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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

239 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 12

Twelve Months Old Cattle

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 September 1919 · page 2

Cattle raising is not usually regarded as business for those desiring quick turnover. But it has its possibilities in this respect…

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Sheep

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 2

Judge—Mr D T Tully, Molonglo. Stewards—Messrs F W Hyles, J H Thurbon and R J Everson. MERINO—OPEN CLASS…

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Sheep Owners Praise Lixit

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 2

The practical experience of sheepowners evidences the utility of Lixit Salt-Sulphur lick in keeping stock free from disease. Mr. H. Tall, Manager of Messrs…

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Wool Appraisements. Pprice Prospects in England

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Wool appraisements re-opened in Sydney on Monday, September 15. We offered a…

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THE Queanbeyan Age. Friday, September 19, 1919. The Wheat Inquiry

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 2

Criticism is always easy. Like other things it is very useful, in moderation. But destructive criticism, and nothing else, "cuts…

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Queanbeyan P. & A. Association. Horse Parade, Sheep and Poultry Show. Good Weather. Big Attendance. OFFICIALS

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 2

President, Mr. A. J. McDonald, J.P. Vice-Presidents, Messrs. C. H. McKeahnie and J. Keeffe…

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Farm and Field. the Poultry Yard. Hatching Season. Selecting Eggs

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 3

The selection of eggs fit at to hatch either in the incubator or under a hen is not an easy matter. To place all sorts, sizes, and eggs of different…

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Caught in a Farmyard. a Story of King Edward

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 3

How King Edward, when Prince, of Wales, was trapped by a surly farmer. in a farmyard, is one of the good stories told by Mr. T. F. Plowman, in…

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Sheep for Farmers. Best Lines of Crossing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 6

In addressing the Agricultural Bureau Congress in Adelaide last week, while the question of sheep for farmers was under discussion…

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(Wool. Drought and Deluge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Australian sheepmen generally are faced with dry times, And are suffering stock losses owing to…

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Soldiers' Farms

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1919 · page 2

Two thousand acres of orchard country has been acquired in the Kurrajong district for soldier settlement. The area will be…

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Farmer's Plight

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 September 1919 · page 4

In the State Assembly, Captain Dunn asked the Minister of Agriculture—(1) Is it a fact that many farmers are in a parlous financial position owing to the…

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Moss Vale Cattle Sale

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 2

W. H. Wheatley of Goulburn, and J. D. Wood of Moss Vale, report having held a successful cattle sale at Moss Vale on Saturday last, the 27th September, when about…

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Wool Carriage Stopped

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wireded us yesterday:—"Owing to truck demand for starving stock the Railway Department has…

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Shearing Progress. the Wool Purchase

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., report:—-In addition to wools from the early shearing centres, consignments are now coming…

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Farm and Field. "Picking" Potatoes

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 4

It is rather curious that practically all over the world the gathering of the potato crop is carried out tin conjunction with the destruction of…

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Wheat Commission

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 7

The Wheat Commissioner topic further evidence this morning, and adjourned until Monday. Medical evidence was given that Mr…

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The London Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 6

The cabled reports of the wool sales just closed in London are certainly remarkable. Fine merinos have been in great request…

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Dairying Utensils

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 6

With the near approach of Spring, and the consequent increase in the milk supply we recommend the dafrying public to…

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Farm and Field. Protecting the Milker

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 October 1919 · page 4

A dairyman who has nearly lost the sight of one eye in consequence of being hit by a cow's tail while milking, has devised a means of…

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