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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

547 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 16 of 28

Wood Taint in Butter Boxes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 16 August 1928 · page 2

It is to be regretted that some precautionary method cannot be adopted to prevent any possibility of wood taint effecting Queensland butters,…

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Sheep and Wheat

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 4

Mr. Max Henry, Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture, mentions that some unusual mortalities have occurred in…

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Sheep Marks

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 2

As the result of the amalgamation of the Braidwood and Queanbeyan P.P. districts it has been found that there are duplications of earmarks…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 1

Scho[?]e Bell & Co, Ltd., report:— There has been no business of importance in the wool trade during the last week and all interest is centred in the…

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The Wheat Crop . Rust and Frost Injury

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 5

Rust, accompanied by a considerable amount of yellowing and dying of the leaves, is to be observed in number of wheat crops in the…

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Wool and Artificial silk

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— From abroad statements in regard to artificial silk usually refer to the menace it holds for wool. It is therefore…

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Sheep Classing the Opportunity Offered Before Shearing

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 3

While the practice of sheep classing the grading of the breeding flock and the selection of sires for use in mating with the object of improving…

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Branding Wool Bales New Railway Rule Withdrawn

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 2

The old system of branding wool bales is to be reverted to. The Railway Department, with a view to facilitating the handling of…

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Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Record Business and Profits

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Grain, Insurance & Agency Company, Ltd., writes:— The annual meeting of the…

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The Farmers & Graziers’ Co-operative Record Business and Profits

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 2

The Secretary Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Grain Insurance and Agency company Ltd. [?]tes:— The annual meeting of the Company…

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Testing Dairy Herds

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 1

Some time ago the Municipal Council made application to the Department of Agriculture for an officer to be sent to Queanbeyan for the…

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The Orchard Safeguarding the Crop to Obtain the Maximum Benefit From Spraying

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 August 1928 · page 3

To the orchardist particularly, perhaps, farming seems at times to resolve itself into a largely negative . proposition, inasmuch as a large…

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Pastoral Excessive Feeding As a Factor in Mortality in Sheep

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 5

Good management, points out an of floor of the Stock Branch of the Department of Agriculture, is very closely related to good health. The fact…

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Cooma Special Sheep Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 6

Woodgers and Calthorpe, Limited, [?]oom, report a large yarding Good quality and, condition well wool[?]d Sheep at their sale held on…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— All sections of buyers Were operating at the opening Sydney wool sales yesterday. Yorkshire, Germany, Japan…

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Wool and Artificial Silk No Sign of Bad Effects

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. write:— From abroad statements in regard to artificial silk usually refer to the menace it holds for wool. It is,…

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The Maize Crop Seed Selection in the Shed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1928 · page 6

With sowing time at hand, the question as to what are the requisite qualities in seed maize is one of seasonable significance. The following points in…

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P.D.S. Column Great Britain’s Butter Requirements

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 2

Major J. Russell King, D.S.O., of the London Agency of the Export Control Board in a paper on “Dairy Produce in the British Empire” for…

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The Better Farming Train Southern Tour Arranged

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 23 August 1928 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby) announces that arrangements are now being. made for a further tour of the Better…

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Wool Reports

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd., report: This company’s wool sale is fixed for Monday next, 27th inst., when we will offer a catalogue of 2450 bales…

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