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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

382 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 17 of 20

Practical - - Agriculture. Original Articles Specially written for this column. All Rights Reserved. Maize for Dairy Cows

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 October 1912 · page 6

In discussing the feeding qualities of maize it is available in four forms as a grazing crop, as a soiling crop, as an casialgo crop, and as a grain crop…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 5

Winch combe, Carson, Ltd., report:—We sold on Tuesday 6400 bales. Late values were well maintained, competition being very brisk on all grades. American buyers…

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The Farm. How to Conserve the Moisture in the Soil

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 3

"The greatest evils of drought are vice to ignorant treatment of the soil." The farmer who has been practising a haphazard system of…

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Notes for the Dairyman

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 3

The greatest source of loss in the dairy industry is the feeding of unprofitable cows. Every silo user is an enthusiast…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Limited, report:-- For our fifth sale of the season we brought forward on Wednesday, 16th instant, a catalogue of 3481 bales,…

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Farm and Field. Sulphate of Copper

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 4

In common with many other commodities used by farmers, sulphate of copper has been confronted in the market by a colorable imitation,…

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Fruit Culture: Its Advantages and Profits. (A Paper Read by John R. Woodrow Before the Jasper County Farmers' Institute at Newton, Ia., U.S.A.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1912 · page 4

Although I have been engaged in horticulture in connection with farming for the last 25 years, yet the longer I pursue the occupation the more I see there is…

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Big Sheep Robbery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 2

A big sheep robbery has been reported from Mr. William W. Bucknell's Melrose Plains Station, Fifield, in the western district…

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North Coast Dairy Farms

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 2

A NUMBER of our readers will be interested to learn the far-famed Loder Estate, Condong, Tweed River,larea 1400 acres has been subdivided into 17 farms, and…

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Dairying and Beef

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 4

The dairy cow is unquestionably one of the most economic producers of human food we have. Her phenomenal capacity as a manufacturer of…

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Commercial. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report that at their auction sale held on Wednesday last the market was strong at unchanged rates. Super wools…

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The Farm. Value of Soil Analysis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 4

On the value of soil analysis as affording guidance, for the manurial treatment of a soil, the Government Expert at the Cape emphaslses the…

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Deterioration of Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 4

Deterioration of wool is due to many causes, most of which are known to breeders of stud sheep. In a paper read at a meeting of the Gunning Pastoral…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 October 1912 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Limited, report:-- For our sixth sale of the season we brought forward on Thursday, the 24th instant, a full catalogue of 4866 bales,…

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Commercial. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 5

FOR our sixth sales of the [?] we brought forward on Thursday, the 24th instant, a fall catalogue of 4866 bales, consisting of some nice clips from the Heater and…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson & Co., report;-- Owing to the intervention of the Brisbane wool sales no auctions were held in Sydney this week. The market in…

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Land Values and Dairying

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 November 1912 · page 5

In Denmark, the grimiest dairy country in the world, the dairy business thrives on land valued at £100 to £400 per acre. How many lines of farming…

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Co-operation in Dairy Farming

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 November 1912 · page 4

Co-operation may take many shapes, but if the right spirit is there, one may be as good as another. Co-operation is the milk producer's…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 November 1912 · page 5

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Ltd., submitted on Monday a catalogue of 4130 bales, comprising a representative selection of well known clips, many of which were of…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Limited report:-- Sales opened in Sydney on Monday 4th instant when large catalogues were brought forward Prices were very firm,…

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