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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

318 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 16

Appeal to Farmers

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

The Department of Agriculture is appealing to farmers to sow as large an area as possible in the coming year. It is patent to all though that sowing…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 5

These Notes are issued every week. under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahama, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 258…

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 5

That the feeding of farm animals is not a matter of rule of thumb, but really depends upon certain scientific principles, was indicated in an article…

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The One-crop System. Why It Is Unsafe

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 20 April 1916 · page 5

A one-crep system of farming it unsafe for seven reasons: (1) Because it not only depends upon a satisfactory crop return, but also…

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A Sheep Transaction

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 10

A case of no small importance to auctioneers and stock agents was recently decided in a county court in Victoria. A grazier…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 April 1916 · page 12

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report:—Catalogues of star lots were…

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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. Grahama, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 2[?] Dairying. Capacity for Producing Butter Fat

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 4

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Live Stock. Feeding Farm Animals. The Science of It

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 4

The publication given last week of the ingredients of plants that go to make up feeding value will have probably stimulated interest in the question…

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Winter School for Farmers. Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Queanbeyan Leader · Thursday 27 April 1916 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the annual winter school for farmers to be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 20th June to 15th July next…

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Big Prices for Sheep

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

Owners with sheep forward for sale at Homebush last Thursday had good cause for congratulation, as prices were remarkably high…

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Winchcombe, Carson's Annual Wool Review

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson's Annua Wool Review has just been pubished. The publication contains a complete account of doings in the wool and fat…

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Winchcombe, Carson's Annual Wool Review

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 4

We have received advanced printer's slips of Winchcombe, Carson's (Ltd.) 27th Annual Wool Review for 1916. As usual with this noted…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 2

Schute Bell and Co., Ltd., report Buyers are practically all holiday making at present, so that the volume of actual business in wool…

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Sheep and Cattle Market

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 3

Both sheep and cattle were cheaper at Homebush last Thursday. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. state that mutton changed hands readily, but previous extreme…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 3

At the Kiandra Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. S. B. Gunn, Police Magistrate, Herbert Oswald Lewis Wilkinson, grazier and cattle buyer, of Yallowin,…

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Wool and Rabbit Skins

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

The representative of the Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co., Ltd., Mr. A. W. Walker, is about to start on his annual…

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Wool for France

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

Prior to the war French wool buyers purchased very heavily on the Sydney markets. But, owing to the occupation of Roubaix and other…

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Wool Report

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report:— In the local market there is…

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The Wool Market

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., report: The news from London indicates that the raw material holds a very strong position. Not only has the…

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