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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Important to Dairy Men. New Use for Castor Oil

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 4

The virtues of castor oil are. many and most children have some know ledge of how effectually it acts, buts, it has remarked for Mr. Robert Gibson,…

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A Poultry Farmor's Balance Sheet

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 4

It is easy to speak in broad terms of the profits of systematic poultry—keeping but how mach more satisfactory is it to give an illustration exact figures…

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Kanagaloon Dairy Company

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

The nineteenth half-yearly meeting of the Kangaloon Dairy Coy., limited, was held on Wednesday last, Mr. A. Knox occupying the chair…

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Culling a Dairy [?]

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

[?] two years ago Dr. Hay and Mr. [?] , of [?] started weighing and testing milk from the individual cows at Coolangatta, and…

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Preserving Butter in Brine

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 4

The method of preserving butter in brine for export purposes as well as for home consumption, has been in operation in some parts of America and also…

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Butter Report. the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co., Ltd

The Mittagong Express · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 2

To-day the Sydney daily papers advise that “ it is announced by several large firms that on and after to-morrow (Wednesday) butter will be lowered 1d per 1b all round—…

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Pasteurised Butter

The Mittagong Express · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 4

Mr. Cook, Minister for Agriculture, is so impressed with the desirability of adopting the system of pasteurising cream for butter making here as…

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The Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company. to the Editor

The Mittagong Express · Friday 12 May 1899 · page 2

SIR,—As manager of this Company, I ask that you will oblige me by publishing in the columns of your widely circulated paper, a few remarks on the Sydney butter market,…

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Dairying on the Richmond. Some Statistics

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 1

The “Farm and Dairy” for April contains the following statistics relative to the advance dairying has made on the Richmond within the past few…

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Dairy Factory Returns

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 2

During the month of April the Pheasant Ground Dairy Co. received 2505 gallons of milk, for which the suppliers were paid 3 ½d per gallon…

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B.D. Farm and Dairy Coy. Butter Report

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 4

To-day the Sydney daily papers advise that it is announced by several large firms that on and after to-morrow (Wednesday) butter will be…

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Sheep for a Run-down Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 4

Sheep are especially adapted to a run-down farm and a run-down farmer. They require less capital than any other stock. and for the purpose stock…

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Pastourising for Butter Making

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture has been endeavouring to impress on diary farmers and butter producers generally the large commercial value of the…

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Feeding Fat to Dairy Cows

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 4

An American farmer some time ago asserted that feeding tallow to dairy cows, in conjuction with their regular ration, resulted in a…

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Dairy Factory Returns

The Mittagong Express · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

The Wingecarrihee Butler Factory, Bowral, paid suppliers 5d per gallon all round for milk sent during the month of April…

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"Five Lovely Bobs." The "Farm and Dairy" says.—

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 4

Up Moss Vale there is an argus-lynx-eyed paper called the Scrutineer. It sees many things, and notes them with remorseless accurracy. If a man digs…

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Letters to the Editor. Dead Cattle in the Moss Vale Water-Shed

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

SIR,—Will you allow me through your columns to warn the Moss Vale people against drinking waterr from their reservoir?. About six weeks ago I wrote a letter to the Mayor of Moss Vale pointing out to…

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Victorian Export of Butter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 3

It is generally understood among shippers of perishable produce to London that Mr. Taverner's mission to England, so far as it relates to obtaining…

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The Claronce Maizo Crop

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 4

About a quarter of a million bushels of early maize has been shipped from the Clarence up to date, and that portion of the crop is nearly exhausted…

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Butter for Export

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 5

Our London correspondent, under date March 30, writes: "That there was a most marked improvement in the quality of New South Wales butter exported last year has…

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