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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

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Illawarra Cattle

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 2

Subjoined is the history of the Illawarra Shorthorns as told by a former Illawarra dairy farmer in the Queensland "Dairy Bulletin." Mr. F. Chas. Thompson writes:…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1909 · page 2

[?]—On the 8th [?] the price of [?] but other…

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Dairy Farmer Injured

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1909 · page 3

Mr. Thomas Muagrave, a well-known dairy farmer at Yallah, near Dapto, met with a serious accident on Friday night while driving home from Dapto…

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Mr. Johnson at the Farmers' Conference

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 2

"It's easy to talk about being a friend of the former and settler; it's another thing to give exemplification to the fact—that's what your want," said the Chief Railway…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 6

The sixteenth annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association commenced on Monday in the wool auction room of the Royal Exchange,…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 July 1909 · page 4

Four branches and the executive continued in urging:—"That the Land Act and department be administered by commissioners."…

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Milking Machines at the W.A. Govt, State Farm

Robertson Advocate · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 2

The West Australian Government [?] delegating a special officer to make exhaustive enquiries throughout Victoria, as to which was the best [?]…

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Farmers and Settlers' Conference

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 4

Mr. Siemesh (Coboo) moved—That the time has arrived when the pastures protection boards should be abolished and that any absolutely…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 2

Butter—We are pleated to report a clearance of all choicest fresh butter at full rate, viz, 132 per cwt Queensland butter is plentiful, and…

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R.D. Farm and Dairy Company. Half Yearly Report

Robertson Advocate · Friday 6 August 1909 · page 2

The following is the twenty-eighth half-yearly report of the above company,to be presented to the meeting of shareholder to be held at Robert[?]on…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 2

Butter—The market closed this week de-cidedly firmer than previous weeks. All choic[?] butter found ready sale, and arrivals were only about equal to local…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 2

Butter—We are pleased to report an entire clearance of all best butter at 132s; anything not choicest is nearly unsalable. Victorian butter…

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The Price of Butter Reduced

Robertson Advocate · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 2

The Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company, in a special market report dated August 25th, writes at follows:—…

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A Farmer's Purse Stolen

Robertson Advocate · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon, while purchasing a railway ticket at the Sydney Railway Station, John Twohill, a well to do farmer of Macleay River, laid on…

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B. D. Farm and Dairy Co

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

The twenty eighth half-yearly meeting of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company was held in the School of Arts, Robertson, on Saturday…

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Extraordinary Potato Crop

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

Mr. S. S. Smith, a farmer in the Cobden district, Victoria, has had a record crop of "Acme Snow[?]" potatoes. They were put in in…

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B.D. Farm and Dairy Co

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

The 28th half yearly meeting of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co. was held in the School of Arts, Robertson, on Saturday afternoon last, Mr…

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Extraordinary Potato Crop

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

Mr. S. S. Smith, a farmer in the Cobden district, Victoria, has had a record crop of "Acme Snowflake" potatoes. They were put in in…

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Cutting of Crops

Robertson Advocate · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

At the recent Gunnedah show an excellent sample of wheaten chaff with a good deal of grab in it was passed over for a light, coarsecut chaff containing…

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A Poultry Farmers' Bulletin

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 3

A PUBLICATION of special interest to poultry farmers has been issued by the Department or Agriculture as. "Farmers' Bulletin, No. 23," containing the…

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