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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

594 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 19 of 30

P.D.S. Column Australian Dairy Council

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 2

The above held its usual meeting in Melbourne last week, and after dealing with a full business paper, members discussed the following resolution…

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Dairying in Denmark

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. W. T. Harris, a successful dairy farmer of long experience in Queensland, recently visited Great Britain and Denmark arid from a summarised…

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Mr. Buttenshaw’s Address to the Farmer’s and Settlers’ Conference Why City Works Must Be Completed

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. Buttenshaw addressed the Conference of Farmers’ and Settlers last Monday and explained the Government’s attitude with regard to certain…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report:— upon the really beneficial rainfall of the past few days. Unfortunately no rain has fallen in the far west, but…

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Flemington Sheep Market Effects of Rain

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 2

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., writes, 13th August:— The week-end general rains, so…

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Pastoral When Feeding Scrub Supplement the Ration If Possible

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 4

Native scrub and trees such as kurrajong, wilga, mulga, myall, willow, currant bush, emu bush, gidgea, and whitewood have a considerable value…

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Wool Inquiry Better Position with Competitors

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:—In the local wool trade market conditions show a somewhat brighter tone. Signs have materialised which…

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Handling of Wheat Only Fully Qualified Men Appointed

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 1

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, to-day refuted the charges made at the Farmers and Settlers’ Conference that men who had failed in the test…

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Picnicking in Golden Showers Graziers' and Farmers' Delight

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 3

The Directors of the Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Company (Sydney) tender annually to the representatives of the Farmers and Settlers'…

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Farmer and Baker

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 August 1929 · page 3

The wheat-grower to-day gets only half the price he received for his produce in 1920. Yet in that period the price of batting and distributing…

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Wheat Harvest Saved

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 6

"Prospects for good crops are excellent since the rain," said the District Railway Superintendent, Mr. T. Hudson, who has returned from a tour of…

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The Wool Clip

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 6

Indications everywhere point to a smaller clip. The sheep are cutting lighter, and the decrease is anything from lib. to 31b. per head, which, if…

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Dairying Selecting the Dairy Cow

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 5

The cow that is entitled tb be called a dairy cow will produce in one year, or lactation period, when she is mature, at least 2751b. of butter-fat…

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Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Another Successful Year

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 6

The twelfth Annual Meeting of the Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Company, Ltd., was held in the Railway Institute, Sydney, on 8th August…

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Farmers and Graziers’ Cooperative Co. Another Successful Year

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 3

The twelfth Annual Meeting of the Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Company Ltd. was held in the Railway Institute, Sydney, on 8th August. The…

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The First Tenant of the Stone Hut Farm, Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 2

In the year 1858 I became acquainted with James Neylon. He was the first farmer on Upper Canberra, and the story of his life is a very pathetic…

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Continental Wool Buying Regaining Confidence

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report :—Further quantities of local fell-mongered wool have latterly been sold to Continental operators in Sydney…

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The Progressive Farmer Australia and the New Empire Research Station

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 2

The cultivation of the soil is, and always will be, the foundation of the whole structure of the British Empire. This truth may not be so obvious…

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Pastoral Lice in Sheep

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 4

Dipping of sheep for control of lice and ticks should be carried out one month to six weeks after shearing in the case of merinos, and about two…

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Wool Report

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 2

Schute, Bell & Co , Ltd., report: — Roster of sales for the first series of the new season has now been issued, provision having been made for…

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