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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

321 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 17

Dairying and Fertility

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

It has been found that where butter making has been curried on for u number of years farms have steadily improved in production. Where cheese…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Special written for this column. All Rights Reserves. FERTILISERS

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

The fallowing list of the principal fertilisers and their respective qualities will enable a farmer to see at as glance what minimum percentages of…

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The Value of Sheep on the Farm. «

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 January 1914 · page 3

Mr. J. A. Sudholz, one of the most practical farmers and graziers in the Kalangadoo district, S.A., says "The Observer," read an interesting paper…

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Sydney Wool Sales an Improved Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

A beginning of the Sydney wool auctions for 1914 was made yesterday afternoon, when three catalogues were offered, covering 8692 bales. There was…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

THE Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co. Ltd., has received the following cablegram from its London office :—"The list of arrivals for the…

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Local Wool at Sydney Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

DISTRICT wool clips shared in the keen biddings experienced at the Sydney auctions last Monday. Good sales effected included a line of 24 bales of…

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The Soil of a Farm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

The soil of a farm is not simply an inert mass of material containing certain mineral substances which plants utilise; it is full of living organisms…

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Farm and Field. Original Article. Specially Written for this column Growing Mangolds

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

In choosing the situation for man- golds a sunny aspect should be selected, as they love the warmth, and well rooted will withstand heat as well as…

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Commercial. Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 2

Winchoombe, Carson, Limited, report:— Not only were all the regular Sydney buyers in attendance at the re-opening of the wool auctions on January 5, but there were…

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Girls and Farming

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

According to a recent report, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, girls are evincing more interest in farming than…

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Farms for Ballot

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

The Minister for Lauds. Mr. Trelle, on Saturday ensconced that 70 farms will lie gazetted on the 21st instant for b[?]llot on the Wyalong-Lake Culg[?]llieo…

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Farm Ballots

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

THE Minister for Lands, Mr. Trefle, on Saturday announced that 70 farms will be gazetted on the 21st instant for ballots on March 2 on the Wyalong-Lake…

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Rations for Dairy Cattle. Balanced v. Unbalanced Ones

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 3

With a view to demonstrating the loss which dairymen may sustain if they supply their cows with an unbalanced ration (that is, a ration which contains…

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District Wool

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 3

The week's sales included the following district clips:--WACWoodbury, 14 [?] at 10½d, 17 w h at 10¼d;GO Foxlow, 9 1st comb at 12¼d, 11 1st com at 11¼d; 10 1st…

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Sheep Stealing at Michelago

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 2

AT the Police-court at Michelago on Monday last, Mr. H. Holcombe, P.M. sentenced a Chinaman to six mouths hard labor in Goulburn Gaol for steal…

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The Wheat Harvest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 6

IT new appears that the pre[?] estimate of the wheat [?] given by the Government [?] was somewhat [?]…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 3

Winc[?]be, Carson, Limited report:-- Prospects are exceedingly bright for a good wool market during the remainder of the weekly sales. There was an…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Speciall[?] written for this column. All Rights Reserved. Functions of Fertilisers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 5

Every farmer who reads an agricultural paper knows that the essential ingredients which it is necessary to restore to the soil as plant food to make…

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Educating Farmers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 5

The best and most profitable work that farmers' unions in dairying districts could do would be to give attention to these practical matters…

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Dairying. Danish Tuberculin Unions. The Cause of Clean Herds

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 3

Denmark provides an excellent example of what can be done by dairymen themselves towards the advancement of their industry—an example that can be…

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