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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

382 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 14 of 20

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 4

These Notes are [?] the Hon. J. [?] of Agriculture, and [?] The Departure [?] which noticed [?] impractural is to the [?]…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. Issued under the personal supervision of the Minister for Agriculture. Sowing Maize. Other Points Worth Knowing

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 1

One of the considerations that the maize-grower mast regard is the distance by which the plants should be seperated. It depends on several factors,…

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Burrinjuck Farms

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 3

THE first instalment of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, thrown open on 1st July, totalled 470 farms, for which 343 applications were submitted. The…

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The Farm. Chewing the Oud

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 3

How long and often a cow chews her cud, that is, the duration and frequency of the performance of the act of rumination, necessarily…

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The Dairy. by Products of the Dairy. Cashin: a New Side-line

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 3

A most interesting development is taking place in the Wanganui district in connection with the dairy industry. It is nothing less, than…

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

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 1

There were no fresh developments under this heading, a brisk inquiry prevailing at the best rates of last week. Hides…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report:--Tim Sydney September wool sales open on the 9th instant. Between 15,000 and 20,000 bales will be available. We will…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued a [?] woman, under the [?] of the Hon. J. L. Trend, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the [?] of the Department. The Department can solve [?] many protection [?] of the latest and [?] which would in impracticable to the [?]…

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Variation of Wool. in Different Breeds—and on the Sheep's Body

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

It would not surprise even the man in the street to be told that the quality of wool varies in distinct and easily recognisable quantities in…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Limited, report under date September 4:— The Sydney September wool sales open on the 9th instant. Between 15,000 and 20,000 bales will be…

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The Farm. Reclaiming ,Lost Nitrogen. the Basis of Good Farming

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria are very widely distributed in nature, as they are present in almost all coils containing sufficient organic matter…

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Scarcity of Butter in Canada

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 4

An event occurred in Canadian butter circles last February, the "Canadian Grocer" states, which is without precedent in the history of the Canadian…

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Rabbits, Netting, and Sheep. (To the Editor.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 5

Sir,-In a report which appeared recently in the columns of the Goulburn Evening Penny Post, bearing the heading, "Notes from Gininderra, by the…

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

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 1

Catalogues consisted principally of half to full-woolled lines for which late equivalents were secured under intense competition. Short wools maintained…

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Farm and Field. The Potato Disease in New Zealand

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 4

The potato digging season in New Zealand having, commenced the grower are now able to gauge the full extent of the damage that has been caused by…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 4

These Notes are [?] every [?] under [?] the Han. J. L. [?] of Agriculture, and are [?] manily in the [?] can [?] The Departner: can [?] many which would be impractiable to the individual producer…

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Colonial Millionaire. a Queensland Cattle King who owns 88,000 Square Miles

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 5

Mr. Sydney Kidman, the Queensland Cuttle King, holds more land than anyone else in Australia, probably more than any other, individual in the…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, September 13, 1912. the Area Under Wheat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 2

IT was hoped that the area placed under wheat this year might make up for the shortage, which, owing to the…

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Gininderra Farmers' Show

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 2

No trouble or expense is being spared to make the above function a success, and everything possible is being done for the comfort and convenience of the…

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Developing a Dairy Herd

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 September 1912 · page 6

If we would produce good milkers we must have good stock to breed from, as well as the proper barns and conveniences for caring for them. It…

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