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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

297 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 15

Poultry. Farmers' Bulletin, No. 104. Seventh Annual Conference of Poultry Farmers

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 4

The issue of the above bulletin puts before the poultry farmers of the State a report of the conference held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College on [?]…

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Agricultural. Practical Irrigation Farming. Varieties of Grapes

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 4

Of the States of the Commonwealth only one—South Australia—in free from phylloxera to-day. In the other States it would be folly to plant a…

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Thinning the Crop

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 4

Wherever heavy crops have been set by trees, it is advisable to reduce stone and some fruits by thinning. A natural drop of fruit occurs when the…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., have received the following wire from their Brisbane office :—Compared with last Brisbane auctions, sales…

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Big Sheep Offerings

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 25 October 1915 · page 3

Supplies are on the up grade at the Homebush sales. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report that offerings last Thursday totalled 42,000 head…

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The Lime to Use. Pastoral Crushed Limestone or Slacked Lime?PORT of Fremantle. Sheep Sheds and Yards. Their Design and Construction

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 4

Which is best for fertilising purposes crushed limestone or slacked lime (burnt)? The question came from a grower who had previously used One of the chief requirements of many of the small flock owners of to-day, says the Sheep and Wool Expert in a new bulletin of the Agricultural…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 234…

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Practical Irrigation Farming. Varieties of Stone Fruits

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 4

Though settlers in the new irrigation Areas cannot be recommended to go in for raisin and currant drying, the drying as well as canning of stone fruits…

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The Dairy. the Jersey Cow

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 28 October 1915 · page 4

The Jersey cow produces the richest milk of any variety. Her milk is seldom sold by dairymen, owing; [?] its higher cost, but it produces [?]…

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Big Sheep Offerings

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 4

Supplies are on the up grade at the Homebush sales. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report that offerings last Thursday totalled 42,000 head…

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Wool Reports

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 25th October:—The leading features of the preceding week's Sydney auctions were reflected at…

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Wool Records

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 9

Wool records are now of almost daily occurrence. At Tuesday's sales a record for greasy crossbred was made, not only for the…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 4

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report that last week was given over to the wool sales at the Brisbane market. These passed off with Values…

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20¾d for Greasy Wool

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2

Harrison, Jones, and Deylin, Ltd., report (by wire.) that they offered at auction yesterday 2760 bales. Good sound, free wools reached high…

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Wool Reports

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 1 November 1915 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 30th October:—As evidencing the demand for crossbreds we would point to the sale of a…

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Wool Reports

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 30th October:—As evidencing the demand for crossbreds we would point to the sale of a…

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Banana Flour. a New Substitute for and Wheat and Rye-flour

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 5

From the island of Jamaica comes the announcement that recent scientific work has produced a valuable substitute for wheat flour is the dried floor of bananas…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 235. Agricultural. Bathurst Experiment Farm. Demonstration Area Report

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 5

The high prices, caused by the disastrous drought of last year and the international crisis, were the reasons for the demonstration area at Bathurst…

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Farms Without Horses

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 5

Mr. Thomas A. Edison, the inventor and electrical vizard, declares that electricity in farming is one of America's coming developments. Something is…

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Dairying. Dairy Cows in Denmark. What the Census Shows

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 5

The reform that Danish dairymen have effected in the ages of their herds during the last twenty years is worth careful consideration on account of the…

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