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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

172 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 9

Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

Winehcombe, Carson, Limited, report:-- We catalogued close on 300 bales of wool for our last sale. A good selection of autumn shorn wools, which met with…

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Wool Review

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

The twenty-fourth annual Wool Review of Messrs. Winehcombe, Carson, Limited, is to hand and is a record and commentary of much Interest to…

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Annual Wool Review. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 April 1913 · page 2

WE are in receipt of the 24th Annual Review and Review of the Produce Trade, for 1913, issued by the well-known firm of wool brokers, etc.,…

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Another Chance for Sheep-Breeders

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 April 1913 · page 2

AT the stock sale at Duntroon tomorrow, as will be seen by reference to our advertising columns, and at its close, 80 fine: Lincoln rams (two tooth) are to be offered, in lots to…

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The Farm. How Legumes Re-made a Farm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 April 1913 · page 4

A short but effective story told by Walter W. Finley in the May number of "American Agriculturist":— At one time I depended on wheat…

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"Not a Curse." Mr. Trefle and the Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 2

Mr. Trefle (Minister for Lands and Agriculture) addressed a large meeting at Gilgandra on Friday night…

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Selecting Dairy Machinery Hints for the Prospective Buyer

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

How many farmers are in the unhappy position of having hastily acquired a faulty piece of machinery whether separator, oil engine, or complete…

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Wool. A. M. L. and Co. Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1913 · page 2

THE local market is at present time bare of wools available for private sale and for this reason business is very restricted. A series of auctions is…

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The Farmers' and Settlers' Association

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 May 1913 · page 2

THE report of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association, published last week shows that the interests of " the man on the land"…

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Lucerne and Maize for Farm Horses

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 4

The Illinois Experiment Station made some tests Kith working horses for about twelve months in order to determine the comparative value of…

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The Farm. Rotation V. Fertilisers. an Important Consideration

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 May 1913 · page 4

For some time past there has been a growing inclination among agriculturists' to find out something more about fertilisers than they knew in…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley reports having held a special sheep sale on Thursday, 8th instant, when close on 20,000 sheep were yarded, being the largest yarding of sheep in Goulburn…

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The Farm. Food for Horses

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 4

The "best" food for all horses, as a stable diet, is good oats and hay. To Infuse variety, to meet excessive labour, to ensure cheapness, or to…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 4

THE A.M.L. and F. Co. report—In the absence of auction sales business continues quiet in the local market. During the week, however, important auctions were held in…

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Local Consumption of Wool

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 2

Buyers on behalf of local manufactures are now no small factors in the increasing competition on the Sydney wool market. High-grade parcels had…

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Winter School for Farmers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 2

A reminder may be offered of the necessity for early application for enrollment in connection with the winter school for larmers at Hawkesbury Agricultural…

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Dairy Skimmings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 3

At a Kansas agricultural experiment station the result at treating cows with kindness were recently demonstrated to be the most practical…

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N.Z. Romney Marsh Sheep. for Cooma District

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 June 1913 · page 2

MESSRS. Osborne Bros. of Bolairo, Currandooley and Willeroo stations, have just purchased from the Palmerston district of New Zealand 3000…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Tredit, Minister of Agriculture, and are based usually an the experiments of the Department. No. Agricultural. Lucerne in Wheat Districts. Will it Grow There?

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

What we had to say about lucerne last week indicated that it has a real value to the farmer—that "it is not all sweat and sap,"—that, in fact, horses…

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"Fallowing Pays." a Farmer's Testimony

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

"There is no doubt fallowing pays, said Mr. W. Jacobs, Nemingha, discussing his wheat methods recently. As the testimony of a practical farmer…

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