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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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District Cattle Cases

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

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Tuesday last, before Judge Fitzhardinge, the following cases affecting this district came on for trial:— CATTLE STEALING…

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Winter Feeding of Dairy Cows

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 5

The winter feeding of dairy stock is not bo general as it ought to be in New South Wales, but the practice is gradually coming into favour among…

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Dairying on the Richmond

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 4

The progress of the dairying industry in New South Wales has been more marked on the Richmond River during the last three years than in…

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Cattle Sales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 5

Messrs Zouch and Co. report that their cattle sale on Saturday last comprised only 20 head of prime fat cattle. There was a good attendance…

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High Priced Cattle

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 2

At a sale of Aberdeen Angus cattle at Perth (Scotland), in March the average for 345 animals was £30 15s as against £24 12s last year. The…

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Butter-Making in Winter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 2

During the winter months many farmers—or their wives, perhaps— experience much difficulty in getting the butter "to como" in the churn…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Iv. The South Coast Cattle. The Illawarra Durhams

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

The South Coast cattle, according to the best authorities, originated from crossing the Holstein, Ayrshire, and Durham breeds. Then the farmers,…

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Dairying on the South Coast

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 3

Mr. O'Callanghan, in a report to the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Cook, says a number of factories in the South Coast district have capable pasteurising…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co. Meeting at Robertson

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co., Ltd., was held in the School of Arts, Robertson, on Saturday last. Mr. Thos. Seery,…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co., Ltd

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of the above company was held in the School of Arts, Robertson on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the…

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Dairying Progress. Mr. O’callaghan’s Estimate of a Profitable Dairy Cow

The Mittagong Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 4

A recent i[?]e of the “Australasian” has some comments by “Talpa” on the progress being made by the South Coast (N S W.) district in the…

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Butter from Peanuts

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 3

This is something novel, surely! And like most novelties it comes from America. St Louis "Globe Democrat" tells that a firm in Indiana have…

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Use of Fait in Butter Making

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 1

It has been convincingly demonstrated that [?] absorbs bad odours and transmits them to the butter into which it is worked. Creamery man…

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Red Polled Cattle

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

This might be described as an improved breed of English stock, and though the great antiquity claimed for it by its ablest admirers promises to…

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Fattening Sheep for Freezing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

Mr. W. E. Abbott, of Wingen, has been endeavoring to persuade the farmers of the Upper Hunter to embark upon the industry of fattening…

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Dairy Notes. The Improvement of New South Wales Stock. Part Vi. the Shorthorns

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

This breed is the most remarkable and most noted of the whole bovine race. Wherever one travels they cannot get away from the English Shorthorn. Some…

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Manning River Farming Land. the Comboyne

The Mittagong Express · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 2

The “Wingham Chronicle” of 12th August has the following :— Mr. Jones, a dairy farmer from Robertson, on the South Coast,…

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The Markets. Homebush.—thursday, Aug. 19. SHEEP

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 5

There were 15,589 sheep penned, the quality being fairly good, with a large proportion of crossbreds. There was a full attendance of buyers present, and competition…

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Rival Dairy Companies

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 1

A meeting of the directors of the dairy companies concerned in the management of the Berry [?] factory was held at Nowra on Thursday, nine…

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Australian Butter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 5

Australian butter sold in England last year, realised a total of close on £1,000,000, the average price per lb. being 11d, or 1d per 1b, less than…

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