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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

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Dairy Returns

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

C[?]mock—The number of Suppliers so the C[?]nock Co-operative Dairy Company has increased during the last eight months of its existence from 40 to 100…

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Successful Dairying

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3

"Success in dairying depends largely upon the proper feeding of the herd. There are two questions" (writes an American dairyman) "that the dairy…

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Farm and Field. Testing Soils

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3

The officials of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture have, in the last few years, tried to improve and simplify the pot method…

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The Dairy. Automatic Milk Seller

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3

In educational and sanitary matters German authorities lead all others. A Very commendable feature has been introduces in several schools in Berlin…

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B.D. Farm and Dairy Company. Weekly Market Report

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1908 · page 2

[?]—The reduction to[?] on Monday, the [?] was not [?], and on Thursday, she £8th, a further re[?]stion [?] was found [?] We are hopeful that…

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The Dairy. Rules for the Dairy. the Care of Milk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 3

The American Department of Agriculture has issued a large cardboard for posting in cowsheds and dairies. It contains the following 50 rules on the care…

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Farm and Field. The Hop Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 3

The "Times," in a recant article, stated that the acreage under hops in England is steadily decreasing, having shrunk from 51,303 acres in 1900 to 44,938…

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B.D. Farm and Dairy Company. Weekly Market Report

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

Butter.—Very keen de[?] has been experienced during the week, and on Monday next the price will be advanced [?] per cwt, Melbourne market has firmed [?]derably,…

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A New Departure in State Agriculture. Bringing the Department to the Farmer

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 3

THE Department of Agriculture, which has recently been reorganised as a separate Department of State by the Hon. John Perry and his Under…

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Proposed Experimental Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 6

Mr. G. Valder visited Goulburn on Friday, having been instructed by the Government to inspect Rossiville as a possible site for the proposed…

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Strange Sheep Disease

Robertson Advocate · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 2

Information from Wellington states that the minds of shoe powders in the Spicer's Creek and Bodangors districts are being considerably exercised by strange sheep…

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B.D. Farm and Dairy Company. WEEKLY [?]

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

[?]—On the 15th [?] to [?] and [?] rate are [?]…

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Experimental Farming

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

At the meeting of the Berrima District A. H. and I. Society on Thursday last, a letter was read from the Department of Agriculture, stating the Hon.John Perry had under…

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Violet Farming. a Profitable Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 3

Some years ago, we learn from the April "Windsor Magazine," two ladies, the Misses Allen-Brown, retired to the charming little Sussex village of…

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Experimental Farm at Goulburn

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 4

The agitation to have an experimental farm established at Goulburn does not seem likely at present to be successful. Rossiville estate, suggested for the…

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A Farmer Injured

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 2

Near Bembok a on Saturday, a farmer—Albert Rolfe—was engaged in cutting a crop with a mowing machine, when the horses became refractory and refused to pull…

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The Sheep Show

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 4

Sir Harry Rawson, the State Governor, officially opened the annual show of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association, at noon on Friday…

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Dairying in Japan. a Progressive Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 3

There is probably no country in the world that is making greater strides in industrial development than Japan. Concerning the dairying industry a…

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The Dairy. Frozen Milk. a German Suggestion

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 3

The German authorities have come to the conclusion that there is room for much improvement in the methods of transporting milk. An address on the…

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Farm and Field. Steaming Ensilage

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 3

Probably no practice has wrought a greater or more beneficial change in dairy farming than the very generally adopted plan of siloing. A few years…

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