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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Commandeering the Wheat

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 2

The attempt to force through Parliament, almost without consideration, a measure so revolutionary and far reaching as compulsory…

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Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Ltd. report:—Monday's sales showed no marked change on last week's rates. The better class greasy and merino crossbred…

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Commercial WOOL

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 2

The A.M.L. & F. Co Ltd. report.—With a view to steadying the market—which since the weekly sales were inaugurated on Nov. 9th has shown more or less weakness for all…

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Cattle Values Firm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Cattle owners had no cause for complaint in values ruling at last Thuradsy's Home-bush auctions. Winchcombe. Carson, Ltd. reporting on the market state that prices…

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The Markets. Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 December 1914 · page 2

INCLUDED in Wednesday's wool sales were the following local:—R/H/Woodlands (Bungendore), 22 A A xb h at 10½d, fine, soft, little dusty; Gordon/Manar (Tarago), 9 A A…

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Japanese Wool Export

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

Last week, owing to the wool purchased by an alleged German firm being shipped to Manilla by Japanese steamer with the idea of ultimately consigning it to Germany, the…

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Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 4

MESSRS. HARRISON, Jones and Devlin offered at auction on Tuesday 1405 bales of wool, including several notable brands. The market shows a very little…

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The Wheat Bill

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 2

In many respects the Bill to authorise the Government to acquire the wheat crop of the State at its own price differs considerably from…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 2

WINCHOMBE, CARSON LTD., have received the following wire from their Brisbane office :—Brisbane wool values show further fall on late Sydney rates. Good crossbreds…

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Farm and Field Original Article. the Use of Nitrogen

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 5

Nitrogen is one of the most, important, and, at the same time, most expensive ingredients of artificial fertilisers. Nitrogen promotes and…

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Strong Demand for Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

Biddings for all classes of sheep were brisker at Homebush last Thursday than has been the case for some time. Winchcombe,…

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Stronger Demand for Sheep

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

After an absence of four months from the Sydney sheepskin market French buyers resumed operations at last week's sales. The return of…

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American Wool Export

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

ADVICES from Winchcombe Carson Ltd. state that news has come to hand from London to the effect that export of wool will now 1s. permitted to America on a satisfactory…

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Cattle Values Hold

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

Supplies in the cattle section at Homebush last Monday were within the demand. Prices in consequence held firm. Winchcombe, Carson…

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Wool in Better Demand

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

The good effect of the lifting of the Government embargo in reference to the export of merino wool to America was manifest in the…

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Protecting Crops From Hail

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

A now device for protecting crops from hail has boon installed by R. Marcillac, in the Department of Ardeche, France, and a model of it was recently…

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Farmyard Manure

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

Experiments have shown that the chemical composition of farmyard manure is not an entirely trustworthy measure of its value as a fertiliser…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Values of Legumes

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

There are two classes of crops, leguminous or nitrogen-gathering, and non- leguminous. Among the latter may be named wheat, oats, and rye. When…

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