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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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London Butter Market

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 3

W. Weddel and Co. in their weekly market report of the London Butter market, dated London, 23rd Nov., write us follows:—"The weather remains open but is slightly colder…

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How to Salt Butter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

Mr. F. C. Curtia gives the following method of salting butter: 'I assume that it is generally considered that butter absorbn salt, which it does not. In proof whereof [?]…

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Agriculturist. Hay for Dairy Cows

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

If there is any favoritism shown on the farm in the way of feed given to stock, it should be to the dairy cows. There is always nore or less poor hay, and, ofttimes this is…

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[?]bandoned English Farms

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 7

English papers are somewhat exercised over the met that farms in Essex are being abandoned, and the population departing for "fresh fields and pastures new" Many…

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Butter Flavor

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 6

Respecting the flavor controversy about butter French scientists do not accept the assumption that it is due to a special bacteria, and prefer to confess they cannot explain…

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How to Run a Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 6

The following suggestions on how to make farming pay were written on a postal card by a dairy farmer in a competition for a year's subscription to his local paper:…

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Scientific Instruction in Dairying

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Wright, who has lately returned from England, where he was sent by Messrs. H. Prescott & Co., of Sydney, to pain on insight into the export produce…

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London Butter Market

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 7

W. Weddel and Co, in their weekly report, write of the London butter market, under date London December 14:—"The weather over the whole of the butter…

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The Butter Export Trade

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 4

A cable message has been received announcing that a consignment of Australian butter, shipped under the Sowell patent process, and carried as ordinary cargo, has…

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Farming in New South Wales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 7

The following letter has been addressed to the S.M.Herald:—As a stranger in a strange land, will you permit me to express my astonishment at not seeing throughout New…

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Spare Moments Seasonable Crops

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 6

Ranger.—'How did your crops turn out last year' Granger—'Poorly. We had nearly two months of continues rain. What do you…

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On the Wallaby Track. Chapter I. Starts From Bathurst—carries a Swag—meets a Young Lady, an Orange-feel, and a Policemen—honest Farmers—a Melon on a Pumpkin Vise

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 3

AN explanation recounting the experiences leading up to my present adventures are, I think, superfluous, as it would only be a repetition of threadbare stories related by…

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Butter Tests. Big Yield by a Terrara Cow

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 2

The judging of dairy cows, having regard to both quantity and quality of milk, at the late Wollongong show excited considerable interest. There were a large number of…

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Danish Butter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 7

The Danes are selling butter at any price being determined to oust the Australian butter from the London market. With this view they are making preparations for a…

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Home Butter-making

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 6

I believe I will write a short article on this subject for the benefit of the woman who wants to make butter and can't afford to or cannot get any costly fixtures for the…

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Dairy Notes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 7

The Ayrshire of a hundred years ago was very different from the best specimens of the present day. They were small, inferior, irregularly shaped, but hardy animals. The…

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Butter Export

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 3

Mr. Henry Pateson, manager of the Fresh Food and Ice Company, returned to Sydney from England on Saturday last, and has afforded a representative of the Daily…

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Agriculturist. Sheep, Lean and Fat

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 6

Sheep starved through the winter are not apt to result in a profit in the spring. It is true that they will live on little, but it is well to bear in mind that a dist of straw is…

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The "Butter" Tirade of N.S. Wales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 7

A review of the dairying business of 1894 discovers many points of grave concern, as bearing upon the progress and prospects of the butter trade. Up to the end of the year,…

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"Duffers" in the Dairy Business

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 7

The 'duffer' is the man who trusts to Providence without an effort to help himself or his cows, who keeps anything that has horns st one end tail at the other, and udder…

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