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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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Farm and Garden Pasteurizing Milk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 6

The recent Swiss Dairy Conference having stimulated interest in the system of pasteurizing milk, it may be of much advantage to readers to be reminded of a simple and…

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The Live Cattle Trade. (To the Editor of the Scrutineer.)

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 5

Sir,—Of this trade we seem to have [?]ard very little for some time, but it may be that my occupation as a professional man offers but little chance of knowing…

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Farm and Garden Complete Food for Chicks

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 3

It is very important that the food for little chicks be as complete as possible. That is, it should contain all the clements that assist growth and supply all their needs. The food…

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The Butter Market

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 5

Between 1200 and 1300 boxes have been placed on the Sydney market since 1st of January. This has had a depressing effect on sales, but owing to decreased output…

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The care of Dairy Utensils

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 4

When dairy utensils are rightly cared for, they need never become grease-soaked. I have had a twenty-galion churn in use for nearly seven years, and it is as sweet and…

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Farm and Garden to Feed for Eggs

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 7

L[?] fancy poultry extensively for 12 years, and during that time tries various ways [?]mishing my fowls and chicks the required supply of animals food, but have…

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Farm and Garden Poultry House

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 3

For best results fowls must have a chance to scratch in the open air in winter and in stormy weather, and that too, without being obliged to go on to the snow or out into the…

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Dairying in New South Wales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 2

The following extract is taken from the Richmond River Express, and it is information of a character we would like to see supplied oftener by dairymen and…

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Winter Dairying

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 3

As to the question of making a profit from the cows in winter when feed in high, one might reason that if all the necessary conveniences are supplied for dairying in winter,…

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Farm and Garden Fowl Cholera

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 3

L. A. C. says many fowls in his neighborhood dumpish and weak, the comb turns pale, and they die in 13 to 16 hours. These symptoms indicate cholera. Clean up the…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company, Ltd

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 2

The annual meeting of shareholders in the above was held in the School at Arts, Robertson, on Saturday last the following being present:-Mesrs. N. H. Thrashy. J.P…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co., Ltd

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 2

THE annual meeting of shareholders was held at Robertson on Saturday last, Ist. There was a large attendance, presided over by Mr. N. H. Throsby J.P.,…

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The t50 Butter Prize

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

The Government butter prize of £50 at the Royal Agricultural Society's approaching show has drawn over sixty entries, representing nearly 17,000lbs of butter, from all…

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Large Wheat Cargoes From San Francisco

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 March 1896 · page 5

Some 7000 tons of Californian wheat arrived by sailing vessels on Monday for the Sydney market. The four-masted barque Cristine brought 46,183 sacks, and the…

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Pigs and Potatoes. Two Kangaloon Farmers

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

AT the Bowral Police Court on Friday;, [?]3th March, before Mr. J. J. Campbell J.P., a farmer at Kangaloon named Virtue sued an adjoining farmer named T. W…

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A Horse eats a Sheep

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 2

Mr. Alexander Baillie informs us that recently his attention was attracted to a horse eating something near his fence, and on going to see what it was to his surprise he…

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The Wintering of Dairy Stock

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

Nearly every dairyman is alive to the advantages of bringing his cattle through the wintea in good condition, but it is not every owner of cows who has the experience or the…

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Butter Exhibits

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 2

The butter exhibits at the Royal Agricultural Show are a feature of the show and though the biz Government prize of £50 for butter for export is undecided, the other…

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About Butter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 2

Thus the secretary of the Board of Exports to the Premier:—"The statement by Mr. Meares, of the South Coast Company, that the butter industry was now in a…

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The Butter Prize

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 2

The prize of [?]50 offered by the Board of Exports has gone to Glenormiston, in Victoria. The judges said the butter was the finest ever made in Australia, and that…

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