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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Gathering the Crops

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 4

It is difficult for the novice to seize upon the proper moment for gathering the crop, experience seems to be the only reliable guide. When fully ripe the leaf changes to…

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Dairy Factory Returns

Robertson Advocate · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 3

The Kangaloon Dairy Company, Limited, paid suppliers 3¼d per gallon for milk supplied during the month of March; 23[?] of milk to the pound of…

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A Farmer's Grumble

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 5

Lord Carrington laid the foundation stone of a new Liberal club at Black-pool on March 16, and was the principal speaker at a large public meeting in the…

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Dairy Factory Returns

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 3

The Kangaloon Dairy Company, Limited, paid suppliers 3¼d per gallon for milk supplied daring the month of March; 23[?] of milk to the pound of…

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London Butter Market

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 3

London, March 18 The Britannia arrived this week with the last shipment of Victorian butter this season, which is a record of early closing…

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An American Ship Cap-tured by Spaniards. a Large Cargo of Wheat Seized

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 5

The Spaniards have captured the American ship Shenandoah,bound from San Francie to Ant were with a cargo of 20,00 quarter of wheat…

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Progress of Dairying

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 3

In 1891 there were 945,575 cows in Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand, while in Canada there were 1,857,112. The Australian output in…

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Farmer and Merchant

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 3

An old farmer was in a sydney merchant's office, and asked if he could supply the merchant with some fresh some fresh butter. The merchant told him that…

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Victorian Butter in England. Alleged Adulteration

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 3

London, Friday.—Representatives of the leading firms engaged in the importing and distribution of colonial butter waited upon the Agents-General…

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The Farmers and Settlers Association. AMANIFESTO

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 5

The president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales has issued minifesto, which declares that having road and…

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Dairy Factory Returns

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 3

For the month of April the Robertson Dairy Company treated 44,423 gallons of milk producing 20,594 [?] of butter. Suppliers were paid 10½d…

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New South Wales Fanners' and Settlers' Association. Federation of Australia. Manifesto to the Members of the Farmers and Settlers' Association And. Other Products of New South Wales. (Per favor of Bowral Free Press."

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 4

GENTLEMEN,—The President having appealed to the members of the Exceutive Council of the New South Wales Farmers' and Settlers' Association for an opression of opinion on the Federal Convertion…

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Dairy Factory Returns

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1898 · page 2

For the month of April the Robertson Dairy Company treated 44,423 gallons of milk producing 20,594 [?] of butter. Suppliers were paid l0½d…

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Crops for Silage

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 3

Any vegetation that stock will eat in its natural state will make good ensilage, and it will be much improved by the operation, especially for cattle. It is…

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Dairy Factory Returns

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 2

For the month of April the Robertson Dairy Company treated 44,423 gallons of milk producing 20.594 lbs of butter. Suppliers were paid l0½d…

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Lady Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 3

Lady Stella' and Lady Dorothea Hope, the sisters of Lord Hopetonn, appear to be converts to Lady Warwick's theory, that farming is an…

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Dairy Factory Returns

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1898 · page 3

For the month of April the Robertson Dairy Company treated 44,423 gallons of milk producing 20.594 lbs of butter. Suppliers were paid lO½d…

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Dairy Factory Returns

Robertson Advocate · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 3

For the month of April the Robertson Dairy Company treated 44,423 gallons of milk producing 20,594 lbs of baiter. Suppliers were paid 10[?]d…

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The Author of "The New-Chum Farmer."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 1

The colonies need rest from the disquieting intluences that have obtained in regard to many questions for years past. Let us have a settled policy which the mercantile…

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Australasian Butter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 5

London, Saturday.—In their review of the dairy produce trade for the season, Messrs Weddell and Co. state that the quality and condition of…

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