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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

321 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 17

Sydney Wool Auctions. a Healthy Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 2

So much hinged upon the wool values at the opening of the Sydney auctions last Tuesday that the sale room was taxed to its utmost…

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Farm and Field. Original Article. Forage Crops for Farmers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 6

The period for sowing forage crops embraces very wide range, extending over many months, and is determined to a large extent by the weather is…

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The Dairy Cow

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 6

The succulence and sweet juicy nature of maize makes it an excellent food fora keeping up the milk flow. But lacking as it does, in the…

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Dairying. the Coloring of Margarine. The Claims Considered

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 3

"The Margarine Butter conflict in Australia narrows itself down to a question of color. Margarine makers claim that they should be allowed to…

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Book-keeping for Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 3

A new issue, the fifth, is now ready of this useful bulletin. That it has been found of assistance in many of the troublesome little points that arise in…

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Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

Harrison, Junes and Devlin, Limited report that the opening sales took place last week with a limit of 12,000 bales, and they submitted their proportion (880 bales) at…

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Police Court. THURSDAY. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, Acting P.M.) Cattle Straying

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

Thomas O'Brien was charged with allowing a horse to stray in Mackellar-street on August 28 last…

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Wheat Growing

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE relief is being expressed at the abandonment by the Government of any intention that they might have…

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Wheat Production

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 2

There is a very general agreement that it is the business of the overseas Dominions, at the present crisis, to stimulate production to the utmost of their…

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Wheat Area. Government Scheme. Employing 1000 HANDS

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 2

The Government scheme for extending the wheat area of the State so as to provide more foodstuffs within the Empire, and at the same time relieve unemployment, was…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Cow Fodders

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 5

A successful dairy farmer, who has had a wide experience in the use of the various feeds, has compiled a list in connection with which he adds the…

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Pic Farming

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 5

The pig has been styled the gentleman who pays the rent, and he will do more than that if properly looked after. He is a wonderful factory for converting…

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Cattle

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

BEEF and butter are both very important factors in the production and trade of the Commonwealth. It is satisfactory, therefore, to note a…

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The Wool Trouble

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

Undoubtedly the curtailment of the wool sales and the consequent check on the realisation of the clip, is causing much inconvenience…

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Commercial Special Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 2

W. H. Wheatly, reports having yarded 3449 head of store cattle on Thursday to a very large attendance of buyers. Competition was brisk from the start and held right…

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Molted Butter Sauce

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 5

This sauce is usually made of wate[?]r water and milk, or weak stock in equal parts, and a little less thick than white and brown sauces. Two level…

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Wool Market

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., have received a cable stating that at the sixth series of wool sales in London prices ruled as…

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Farm and Field. Original Article. Effects of Soils

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 6

On limestone land superphosphate is almost without exception most effective, while on the heavier classes of soils, or peaty land, and on soils…

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Commercial WOOL

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 3

News to hand regarding wool market values continues favorable to growers. Wanchcombe, Carson Ltd., advise that at the Brisbane sales last Wednesday 12,000 bales…

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Held Wheat. Law to be Enforcad

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

The Attorney-General is contemplating prosecutions against holders of wheat refusing to sell at the prices proclaimed for city…

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