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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

137 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 7

Taken to Farming

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. A. Prowse, who [?] recently was in the police force at Mittagong, has taken up a holding of 1600 acres in West Australia, and intends launching out into agriculture…

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The Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co., Ltd

Robertson Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2

The seventeenth half yearly meeting of shareholders of the above company will be held at the School of Arts, Robertson, at 2 p m. on Saturday…

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The Potato Crop at Burrawang

Robertson Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2

No lovers of the potato really knows, says a writer in the "S. M. Herald," what flavour in the tuber means until he has eaten a choice sample of…

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Sheep Travel 900 Miles

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 2

Fourteen thousand wethers have just arrived at Narribri from Manuka, 900 miles away. On being counted at their destination they numbered exactly the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Dressing Poultry for Market

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 6

ALL fowls should be fasted twenty-four to thirty-six hours before killing. Where that is not done the food decays in the crop and…

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Alleged Theft of Butter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 2

On Thursday last Richard Jones, manager of the butter factory, at Mittagong, was arrested and charged with stealing 35Olbs. of butter from the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Manures and Fertilisers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 6

GARDENERS near the City and large towns are close to a large supply of stable manure and depend almost exclutively upon…

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Charge of Receiving Butter

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Abraham Esserman was charged with receiving 350lbs. butter whilst knowing it to be stolen. Sergt. M'Intosh prosecuted, and Mr. Levy…

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Mittagong Police Court. Wednesday, March 2. Before Mr. Maitland, P.M. Alleged The[?] of Butter

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 2

Richard Jones was charged with stealing 150lbs of butter, valued at £5 6s 3d, the property of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company…

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Charge of Receiving Stolen Butter

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

Abraham Esserman was charged with receiving 150lbs. butter, well knowing the same to have been stolen. Sergeant McIntosh conducted the case…

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Dairy Farming

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 6

A good cow is a good cow the world over, whatever breed she may be. No farmer should keep a cow for milking purposes that does not produce at least…

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Alleged Butter Stealing at the Mittagong Factory. Before the Police Court. the Manager and a Storekeeper Committed

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

At the Mittagong Police Court on Wednesday before Mr. Maitland, P.M., Richard Jones was charged with stealing 150lbs. of butter…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. an English Duck Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 6

ON a duck farm in England about twenty thousand ducks an raised annually. Eggs are bought from [?] and they are hatched by means…

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[?] Poultry on the Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 6

Only a very small pro[?] of farmars give [?]…

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Sheep's Head

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 5

Lay the head in water over night, in which put a large handful of salt; wash it well in the morning, and take out the brains, and put them into a small basin…

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Farmers and Dairymen

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

We would draw the attention Farmers, Daily men, and others…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Raising and Fattening Hogs

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 5

THE easiest and quickest money made on the farm is obtained from raising hogs. But it is necessary that one should commence in a…

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Fxports of Butter

Robertson Advocate · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

The Australian exports of butter to the United Kingdom have been larger than anticipated. The season opened late, and the probable…

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The Berrima District F. & O. Co., Ltd. Mittagong Butter Factory

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

ON a visit paid to the above Factory last Wednesday, we were received most courteously by the Manager. Mr. A. Horniman, who kindly showed,…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Pure Bred Foultry Farming

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 6

AT [?]ght not to be necessary to argue the advantages of keeping pure [?] rather than acru[?] or the very [?] But the number…

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