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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

382 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 20

The Farmer. Sulphur in the Soil

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 3

Experiments at the University of Wisconsin are regarded as proving that the generally prevailing theory that sulphur in the soil is of little…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1912 · page 4

Theses Notes are issued every week, under the personal spervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, 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 impra[?]ticable to the individual producer…

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Local News. Important Sale of Sheep

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

Mr. W. H. WHEATLEY advertises an important sale of sheep in Goulburn on Wednesday next, particulars of which are given ia another column…

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Poultry Farming

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

A writer in the "Smallholder," giving an account of the cost to start, a poultry farm, says :- A house 5ft. long. 2ft. 8in. wide, and 3ft. 6in…

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Farming Notes. the Main Points in a Good Cow

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

The main points in a good cow is her ability to consume the feed which we grow upon our farm, together with what is bought, to make up her…

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Compulsory Dipping of Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

THE Compulsory Dipping Act, which is now in operation, is causing some anxiety amongst stock owners in Southern Riverina, who fear that the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 3

These Notes are issued every work, under the personal super Hon. J. L. Trade, minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiment of the department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and…

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Farm and Field. Farm Weeds and How to Fight Them

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 4

Philosophers the[?] only plants [?] bandman a [?] of setting…

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The Farmer. Stock Ailments

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 3

It is a curious fact that although the various forms of diseases which affect the urinary, reproductive and nervous systems of farm animals are those…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 3

Dalgety & Co., Limited, Wool Salesmen, Sydney, report under date of 21st instant:--The Principal business in the Australian wood markets during the past…

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A Royal Dairy

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 6

The Queen of Holland supplies from her dairy near the palace at llct Loo a large proportion of the milk consumed by buyers in Amsterdam. Her…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 March 1912 · page 4

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

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Farming Notes. a New Fodder Plant

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 3

Mazzagua is a native of Northern Nigeria, Africa, and has been cultivated with considerable success in Queensland. At the Warwick State…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 3

John Bridge & Co., Limited, report:--Wool sales were held in Brisbane last week, and our house there advise us that the market opened with strong…

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Purchase of Sheep

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

MR. E. A. MADDRELL has purchased 2,000 sheep from a station near Bangendore. The want of grass, not only there, but throughout the whole of Monaro, owing to the drought,…

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The Farmer. Finest Food for Horses

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 4

It is stated that no matter what class of animal is brought to Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, in two generations it acquires remarkable…

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Purchase of Sheep

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 3

Mr. E. A. Maddroll of Braidwood has (says the "Dispatch") purchased 2,000 sncop from a station near Bungondore. The want of grass throughout the…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Limited, report:-- For our 17th sale of the season we brought forward on Tuesday 26th inst., a catalogue of 1200 bales, consisting for…

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One Man Keeps 35,000 Sheep Dogs

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 5

Gustav Jovanovitch is known as the Russian mutton king. Jovanovitch's sheep whiten the Siberian plains for hundreds of square miles…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1912 · page 4

Th[?] Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tr[?], Minister of Agriculture, and are b[?]ed mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be [?]ticable to the individual producer…

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