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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Wilde's Meadow and yarrunga Dairy Company, Ltd

Robertson Advocate · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 2

There was a fair attendance at the annual meeting of shareholders of the above company, when the report and balance sheet, which were unanimously adopted, gave a…

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Farmers' Bulletins

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture has now in operation a system of distributing special bulletins relating to one particular subject, and already some forty…

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The Dairy. Pasture lANDS. Require Treatment

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

"We are apt to think," states a writer In the "Mark Lane Express," "that arable lands Is more subject to loss from cropping than pasture lands, and as a…

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The Butter Market

Robertson Advocate · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

The Berrima District Company, under date March 4th, reports as follows:— The price locally receded on Monday last most unexpectedly [?] 86, for choicest butter…

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Productive Capacity of Dairy Cattle. M. A. O'callaghan

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

WE hare at the Government Stud Farm at Berry representatives of ail the principal dairy breeds of cattle, and records of the milk. yields of these animals have…

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The Dairy. Building Pig Sixes. Useful Hints

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

Too many pig-styes (states the English "Farmer and Stockbreeder") are built in a careless manner. irrespective of sanitary arrangements and air space…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 3

Butter.—The London market is reported very steady, and Denish butter has advanced 2s 3d per owt. Australian f[?] is in excellent request, salted from [?]s to 100,…

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The Dairy. Butter Not Gathering

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

Frequent Inquiries are received regarding the trouble experienced from butter not gathering. The difficulty Is pronounced In certain weathers. The…

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The Scarelty of farm laborers

Robertson Advocate · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 2

Mr. D. Condon, of Albion Park (says an exchange), has disposed of the goodwill of his farm, "The Meadows," and plant, to Mr. J. Nicholl, of East…

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To Stop Baby Farming. How Glasgow Stamped Out the Evil

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 4

The drastic steps taken in Glasgow to stop baby farming were described at a conference of representatives of charity organisation societies in London last…

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The Dairy. Concrete in Dairy Protection Against Bacteria

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 4

Each year sees a great necessity for improvement in dairying methods —to produce a milk which contains less bacteria than formerly. There…

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The Dairy. Art of Milking. Treatment of Cow

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 4

To perform the operation of milking successfully, several Important things must be observed. It Is highly important that It must be done quickly,…

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Poultry. Duck Breeding. an Extensive Farm. Something About Crowding

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 4

It Is usually considered necessary to allow one acre of land for every 100 birds. Any farmer who suggested concentrating 3,000 to the acre would (says…

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Hints on Dairying

Robertson Advocate · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 4

In the course of a recent, lecture to dairying Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan made a number of good points. Here are some of them:—…

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Kangaloon Dairy Co

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

The half yearly meeting of shareholders of the Kangaloon Dairy Co. will be held on the 25th inst. For the month of March the…

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Denmark's Dairy Cows. Two Breeds Favored

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 3

The million dairy cows of Denmark arc confined almost exclusively in two breeds — the Danish Red, or New Zealand and the Islands, and the Jyske, or…

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The Dairy. Causes of Poor Milk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 April 1911 · page 3

The Swiss have come about as near reducing the dairy business to a science as any people on earth. It is said that they are very particular to preserve…

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Cattle. the Study of Pedigree. Assisting the Breeder

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 3

Taking into consideration the great increase in recent years in the ranks of breeders of pedigree stock, drawn from all classes of agriculturists, both…

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Farmer. Destroying Runt Pigs

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 6

Pasture makes a runt in the little, it is fair warning that the mother does not furnish food enough to supply the whole number. It is very rarely has a farmer can be…

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Dry Farming. Value of Rotation. Rape for Sheep. the Seed Problem

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 April 1911 · page 3

Several practical papers were read at the Dry Farming Conference recently held in Adelaide. The gathering should have the effect of popularising that…

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