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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

252 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 13

Wool

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report: There will be but one more series of appraisements in Sydney during the 1917-18…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co. Ltd. report: Our appraisement last week of 1290 bales brought our total to rather over 40,400 bales to date, and of…

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Ticks in Cattle. Herd Compulsorily Dipped

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 2

Some months ago an outbreak of ticks occurred in a heard near Kyogle, and urgent messages were sent to the Minister, requesting that the cattle be sprayed. A…

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Farm and Field Original Articles Feeding Dairy Cows

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 6

The custom of feeding all the cows in a herd alike, irrespective of the yield of milk, is a source of considerable loss. The capacity of every individual cow…

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Encouraging Wheat Growing. Government Assists Farmers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 2

"For some time past" said Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture "my Department has been conducting experiment plots throughout the…

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Some Facts About Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 3

Winchcomhe, Carson, Ltd., report :—"The importance of ample supplies of wool in the world has never been more strongly…

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Proposed Butter Factory

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 2

The dairy farmers of Reidsdale are considering the question of establishing a co-operative butter factory there. This is now the…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 7

At the Goulburn Police Court on Thursday last, before Mr. Arnott, P.M., Patrick Stephen Harrington was charged with stealing at Boro…

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Good Sheep Wanted

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 7

Offerings were heavy at the Homebush sheep sales last Thursday. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that 36,000 head were…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 2

At the conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, to be held next month, the political position of the Association is to…

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Wool Appraisements

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

It has now been definitely decided that the two appraisement series arranged for June in Sydney shall be merged into one, which is to be…

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Butter in 20 Seconds

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

A number of Sydney gentlemen wore interested at a demonstration on Wednesday last of the Arf-a-Mo Churn, at the office of…

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Wool Contract Renewed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 9

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., advise :—The British. Government has bought the growing wool clip and all Australian clips grown…

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The Wool Clip Bought

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. write:—The eagerly awaited announcement made by the Acting Prime Minister regarding the sale of the wool clip to the British…

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July Sheep Sales. Invitation From "John Bridge."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 6
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

Producers from this district who intend visiting Sydney for the forthcoming Sheep Sales are cordially invited by John Bridge &…

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Butter in 20 Seconds

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 4

A number of Sydney gentlemen were interested at a demonstration last week of the ARF-A-MO Churn, at the office of H. Carson Willmott,…

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Sydney Sheep Sales. a Timely Invitation

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1918 · page 3

We have been requested by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to extend to woolgrowers about to visit Sydney for the Sheep Sales a hearty…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. reports:—Our next appraisement will be held on June 25, and all those growers whose…

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Proposed Butter Factory at Reidsdale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 2

The public meeting called last week to consider the question of establishing a co-operative butter factory at Reidsdale was fairly…

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