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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

252 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 13

Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Side-tracked! Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

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

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., write:— We have never failed; when the true interests of wool-growers have been assai[?]ed, to utter timely…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Lt:1., report: Reports from England show that any "free" wools reaching the Home markets are being almost fought for by…

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Economy in Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write: "Owing to the shortage of wool supplies in England and America, great efforts are being made…

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Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Sidetracked. Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 8

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., write: "We have never failed, when the true interests of woolgrowers have been assailed, to utter…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Farm Experiments

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

In order that a farmer can get a clear conception of the advantage of the use of chemical fertilisers on the soils cultivated by him, it is strongly…

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Successful Cattle Sale

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2

The new auctioneering firm opened up on Saturday last with a most successful sale. The new yards were well filled and proved quite capable of holding all the…

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Sheep Inquiry Stronger

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that sheep were in particularly strong demand at Homebush last Thursday. The Meat Board…

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Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Sidetracked. Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 6

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., write: "We have never failed, when the true interests of woolgrowers have been assailed, to utter…

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Braidwood As a Dairying District

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2

There are quite a number of people who scoff at the idea of Braidwood ever becoming a dairying district. Yet we have any amount…

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The Pastoral Finance Co., Goulburn

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

Have advertised 2000 head of store cattle for Thursday, February 21, and at Gunning on Saturday, 23rd February, in connection with P. J. Clancy, will sell…

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410,000 Bales Wool Appraised

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

On the completion of the eighth series of this season's wool appraisements, which conclude in Sydney this week, 410,000 bales…

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Labor in the Dairy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 9

During the present heavy milking season which has intensified the shortage of labor in many districts, this difficulty can be…

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Fertility and Dairying

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 6

A Queensland farmer says:—"Dairying is the system of farming that will maintain the fertility of the farm without the use of high-priced…

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Farm and Field Original Articles. Food Constituents

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 6

Protein is the nutrient which contains the nitrogenous part of a food. It is the most important food nutrient because the frame-work of every cell…

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Labour in the Dairy

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 4

During the present heavy milking season which has intensified the shortage of labour in many districts, this difficulty can be largely…

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Prime Sheep Firmer

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd, report that buyers in search of Cheap sheep were disappointed at Homebush last Thursday, Rates for good quality…

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Dogs that Worry Sheep

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 February 1918 · page 3

They take more trouble in England just now to sheet home their crimes to sheepworrying dogs than we do out here. In South Cheshire, 16 sheep were worried on…

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Goulburn Special Cattle Sale

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley reports having yarded and sold 3,496 head of cattle at an average of £10/12/3 per head, on Thursday, 14th February. There…

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Farm and Field Original Articles Cure of Hard Milkers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 6

There is a tendency to regard the hard milker as curable only in one way—i.e., by selling to someone else, says a writer in the Australasian. Yet in…

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