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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land
159 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 6 of 8
The land tax is not on land but on the unimproved value of land. The taxable value is that value which remains after deducting the present value of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Now forage crops have been tested for years. Dr. Goczamann advises raising mixed crops, say summer voteh and oats, as they produce larger yielde than when grown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One of the items necessary for making cattle raising and feeding profitable on the farm is better cattle. It is only good cattle given good treatment that will pay. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One of the immediate descendants of the early promoters of Australian prosperity died recently, at Leeds, where he had resided for some years— Mr. Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Temperance Hall, Kiama on Tuesday afternoon last, a large number of dairy farmers of the district met for the purpose of considering the [?]visableness of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It in better to start annuals in the house, about the kitchen or sitting-room stove. Cover the pane or boxes with a thin cloth, which prevents disturbing the seeds while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the great Elbing dairies in West Prussia upwards of three hundred milkers are employed, the whole of them being femlaes. They wear a pretty costume…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tenants on the farms at Numba included in the portion of the Berry Estate purchased from the trustees by Mr. E. Pritchard have received notice from their landlord of new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Continuing to churn after the butter has come spoils the whole batch, at least to such an extent that first-class butter cannot result…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There is only one economical way to fight weeds,— that is to keep ahead of them. When they are just breaking through the ground they can be slaughtered with less…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In many ways it will be an advantage when all Australian woolgrowers realise that shipping their produce for sale to a market at the antipodes amounts to a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →" In 1888 I had a herd of herned cattle," writes an American breeder "I did not want to cut off their horns, but determined to get rid of them in some way. I bred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I have never lost a pound, and have kept it the year round frequently. For 100 pounds meat of any kind, beof, park, hams, bacon and shoulders, take 6 lbs of purest salt, 4 lbs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An application was made to Judge Melesworth on Friday for certificate of discharge and a dispensation with a statutory dividend in the estate of Charles Brown Fisher, of St…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The growth of the Victorian butter export industry has been very rapid. The value shipped was only £51,300 in the year 1889-90, and the yearly shipments since…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A case of importance to auctioneers, and one in which tho public are directly concerned, was partly heard at the Water Police Court on Wednesday. Six different firms of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Bergl and Brabbin, cattle and meat exporters of Sydney and London, have completed arrangements for continuing their frequent shipments of live stock. The two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Commissioners announce that greasy wool consigned from up-country stations to wool-washing establishments situated within 25 mailes of Sydney of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Where the corn was not out up for fodder, it is a good way, as soon as the husking is done, to turn the cattle out to trim up the husks and rough feed in the stalk fields…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Southern Cress, which left Sydney on the 9th July with 550 bullocks, 29 horses, and 488 sheep (the largest cargo of live bullocks that has ever left Australia),…
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