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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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Dairying and Fertility

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 November 1912 · page 6

It has been found that where butter making has been carried on for a number of years have steadily improved in production Where…

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Commercial. Wool Reports. Friday Morning

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson and Co. report:— We sold 6,900 bales wool to-day. The market for superfine wools was very strong at late rates. Faulty lines were somewhat…

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The Farm. Pure-bred Poultry on the Fahm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 November 1912 · page 4

I presume that all progressive farmers look forward to the time when ail the farm stock shall be purebred, or practically so. Perhaps…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 November 1912 · page 5

New Zealand [?] and Mercantile Agency Co. report that at their sale held on Thursday, 7th instant, prices showed no change from those ruling during the previous week…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 2

John Bridge &c Company, Limited, report that for their seventh sale of the season thy brought forward a large and full catalogue of 5780 bales and…

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Science and Farming

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 November 1912 · page 5

When the scientist gets fairly busy in the interests of the man on the land he promises to do things which will us things the farmer. A French writer is…

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Plan of Sheep Dip

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 4

A. M., Hawke's Bay, writes :—As the dipping season will soon be coming round, for the benefit of those who still adhere to the laborious…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 2

John Bridge and Company, Limited, report that for their seventh sale of the season they brought forward a large and full catalogue of 5780 bales, and, though a few very…

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The Farm. a Valuable But Neglected Crop

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 November 1912 · page 4

In Germany and Russia the common [?] is regarded as a valuable crop, and in other Continental countries much attention has…

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Farm and Field. New Process of Butter-making

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1912 · page 3

A Committee of the Franklin [?] of [?] Phil[?] match p[?] has [?]…

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The Wheat Harvest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 November 1912 · page 4

NOTWITHSTANDING adverse weather conditions the coming harvest promises to be a triumph for progressive cultivation. Reports already to hand tell of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 November 1912 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Limited, report -- Although a number of well known clips were included in our wool catalogue on Monday, the great bulk of the offering…

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Bleached Wheat. Is it Depredated in Value?

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 November 1912 · page 4

What effect bleaching really has on wheat, from the point of view of milling value, is a very important one to farmers -- Particularly so if the weather…

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Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd,, report that at their auction sale held on Monday, 18th inst., competition proved very strong. Prices were in favor of…

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Lucerne for Sheep

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 November 1912 · page 3

"I do not know of any quicker or more economical way of faltening sheep than feeding them with luce[?] wrote the sheep and wool expert of the N.S.W…

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The Farmer and Public Finance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 November 1912 · page 2

THE prime maxin of the banker is prudence. He borrows in order to lend, and unless be can see a higher rate of interest assured he declines to…

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Tetanus in Sheep. to Clean the Yards

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 2

A farmer applied for advice recently on the subject of lost among his sheep at shearing time Be stated that for two or three years be bad (offered each losses, the sheep…

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A Famous Wool Clip

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 November 1912 · page 3

A fresh record in merino wool for the current season and for 13 years in the Sydney market was put up on Wednesday, when eight bales of Captain C. C…

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Commercial. Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 November 1912 · page 2

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, submitted on Thursday a highly attractive catalogue of 4825 bales, principally New England wools of excellent quality, color and…

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South Sea Island Wool

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 December 1912 · page 4

As a wool-selling centre Sydney, continues to grow in importance. A rather unique shipment arrived for sale in the market last week. It consisted of 13…

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