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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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Farmers to the Front

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 4

"The farmers are taking a keen interest in the present contest. There are four hundred branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, all…

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Dairying. the Cream Chart. Third Edition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 3

The third edition of the very useful work, entitled "Testing Milk and Cream, together with milk and cream charts for dairy factories and farmers,"…

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Stock and Wool Reports

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 3

W. H. Wheatley, reports:—Fat Sheep About 300 yarded, principally crossbreds prices about equal to last week. We sold crossbred wethers to 23s, merino wethers at…

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Suggestions for Dairy Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 2

DURING the winter season when the supply of milk is low, the dairy farmer should overhaul his separator and insert any new duplicate parts…

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For the Wheat, Oat or Barley Crop. "Lest We Forget." Harrowing the Surface

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 2

Much depends upon the breaking of the soil crust after rainfall, and in most of the wheat districts rain has fallen, relieving many crops that were…

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Farm Lad Assaulted

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 2

John Mitchell, a farmer at Jiggi, was charged in the Children's Court at Lismore with annulling a boy named William Clifton Traynor, on…

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Farm Md Field. Original Article. Nitrogen and Protein

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 6

One of the most essential primary elements in all plant life is nitrogen Four-fiths of the air we breaths is nitrogen,but neither the plant nor the…

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Big Sheep Sale

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

MESSRS. LEAHY BROS, auctioneers of Bungendore, report having sold on account of A. G. McKeahnie, Esq., Cuppacumbalong Station, 14,000…

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Oil Engines for Farms and Estates. Reprinted From the London "Times," 27Th February, 1914

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 3

THE oil engine has become almost ubiquitous, largely as a result of the high degree of reliability combined with great simplicity which has been…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 4
Also in The Queanbeyan Observer

WINCHCOMBE CARSON, LTD., have received the following wire from their Brisbane Office:—"Prices for good greasy and sconred wools are very firm…

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The Wool Clip

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 2

We have received a copy of Dalgety's Annual Wool Review for Australasia, which contains an exhaustive summary of everything…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Par to 10 Per Cent. Higher

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 2

THE fourth series of London wool sales came to and on the 22nd instant. The demand through was well maintained and at the close the series it was…

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Selecting Dairy Heifers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 5

To got the best dairy cows is every dairyman's desire; but few know how to get them, either by breeding or purchase, for the reason that they do…

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Anxiety in the Wool Trade. the Austrian Question Again

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 3

THE cables to hand from Europe during the last forty-eight hours have caused considerable anxiety to all concerned in the wool trade. Messrs…

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The Wool Clip

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 2

We have received a copy of Dalgetty's Annual Wool Review for Australasia, which contains an exhaustive summary of everything relating to the past season's clip and…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 3

The July series of the Sydney wool sales closed yesterday afternoon. Messrs Winchcombe "Car-on report that owing to European war…

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Farm and Field. Original Article. Influence of Manures

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 5

On the basis of the continuous manuring experiments began in 1895 in the experimental field of the Agricultural Station, the following…

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Homebush Sheep Market

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

Buyers were not anxious for supplies at the Homebush stock sales on Monday. Winchcombe Carson report that they found offerings…

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