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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

239 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 12

Farm and Field Original Articles the Value of Leghorns

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 4

Now, I have no wish to antagonise Leghorn breeders, because I fully appreciate the great value of a good-laying strain in this breed, especially…

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Farmer's Fruit Cake

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 4

Ingredients.—Take 1 cup of dried sour apples, 1 cup of golden syrup, cup of sugar, one-third cup of butter, ½ cup of sour milk, teaspoonful of…

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Sheep Losses and Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Evidence of the severe times through which pastoral centres are passing is furnished by…

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Local and General News Wool Retention Money

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 2

Wincbcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired yesterday:—"The Central Committee announces that the ten per cent, retention money…

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Farm and Field Original Articles Care of Ewes

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 August 1919 · page 4

It is most important (writes the Dublin Farmers' Gasette, in an article on the above subject, dealing with conditions as they are in the United…

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Federal Wool Pool

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1919 · page 3

DISBURSEMENT OF £5,986,049 The activities of the Central Wool Committee for the Wool season of 1918-19 were outlined in a…

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Sheep Owners Praise Lixit

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 6

The practical experience of sheepowne[?]s evidences the utility of Lixit Salt-Sulphur lick in keeping stock free from disease. Mr. H. Tall, Manager of Messrs. Fether…

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Farm and Field Original Articles Stable Manure

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 3

Various investigations on fermenting manure have nearly always shown more or less considerable loss in nitrogen; an increase in nitrogen has…

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Proposed Assistance to Sydney Sheep Show

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 2

The President said he was very sorry to read that the Sydney Sheep Show was gradually going back, and that if the lack of support of sheepbreeders continued it…

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The Wheat Tangle. (To the Editor of the "Review")

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 3

Sir;—If separation of the various harvests comprising the New South Wales Wheat. Pool is a possibility, and the accounts of the…

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Start of Wool Offerings. Earlier Commencement

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The Central Wool Committee has arranged to offer 360,000 bales of the new season's wool…

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Farm and Field Original Articles Annual Chrysanthemums

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 3

Readers who, have large beds or borders and poor soil, cannot choose more attractive flowers than annual chrysanthemums; they are vigorous…

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93,000 Sheep for the Week

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 4

Dry times are forcing sheepowners to consign stock to Homebush in big numbers. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that supplies…

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Wool Clip. What Is Being Done

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1919 · page 4

The new clip is now close upon us; in fact, the first consignments are arriving daily. Producers are naturally concerned to know what…

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Worlds Wheat

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 1

Mr. C. A. M'Curdy, Parliamentary Secretary to the British Food Ministry, stated in an interview that, owing to miscalculations, the…

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Wool Season. Approaching Appraisements

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 4

The opening of the new season will, as officially announced, take place on September 1st, and appraisements will be held…

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Horse Parade, Sheep and Poultry Show

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 2

The schedule of prizes for the above to be held under the auspices of the local P. & A. Association in the Queanbeyan showground on the 17th September, will…

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The Wheat Contract. Commissioner's Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 2

Mr. Justice Pring's report upon the sale of 72,000 tons of 1916-17 wheat to George Georgeson has been made available by the…

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Value of Wool Per Bale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report :—Figures giving the value per bale of greasy wool secured at appraisement during the past…

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Wool Clip. What is Being Done

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 August 1919 · page 2

The new clip is now close upon us; in fact, the first consignments are arriving daily. Producers are naturally concerned to know what the…

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