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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Cultivation of Roses

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 5

IN response to inquiries asking how to grow roses successfully and what to do with slok bushes, we desire to say that the usual cause of failure with…

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The Moat Farm Mystery. a Dramatic Arrest. Sensational Discoveries

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 4

The following is the story of the Moat Farm mystery, which has [?]eated such a sensation in England during…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Profitarle Dairying

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 5

A GREAT number of the cows produce the milk consumed every day are what should be properly called dairy cow. But mostly…

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Farm and Garden Spraying for San Jose Scale on Apple-tpees

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 13 May 1903 · page 1

Mr. J. E. Dale of Catiraes-road, Glenorie, reports: "Haviug a palch of Carrington apple-trees which were so badly infested with scale two years age that the fruit was…

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Most Farm Murder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 6

London May 15.-At the inquest on the body of Miss Camille Holland, which was unearthed from a filled in ditch at Most farm Clavering a shoe…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Experience with Cowpras

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 May 1903 · page 5

IT appears to be generally expressed opinion that amongst the varieties of cowpeas the kind known as Whippoorwill all things considered…

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Farm and garden. Original Articles. Proving the Soundness of a Horse

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 5

If the first place give the horse a quick trot or gallop to see if he is lame as soon as he stops put your ear to his nostrils in order ro detect it…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. He Dairy Cow and the Production of Sanitary Milk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 5

PROBABLY animal on the farm utilities its food so completely is the work of production as the dairy cow, In ordinary branches…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Poultry Farming

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 5

WHEN fowls are desired of the greatest weight for market purposes, a strain should be selected which is reputed to combine…

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Salting Cattle

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 3

A farmer writes to 'Hoard's Dairyman: "I salt my cattle entirely on their backs. [?] do this for several reasons. The cattle take the Salt as they want it. The salt…

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Experience with Butter Milk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 June 1903 · page 5

Sometimes complaints are made about cows giving bitter milk, which may be caused in different ways -either by cows drinking bad water, bacteria, or a…

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Life on a Cattle Boat

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 June 1903 · page 5

When one reads in the papers about the enormous number of castle imported every year, one insant to overlook the castle's point of View. Recently a good…

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The Contented Farmer

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 24 June 1903 · page 4

Once upon n time, Frederick, King of Prussia, surnamed "Old Fritz," took a ride, and espied an old farmer ploughing his aere by the wayside, cheerily singing his melody…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Soil Fertility

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 June 1903 · page 5

THE maintenance of soil fertiity depends more or less on the know ledge that the farmer has of the scientific principles concerning his…

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Robertson Dairy Co., Ltd

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

The adjourned half yearly meeting of shareholders of the above company was held in the School of Arts, Robertson, on Wednesday evening last…

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Robertson. Dairy Company

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 4

The adjourned half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Robertson Dairy Co. was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday evening last, there being present—Messrs. J. Curtis (chairman of…

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farm and GardenT Orginal Articles Irrigationt

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 5

Now the various disastrous cought is vrious parts of Australian has forced many people to consider the necessity of irrigationTT…

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Blackleg in Cattle

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

On Monday last Mr. J. D Stewart, G.V.S., visited the Government Stud Farm at Far Meadow, Berry, where an outbreak of blackleg has occurred…

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