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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

252 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 13

Quality Sheep Wanted

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 4

Buyers' attention was mainly devoted to prime sheep at Home-bush last Thursday. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that any lines…

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Blowflies on Sheep

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

The following circular has been received by the Pastures Protection Boards from the Under-Secretary for Agriculture:— "In connection with the investigations…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 3

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Ltd., under date January 17, reports:—Appraisements of wool in the Sydney market is proceeding steadily…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report: We submitted another full catalogue for appraisement on the 16th cost., a few lines above the average…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Tuesday, January 22, 1918. Wheat-growing

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

The suggestion made by the Minister for Agriculture to the effect that Agriculturists should no longer pin their dependence on…

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Successful Cattle Sale

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

O. H. Furner & Co. and The Pastoral Finance Association, Limited (Goulburn Branch) report having held a very successful catt'e sale on…

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Special Cattle Sale

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

Messrs. Everson and Calthorpe (late of the A.I.F.), will sell by auction on Saturday, February 8th, at Hungerford's new yards, Queanbeyan, at 2 o'clock, sharp,…

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Wool Insurance

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., write:—"Owing to the particularly wet weather which has been experienced this season, an unusually large…

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Wool Appraisements

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited report:—Steady progress is being made with the appraisement of wool, and a…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., report: The wool appraisements are progressing expeditiously and the present rate of progress warrants the…

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Modern Dairying

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 1

The benefits of labor-saving machinery in the dairy are probably more appreciated than in most industries. (The dairying…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Packing Silage

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

In order to avoid acid fermentation in ensilage, it will be found advisable in filling a silo to put in only 2½ft. or 3ft. in depth of the fodder in a…

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Wool Appraisements

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report New arrangements have just been [?]prung upon us, prohibiting for the present the offering of wool for…

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Goulburn Special Cattle Sale

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley reports having held their first special cattle sale for 1918 on Thursday, 24th January, when 4000 head were yarded to one…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Making Stack Silage

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 6

The stack should be built nearly square. The ordinary method of building a stack should be reversed. The The sides should be kept two feet…

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Sheep and Cattle Dearer

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

Any change In sheep and cattle values at Homebush last Thursday was in owners’ favor. Prime offerings had particularly keen…

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Wool Appraisements

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report: We submitted another catalogue on 28th ulti, several lots well above the average as regards quality…

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Goulburn Special Sheep Sale

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

Messrs. 0. H. Furner & Co. and The Pastoral Finance Association Ltd', agents in conjunction, report having held a successful sheep sale…

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Carriage of Wool

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. advise: All restrictions on the carriage of wool by rail have been lifted. Growers can now therefore make…

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