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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 2

Butter.—The [?]oudon market is unchanged since last week, and choicest Australian salted to selling from [?]s to [?]; unsalted 100s to 10[?]s. the tons of the…

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Bioat in Cattle. the Tapping Operation

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 3

The instruments used for tapping cattle when bloated from the formation of gases due to acute indigestion are the trocar and cannula. As will be seen…

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Increase Profits on the Dairy Farm

Robertson Advocate · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 2

The advantage of the "L.K.G" Milking Machine over the hand system is exactly what anyone acquainted with any kind of machinery would expect. With the same…

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Wheat Ship Founders

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

The iron ship Ardencraig, 2153 tons, bound from Melbourne, with a cargo of wheat, went ashore on the coast at Scilly during a fog. The…

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Farm Surveying. a Handy Instrument

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

The great drawback (writes Mr G. H. Johnston, in the New South Wales "Agricultural Gazette") to surveying on the farm up to the present has been…

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Farm Apprentices at Yanco Irrigation Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

In connection with the Department of Agriculture's scheme for the training of practical farm workers, the building at the Yance Experiment Farm now…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 2

Butter—The London market is improving, and best Australian is selling freely form 106s to 108s, with an upward tendency. The price locally is 90s to grocers, but…

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Motor Traction. Use on the Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 4

AN INTERESTING PAPER. In a paper read at a conference of farmers in Adelaide, Mr W. Hunt writes:— I…

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Ear-marking Sheep

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 2

Ad unusual case was tried at the Goulburn Police Court recently. Donald P. Cullen, grazier, of Yess, was charged with catting off more than…

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Progress in the Dairy

Robertson Advocate · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 2

We supply Curd Mills to be worked both by hand and power. Improved Cheese Pres[?] fitted with buffer springs. we also supply very superior Telescopic Cheese…

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Sheep Kill Each Other

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 2

A Winton (Q) wire states that the particulars are to hand regarding the disaster to Lucknow sheep, bound from Avon Downs. They show that they…

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For Bagging Wool. a Handy Method

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 3

The accompanying Illustration shows how to construct a handy apparatus for packing wool. The four legs of the sacker are made of 2 x 4in stuff, 6½ft…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1911 · page 2

Butter.—Cables received report the London market easier, and prices have declined. Australian [?]ted is selling from 109s to 102s, [?] The local price…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 2

Butter.—The London market is steady, and prices of Australian butter are being well maintained. Best salted is selling freely at 10[?], un[?] 104[?] to 106[?]. It is difficult…

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The Dairy. Developing Dairying. American Methods

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 4

Great efforts are being made by the agricultural colleges in the United States to attract and interest farmers in their work. One method, which seems…

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New Zealand Fruit Farms. a Progressive Policy

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 4

The New Zealand Government has taken a bold step in connection with the development of the fruit industry in that country. It Is proposed to…

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B.D. Farm and Dairy Co

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 2

The 3lst half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held at the Robertson School of Arts on Saturday last. Present—Messrs. J…

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Electrification of Crops

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 3

Sir Oliver Lodge, the eminent English experimentalist, in the course of a recent lecture at Birmingham on the electrification of crops, said that of all the…

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The Dairy. Dairying for Settlers. an Interesting Statement

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 3

When in Great Britain and America Messrs. M'Kenzie and Mead were frequently asked : "Assuming that a man has a capital of from £300 to £500,…

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