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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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A Blind Farmer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 3

Men who can't make farming pay should take a lesson from Ambrose Hallen, Toongabbie. Stone-blind from childhood, he found himself, when a man, obliged to turn…

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Farming in Russia

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 3

Russia is the largest farming country on the globe. It contains more than one-seventh of all the land upon the earth's surface. its natural resources are inexhaustible and it is…

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Junee Wheat Growers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 December 1893 · page 3

A largely attended meeting of farmers was held at Junee on Saturday night, under the auspices of the Junee Farmers and Producers' Association, to consider a…

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N.S.W. Dairy Farmers Association. Grader's Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 December 1893 · page 2

Large consignment of butter came forward during the week. The weather of late has been very unfavourable for butter making, consequently a huge proportion of the butter…

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Cook and the Berk's Country Farmer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 December 1893 · page 2

Harry Cooke, in 1866, told the writer the following: "One day, when I was putting government bonds upon the market, I was greatly annoyed by the clerks telling me that…

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Winter Storage of Farm Implements

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 December 1893 · page 5

Upon storing farm implements in proper condition depends, in no small degree, the success of farming. The man who provides a dry, airy shelter for farm tools and…

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