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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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The N.s.w. Wheat Seizure

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

The Commonwealth has lodged a [?]aint before the Inter-State [?] his [?]on against New South [?]s wheat embargo. It declares…

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Farm and Field. Original Articles. Top Dressing Pastures

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

The selection of fertilisers for top dressing grass lands must be determined largely by the character of hay which it is desired to produce, and it…

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Commercial. WOOL

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

The A. M. L. & F. Co. Ltd. report.—Business has been quiet during the past week, the interval between Xmas and New Year being largely observed as a holiday. A few…

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Dear Cattle

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

AT the special sale of 3,000 cattle, held at Goul[?]urn on Wednesday by Mr. W. Whea[?]ley, the market was reported to be the highest ever known…

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The Dairy Dehorning the Dairy Cattle

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

Owners of farm cattle have a mistaken idea of beauty when they think a cow or a bull is more attractive with the horns on. For safety's sake…

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The N.s.w. Wheat Seizure

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

The Commonwealth has lodged a complaint before the Inter-State Commission against New South Wale's wheat embargo. It declares…

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Victimising the Farmers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

Both Mr. Hall, the State Attorney-General, and Mr. Ashford, the Minister for Agriculture, profess to be overwhelmed with gratification at…

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Farmers and Fertilisers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

THE arrangements which have been made by the Department of Agriculture with the manufacture of superphosphate during the coming season…

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Sheep Values Improve

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

LIGHT supplies had a firming effect on sheep values at Homebush last Monday. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report that prices regained some of…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., have received the following wire from their Brisbane office:--Brisbane wool market opened firm. Super wools in…

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Cattle More Plentiful and Cheaper

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

The improved conditions pastorally were, distinctly shown in the cattle offering at Homebush last Monday. Supplies totalled 2600…

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Farm and Field Original Artioles. Dairy Herds

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

The only way to become possessed of a really, high-class dairy herd is to breed it. It taker years of close attention and careful weeding out, while, at the…

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Valuable Assistant to the Farmer

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

The zoological laboratory of the University of Wiscousin has under investigation the Virginia wren as a useful farm bird to take the place of…

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Commercial. Brisbane Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 3

Whinchcombe, Carson Ltd. have received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—Brisbane wool sales opened on Tuesday, Market firm. Super wools in sellers' favor…

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The Farm Separator

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 4

The farm separator has come stay, consequently the condition [?]der which the machine does its eldest work should be understood…

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The Dairy. 27 Cows Net Owner £160 in One Month

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 4

It was recently my pleasure, as representatives of the Oklahoma Agricultural College, to supervise the testing of five cows in the American…

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Homebush Sheep Values

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2
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Consumers on the look out for cheaper mutton were disappointed at the result of last Thursday's Homebush auctions. Prices held firm at…

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The Wheat Seizure

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

Most of our readers will be ready to agree that public judgment on the wheat seizure must be baaed on the merits of the case, not on "ex…

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