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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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The Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co. Ltd

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 September 1901 · page 2

During August the above company treated at their Mittagong factory 142,840 lbs. cream which produced 57,056lbs. butter, showing a marked…

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Wool Weighing

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 3

It not infrequently happens that wool growers, large and small, find that calculations as to weight of consignments to brokers differ from the figures supplied by…

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FARM and Dairy. Dairying Education in Victoria

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 1

In presenting the following report for the year ending 30th June, 1901, to the Victorian Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Potts says:—"It is a matter of pleasure…

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Dairy News

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 5

During August the B.D. Farm and Dairy Co., Ltd., treated at their Mittagong factory 142,840lbs. cream, which produced 57,06 6lbs. butter, showing a…

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Butter Competition

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 4

The "S.M. Herald's" report of the annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society, Victoria, contains the following report upon the butter and daily…

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FARM and Dairy. Wagga Experimental Farm

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 1

Mr. J. L. Dow, editor of the "Leader," writes: "In driving out from Wagga to the experimental farm, it is found that although the term 'plains' applies generally…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Growing Cauliflower for Market

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 3

CAULIFLOWER as a market crop has greatly increased in importance Its cultural does not essentially differ in general from that of…

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Grading a Dairy Herd

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 1

The usefulness of the Babooct test on the farm, Mr. G. S. Thompson, the Sooth Australian Government Dairy Expert, writes, has been established by practical…

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FARM and Dairy. Pumpkins

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 1

It is very convenient to have a nice stock of pumpkins to start the winter with, and it is astonishing what a quantity can be obtained from a very small plot of ground…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Manures and Fertilisers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 3

INTELLIGENT farmers recognise the beneficial and lasting effects of an application of bone meal to many soils and crops. It is most…

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Butter for Export

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 October 1901 · page 2

Mr. Kidd, Minister for Agriculture, has decided to offer prize for butter suitable for export, in order to stimulate the production of the very best article. Entrics will be…

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Free Seeds for Farmers

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 2 October 1901 · page 1
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In the New South Wales State Parliament the subject of experimental farms was discussed under a motion for adjournment. Members had various ideas as to the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Rearing Young Turkeys

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 October 1901 · page 3

WHEN the eggs are all hatched and the young turkeys placed in their houses and yard, then give them their first meal, which should be sta[?]e…

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Automobile Farm Machines

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 October 1901 · page 3

A number of farm machine makers are attempting to adapt the motors to farm machinery. The work has many difficulties, but progress is being made. One…

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FARM and Dairy. Farming in Canada

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Saturday 5 October 1901 · page 1

In referring to the visit to England of Mr. S. Fisher, Canadian Minister of Agriculture, the London "Daily Telegraph" says:—Mr. Fisher came to visit London,…

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FARM and Dairy. Russian Wheat in Kansas

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 9 October 1901 · page 1

The State of Kansas, which is now one of the largest wheat growing States in America, is the principal American producer of the well known hard red, which…

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Bad Flavor in Butter

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 9 October 1901 · page 1

Fishiness in butter has given much trouble to factory managers in Victoria, and it is understood that Mr. W. H. Potts has traced the cause in a good many cases in the water…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Kindness to Dairy Cows

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 October 1901 · page 3

BEYONG natural conditions the production of milk largely depends on the nervous temparament. When the idea came of the…

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Commercial. Butter Market

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 2

The Farmers' Co-Operative Co. Ltd., report:—We have pleasure in announcing that we now quote choicest creamery butter at 10d per lb., and we understand that other…

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