of New South Wales, Victoria and portions of South Australia, with Queensland…

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Murrumbidgee Settlement. Satisfactory Application for Farms

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 July 1912 · page 6

Applications for the first batch of 470 farms on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area closed on Saturday night, up to which time 430…

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Stud Sheep for the District

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 2

At the recent stud sheep sales held in Sydney, Mr. E. E. Hudson, manager of Dantroon Estate purchased three purebred Merino stud [?] one at 2[?]…

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The Wool Clip. Compiled by Dalgety & Company, Ltd. Annual Review and Statistics

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 4

We have received a copy of Dalgety's Annual Wool Review for Australasia for the past season, published by Dalgety and Company, Limited, which is now in…

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Mr. Wade and the Farmers and Settlers. Healing the Breach

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 2

The question of how the Farmers and Settlers' Association affected the Liberal and Reform Association was referred to at the Liberal conference at the New Masonic Hall,…

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Farmers' parliament

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 2

THE Farmers' Conference in Sydney was to, commence on Monday last, and nearly 400 delegates were expected to attend it from all parts of the State. It will be the most…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report The tone of the wool market in Sydney continues very firm. We have made a number of small sales, mostly of scoured…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Issued under the personal supervision of the Minister for Agriculture. Sorting Lambs' Wool. Chiefly in Small Clips

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 4

It is quite a common failure of growers of wool in limited quantities to treat their lambs' wool in such a way as to at once spoil its chance of bringing full…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon J. L. Trefic of Agriculture, and are based many on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems containing the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Sheep Returning Home

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 2

At the beginning of the week some 7000 sheep were started on the road to be driven back to the places from which they were shifted to Braidwood during the drought…

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Commercial. Wool Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report.—The tone of the wool market in Sydney con[?] very firm. We have made a number of email sales, mostly of scoured parcels, at prices…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Methods of Cultivation. The Advantage of Early Ploughing for Wheat

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 4

"Fallowing is the term applied to the system of cultivating the soil some time previous to planting, and the longer the fallow, especially in dry districts, the…

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Market Report. John Bridge & Co., Limited, report:-- Sheep Skins

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 3

'We submitted 11,197, our catalogue being the largest offered by a margin of 3,217. Great excitement prevailed during the progress of our sale, and as a…

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Farmers in Politics

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 3

After a lengthy and at times heated, debate, extending over portions of two days, the conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association on Friday turned…

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Local News. Suitable Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 2

In the course of an interesting address at Gunning, Mr. J. W. Matthews, who is a sheep and wool expert, stated that each division of country bred its own particular type…

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