The Home and the Farm
A good mulch is a layer of fine soil, such as frequent, shallow cultivation provides. Better feed the inferior fruit and vegetables to the hogs than to send them to market…
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Farming & the land, 1893
146 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 8
Mittagong Dairy Co
AFTER a lapse of a couple of years or more the machinery in the Fresh Food and Ice Company's premises at Mittagong started work on Monday morning,…
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DECEMBER RETURNS:—NO. of gallons of milk treated 25,474: yielding 10,164lbs. butter. Suppliers were paid 3d per gallon for their milk, and a balance has been carried forward to credit.—…
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Dear Sir, The close of the year 1892, we are pleased to report, has left a good market for butter. During the year no other industry…
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Mr. J. L. Thompson, Principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, visited Albion Park on Thursday week, hisduty being the inspection of Mr. D. L. Dymock's farm…
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Better one bird than a thousand larvae. The fool stands in front of his own gun. Women seldom tease men they do not love. If some parents would laugh more their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Growing. (To the Editor of the Scrutineer.)
Sir,—Farmers who are interested in wheat-growing should visit the plot of "Ward's Prolific Wheat," that is now growing on Mr. cluts' place at Meryla Siding. I advocated…
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THE king may rule o'er land and sea, The lord might live right royally, The soldier ride in pomp and pride, Tho sailor roam o'er ocean wide;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Determining Butter-fat in Milk
Pursuant to an announcement in the September issue of the Agricultural Gazette the Department of Agriculture obtained a Babock milk tooter which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dairying Industry in Victoria
The dairying industry in discussed in the columns of the Melbourne Argus which says:—The extraordinary expansion of our export trade in butter has challenged…
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QUANTITY and quality are not necessarily irreconcilable in milk. Many Jersey cows with large butter records are also notes as large milkers—not large as compared with…
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The annual meeting of the above company was held it the School of Arts, Robertson, on Saturday last, when the following were present:—N. H. Throsby, J.P., T. W. Lackey, J.P., R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Berrima District C.c. Farm and Dairy Company. a Big Success
The Bega Standard, of last Tuesday ruefully asks:—"When will our dairy farmers seriously consider the wisdom of co-operative factories?" We can easily understand how…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Berrima District C.C. Farm and Dairy Company Limited. (To the Editor of "the Scrutineer and Berrima District Press."
Sir,—No one who taken any interest at all in the progress of this attractive district, could help but feeling delighted at the very successful report furnished by the Directors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Take-all and Dry Blight in Cereal Crops
AN article under this heading appearing in the Agricultural Gazette, Vol. III, Part 12, by Dr. N. A. Cobb, Pathologist to the Department of Agriculture, deals with a…
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WARM borax water will remove dandruff. SALT should be eaten with nuts to aid digestion. MILK which stands too long makes bitter butter. IT rests you in sewing to change your position…
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The following, from the agricultural article of the Standard, on the Danish butter trade, will re read with interest in New South Wales:— Much as has been published of late upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Exportation of Surplus Butter. Sydney, Feb. 28th, 1893
As the export sca[?] for butter has terminated, the last shipments by the "Parramatta" and "Cazco" (in all 1,112 boxes), were sect on the 6th and 13th (this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer. Poultry
In [?] house one will not often be disappointed when looking for vermin. It will be strange if they are not found there. A eudden change in feed from one kind of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Margarine. Is No Substitute for Butter.—people Are Tired of It
THOSE who take notice are now beginning to understand that margarine is no substitute for butter. Not long ago an interesting experiment clearly…
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