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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1904

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To Woolgrowers and Farmers

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

THE Annual Review, compiled by Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., of Melbourne, is just to hand. To those interested in Woolgrowing it is most…

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Farm and Garden Original Articles. Growing Sugar Cane for Profit

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 6

[?] has shown that sugar cane requires a modernstely but [?] too rich [?]…

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Savoury Butter Pudding

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 5

Mix a quarter of a pound of Sootch cat meal in half a pint of boling milk, and stir over the fire for ten minutes. Than mix in a quarter of a pound of sitted…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. More About Sugar Cane

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 5

CANE plants are usually the top parte of the plants consisting of four or six of the top joints ; the shorter the joints the better;…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Educational Butter Tests

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 5

AT a recent meeting of buttermakers it was stated that a gradual improvement in the quality of butter had taken place so far as…

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Robertson Dairy Company

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

The Robertson Dairy Company paid suppliers 8¼d per lb for butter fat, equal to 3½d per gallon for milk for the mouth of March…

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Electric Farming

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 4

Some interesting particulars of recent experiments in the application of electricity to farming and horticulture are given in the current number of "The North…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 1

The area under crop in the State this year has increased by nearly 300,000 acres, the total value, of the crop being £8500,000. There are 28,663,983 sheep…

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Alleged Theft of Butter at Mittagong. Jones Convicted. Esserman Acquitted

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 2

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions on Thursday, Richard Jones, on remand, pleaded guilty to stealing at Mittagong last February 150lb. of butter, the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Cold Storage of Fruit

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 5

IN studying the influence of temperatures on some kinds of fruit, duplicate series of apples and pears were placed in a storehouse where…

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Stealing Butter

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

On Thursday, Richard Jones was charged with stealing at Mittagong during the month of February last 150lbs of butter in three lots of 50lbs of each the property of the…

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Charge of Re[?]ving Stolen Butter

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

Abraham Esserman was charged with receiving at Mittagong during the month of February, 150lbs of butter belonging to the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company,…

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Sheep Stealing

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 3

At the Goulburn Quarter Sessions last week, Daniel Richard Parmenter was charged with stealing at Belanglo, between 1st June and 30th November, 1903, thirteen…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Before his Honor Judge Cohen. Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 3

Daniel Richard Parmenter was Charged with stealing between June 1 and November 30, 1903, 13 sheep, the property of William Cooper Lyons and…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Before his Honor Judge Cohen. Alleged Sheep Stealing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1904 · page 4

Daniel Richard Parmenter was charged with stealing between June 1 and November 30, 1903, 13 sheep, the property of William Cooper Lyons and…

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Kangaloon Dairy Co., Ltd

Robertson Advocate · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 2

The half yearly meeting of share­holders of the above company was to have been held at the Kangaloon Hall last night. The balance sheet for the…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. the Popular Nasturtiums

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 5

THE Nasturtiums are among the most deservedly popular of garden flowers. The are easily grown annuals, patient of drought and…

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Cattle Killed by Goods Train

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 2

A serious accident happened to a mob of cattle at Moss Vale on Tuesday last. The 7 o’clock goods train to Sydney that night crushed into a…

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B.D. Farm & Dairy Co. Ltd

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Berrima District Farm & Dairy Co. Ltd. was held in the School of Arts, Robertson, on Saturday afternoon…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Planting and Cultivating Cowpeas

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 5

IT has been the custom to give very poor preparation to the soil intended for cowpeas. The ease with which they may be grown is responsible for…

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