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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Commercial WOOL

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 3

Harrison, Jones & Devlin Ltd. offered a auction on Wednesday, 9th instant, a catalogue of 1465 bales. Although unfavorable, news respecting the London market reached…

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Cattle Values Hold

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 4

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

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 4

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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The Markets. Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 4

Harrison, Jones & Devlin, Ltd., offered at auction on Wednesday 9th inst., a catalogue of 1465 bales. Although unfavorable news respecting the London market reached us by…

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Requirements for Dairying

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

WE are Universal Providers for everything in connection with the dairying industry. We supply the famous L.K.G. Milking Machines, either in…

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Commercial WOOL

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report :—The outstanding feature of last week's Sydney wool sales was the support given by Ameri-can and Japanese operators. The…

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Foot-rot in Sheep

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 6

If foot-rot in a flock of sheep is caught in its earliest stage the apparently-sound sheep should be passed through a trough containing a solution…

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The Markets Sheep Cheaper

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

THERE was no dearth of supplies at the Homebush sheep sales last Monday. Offerings ran into 43,000 head. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., reporting on the demand for…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report: At our wool auction last Wednesday super merinos were in very strong demand. American and Japanese buying has given a…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

AT the wool sales on Tuesday, 6200 bales were offered, and included the following local lots:— PB Windemere (Bungendore), 9 A xbd e at 11¼d, 6 A xbd e at 10¾d, medium…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Green Manuring

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 6

With regard to nitrate of soda there is no uncertainty as to when it should be applied; experiments extending over long periods have shown that it should…

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Commercial WOOL

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 3

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited offered at auction on Tuesday their last catalogue for the year, consisting of 1831 bales. For the best descriptions, while values are…

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Commandeering the Wheat

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2

The action of the Government in proclaiming all the wheat in the Riverina, and also all the wheat in transit by rail to Sydney and…

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Local Wool Despatch

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 3

UP to the present the amount of wool which has been sent from the Queanbeyan railway goodshed is 2,476 bales, exclusive of bags and…

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Local Wool Despatched

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2

UP to the present the amount of wool which has been sent from the Queanbeyan railway goodshed is 2,476 bales, exclusive of bags and…

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Requirements of the Dairying Industry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2

WE pride ourselves on being able to supply machinery of every description for the complete equipment of Cheese and Butter Factories, also utensils of…

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A Typical Pastoral Calendar

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 3

Among other items received this week we obtained a copy of Winchcombe, Carson's 1915 Calendar. As usual with this firm's publications…

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Sheep Values at Homebush

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 2

Competition was irregular at the Homebush sheep rales on Monday. Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., state that results in many instances…

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Leguminous Crops

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 5

In order to grow leguminous crops successfully, certain conditions have to be met. There must be plenty of mineral plant food in the soil, and…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Atmospheric Nitrogen

The Queanbeyan Observer · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 5

No one to-day quetions the conclusion that the source of nitrogen increase in the soil under these experiments is atmospheric nitrogen. It has…

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