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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

318 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 16

Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the [?] Agriculture and are based mainly on Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of [?] the experience of the Department…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 4

"The question of the economic feeding of farm animals depends as much on scientific principles as does the economic fording of farm crops." said…

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AGRICULTURAL. No. 236. to Maize Growers. Think of Next Year's Crop

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 4

Every farmer who raises seed, whether for his own use or for sale, should practise a rigid system of selection. An enormous loss must occur…

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A Successful Cattle Breeder

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 3

The Booroomba station, near Queanbeyan, long noted for the purity of its Hereford strain of horned stock, the result of careful…

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Rain Forces Sheep Prices

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6

As a result of the general rain reported in the country, sheep values showed a sharp rise at Homebush last Monday. Winchcombe, Carson…

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Sydney Wool Sales Close

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Brisk competition ruled at the closing sales of the Sydney…

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Local and General. Mongarlowe Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

Some local lines were among the offerings which made good values at this week's Sydney wool auctions. Winchcombe…

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The Sheep in the Snow

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 4

A flock of sheep in a meadow were discussing among themselves the quality and colour of their fleeces. "There is one thing about them that…

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The Tyrant in the Farmyard

The Queanbeyan Leader · Monday 10 April 1916 · page 4

In a certain farmyard a big peacock was the monarch, and he exercised his rule with great tyranny on the turkey-cock, who was not to him in authority…

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Improvement of Wheat. What Farmers Can Do

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 4

Is there a wheat grower who would like to start producing and improving his own seed wheat? The next few weeks will afford such…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 13 April 1916 · 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…

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Dairying. Contagious Abortion. The Control of the Disease

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 4

Some new and rather interesting data on the control of contagious abortion in cattle is presented in a bulletin of the United States Department of…

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Sheep on the Coast

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 5

The sheep expert in Queensland considers that the question of raising and maintaining sheep on the coast has been settled, and…

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Dairying Utensils

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 April 1916 · page 4

As, is generally known, We lay ourselves out to supply every article required in connection with our great Dairying Industry, nothing is…

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Queanbeyan Pastoral & Agricultural Association

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the above was held at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon last. There were present Messrs. Richard…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report that a small volume of business is passing in the Sydney wool market, transactions being confined to the…

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Our Wool Industry. Review of the Trade

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 4

From Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Ltd., we have received an advance copy of its 27th annual review of the wool market, which…

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Vive La France! Wool Trade's Recognition of French Heroism

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 4

To arms! To arms!" Ye brave! Th' 'venging sword unsheath! March on! March on! all hearts resolved…

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Farms for Returned Soldiers. (To the Editor.)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

Sir,—We hear a lot about French's Forest and other lands for our returning soldiers. It certainly is a duty on the various Governments…

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