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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

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The Dairy. Milk Production. Effect of Food

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 4

In England recently a paper was read by Mr Ginningham, of the university of Bristol, at a meeting of the Lydney and District Farmers' Club. The points…

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The Butter Market

Robertson Advocate · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 2

The B. D. F. tod D. Co. reports under date Jan. 27th, as follows:—We regret to report a continuance of the slump which set in last week in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefid, Minister of Agriculture, and are issued mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Maize at Bathurst Experiment Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 February 1912 · page 4

The experiments in maize-growing carried out by Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager Bathurst Experiment Farm, should be interesting to farmers…

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Farm and Field. The Art of Milking

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 3

To have a talk with the good farmers in your district is worth a good deal to you. In every district there are some farmers who possess a special knowledge…

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The Dairy. Points of Dairy Cows. Milking Characteristics

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 3

There are many distinguishing features in the most profitable dairy cows. The tall, udder, wedge-shaped shoulders, and eyes express milking…

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"Popular " Butter Boxes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 3

The enormous expansion of the dairy industry and the importance of the most approved handling of products, have induced Mr. W. G. Douchar, of 12 and 14…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are issued mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Terrible Grime. Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. Minister Poisons Choir Girl. An Eloquent Fraud

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 3

A cablegram appeared in the Sydney papers recently an follows:—BOSTON, Saturday.—Rev, C. Richeson has confessed to poisoning his sweetheart…

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B.D. Firm and Dairy company. Weekly Market Retort

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

Butter—The London market for Australian butter in reported firm, and choicest is realising from 128s to 130s, seconds 124s to 126s. Salted and…

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The Dairy. the Brood Sow. Feed and Management. Instructive Details

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 3

The necessity of having the sow in a thrifty condition (states, a writer in the English "Farmer and Stockbreeder") at the time of breeding is a fact that…

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Shorthorn Dairy Cow

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 3

The Shorthorn dairy cow Eaglethorpe Amy 5th, winner of two first prizes at Tring, and first at the Cheshire Show, giving 49¾lb. milk in the show ring; also a London dairy show winner, the properly of Mr Samuel Sanday, Puddington Hall, near Chester…

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Motive Power on the Farm

Robertson Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

Machinery is the order of the day: there is no sense in doing by hand that which can be done better and quicker by the aid of machinery. The "Alfa Laval" Separator…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon, J. L. Trefic, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Canada Through Australian Spectacles Ready Made Farm Chapter Xvi

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 4

When British people start a colony, they invite all the world to come in and share the blessings of the place, and there is something magnificent in that British form of hospitality, which gives welcome to every soul. But it won't work always, as we have found out in…

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Rust in Wheat. Variety Tests. New South Wales Result

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 4

According to a New South Wales official report, moisture and warmth just prior to harvest are main factors favoring rustiness in wheat. It is…

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Experts in the Wool Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 4

This is the age of experts. Never was the slur of "Jack of all trades and master of none" more objectionable than to-day. In all the professions…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 3

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are issued mainly on the experiments of the Department. The Department can solve many problems concerning the land and production which would be impracticable to the individual producer…

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Canada Through Australian :: :: :: Spectacles :: :: :: Experimental Farms Chapter Xvii

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 3

A man said to his wife one day, speaking very humbly, "Maria, I thought that when we were married, we were going to be one." "Yes, John," replied the wife, promptly, "we are one—and I'm the one.". It is distinctly a good tiling, in any compact, to know who is "boss," but' it's difficult "to know that in Canda. Each Province is…

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Kanimbla Farms

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 4

Kanimbla Station, in the glorious Kanimbla Valley, Blue Mountains, has been subdivided into farms for sale on terms. The station has an area of…

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