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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Industrial Farm Momes. Picnic and Concert

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 2

The annual picnic in connection with the Industrial, Farm Homes for Boys and Cottage Homes for State Children at Mittagong, usually held…

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Farm Buildings

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 3

Professor J. B. Davison, of the Iowa station, has been devoting much study to the importance, design, and construction of farm buildings. The…

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PASTORAL. Losses of Lambs

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 4

The diseases of lambs Incidental to marking were dilated upon last year by Mr. J. C. Sanderson, M.R.C.V.S., one of the officers attached to the Stock…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 4

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefic), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should he enabled to solve for the…

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Another Good Year. The 1910 Wheat Harvest

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 3

The latest agricultural statistics made available by the Government Statistician, show that the year 1910, from the point of view of agriculture,…

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The Dairy. Systematic Cow Testing. Value of the Work. Experience in Canada

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

The cow testing movement has been in operation under Government auspices in Canada for five years, and this enables the Dairy and Cold Storage…

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Irregular Feeding. Effect on the Crop

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

Irregular feeding or over feeding with hard dry corn is very liable to cause crop trouble; ever distension caused by giving too large a feed of grain after a…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 3

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon. J. L. Trefle), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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The Rentons. Our New Serial Story. Now First Published. His Last and Best Effort. Book I.—the Disappiarance. Chapter I.—The Rivers' Farm House

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 3

It was late in the afternoon of a glorious June day in the year 1878. The dust on the country road, leading from Lapton (a fair-sized market town in — Shire)…

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

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 3

Butter—The London market is holding will up to 10[?]. Locally, the prices are anyhow, nominally 120s, but "no price refused" would be the more correct…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 4

These Notes will be issued every week, under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture (Hon.J. L. Treffic), and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. With its organisation the Department should be enabled to solve for the…

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Farmers Parliament

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 6

The 18th annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Walse was commenced in Sydney on Tuesday. The gathering…

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Moss Vale Cattle Saleyard Charges

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Moss Vale Council the Mayor (Ald. Leighton Jones) moved the resolution on the above subject of which be bad given…

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Dairy-Farmers' Union of N.S.W. Local Branches

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 2

A meeting of dairy farmers, convened by Mr. F. A. Badgery, was held at the Royal Hotel, Bowral, on Saturday evening last. The attendance…

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Dairy Farmers' Union. Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

A largely-attended meeting of dairy farmers and landowners was held at the Royal Hotel, Moss Vale, on Saturday morning last for the…

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The Dairy. About Tests. Some Common Phrases. Meaning of Over-run

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

Important facts concerning the testing of milk and manufacture of commercial butter are not so generally understood as they should be. The…

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Farmers' Parliament

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

Mr. H. P. Miller Parkes, moved, and Mr. Nicholas (Dubbo) Seconded "That in view of the fact that a large amount of money derived fom…

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Farmers' Fighting Platform

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 5

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference has adopted a new fighting platform, which will be known as the platform of the Country Party, and is…

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Dairy Farmers Conference. Child Labor

Robertson Advocate · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 2

The first conference of the Dairy Farmers' Union commenced in Sydney on Tuesday, when there were about fifty delegates present, includiog Messrs…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat in Canada

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 4

Mr. G. W. Walker, of Lindley Walker and Co., the well-known wheat merchants of Sydney, has received from the Chief Grain Warehouse…

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