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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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An English Dairy Sale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 3

The late Mr. J. J. Colman's entire h[?]rd of red-polled cattle was sold by [?]u[?]on at Easton, near Norwich (England.) The buyers included the…

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Australian Butter in England

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 1

London, Thursday.—In their monthly review of the markets for Australian produce, Messrs. Weddell and Co state that unless an organised body is…

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One Hundred Years Ago. the Merino Sheep in Spain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 4

About one hundred years ago the breeding of the Merino sheep commenced to seriously attract the attention of not a few English agriculturists : they…

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Farming in the North

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 5

Mr. Thompson, Agricultural Instructor, has furnished the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Cook, with an interesting report upon the capabilities…

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Farmers’ Co-operative Company. Annual Meeting

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 4

The eighteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Farmers’ Co operative Company of New South Wales postponed from June 27, tock…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. PART I.

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 2

THERE seems to be a consensus of opinion that our dairy cattle require more constitution and more udder development, and our average horse more stoutness…

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Dairying on Shares

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 4

These are the terms which dairying is carried on under the shares system around Koroit sad Tower Hill in Victoria:—The landlord provides land…

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Wool Week. the Sydney Sheep Sales

The Mittagong Express · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 4

“Wool week” in Sydney this year eclipsed all previous years in importance and success. All Australasia was splendidly represented, the proudest…

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Sheep Dog Trials

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 4

Jinnie, the winner of this year's sheep-dog trials, is the property of Mr Thomas Webb, of Mandamar, Temora, by whom she was worked…

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Wool Week

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 1

"WOOL week" in Sydney thin year eclipsed all previous years in importance and success. All Australia was splendidly represented, the proudest prize stud paddocks yielding their purest breeds in rams…

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Flood on the Richmond. Losses to the Dairy Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 5

Coraki, Wednesday—Heavy showers still continue, and the weather is very unsettled. From Saturday evening till 9 o clock yesterday morning the rainfall…

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Putting Cattle In Lucerne

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 1

The “Agricultural Gazette” states that Mr. E. R. Hall, of [?] Aberdeen, N.S.W. has raised a question of very great importance to…

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Dairy Factory Returns

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

For the month of June the Waratah Dairy Company, East Kangaloon, received 6024 gallon [?] which produced 2780, [?] of buffer. It took…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Ii

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

Dealing with horses, there were 510,636 in the colony on 31st December, 1896. The value of the improvement that could be brought about in these we will leave…

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Preservatives in Butter

The Mittagong Express · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

A copy of the correspondence addressed to the English Board of Agriculture by the Agent Generals for the colonies has been received by Mr. Cook…

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Dairying on the South Coast

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 1

In a report to the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. O’Callaghan, the dairy expert, says a number of factories in the South Coast district have…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Iii

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

I am frequently asked the question: What is the best breed of cattle for dairy purposes? Now, no more indefinite query could be put, because the…

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Grading of Butter

The Mittagong Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 4

In New Zealand the Department of Agriculture has issued circulars to the manufacturers of creamery butter, asking whether the proposal to create a…

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Rug Your Dairy Cows

The Mittagong Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 4

Much success has attended rugging horses and cattle in this district during the winter months. Some farmers prefer rugs to sheds or stables. For…

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Shooting Cattle

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 2

Stanley Lake, aged about 16 years, was charged with that he did on 27th April, at Burragorang, wilfully kill five cows, the property of James Watts Parker, with intent to steal the skins of the said…

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