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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1865

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Rust in Wheat

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 1 September 1865 · page 2

The following important communication from Mr. W. H. Woollard, formerly of this district, was read at a recent meeting of the Acclimatization Society. Bodalla, July 12th, 1865…

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Rust in Wheat

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1865 · page 4

IT is to be hoped that the report from the Sub committee of the Board of Agriculture, which was given to the public in a complete form for the first time last…

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Kiama Cattle Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1865 · page 2

Mr. D. L. Dymock reports On Tuesday last, at Albion Park, I sold an excellent lot of fat cattle and milking cows. The average amount realised per head for…

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Wool Report

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1865 · page 2

Since last sales few enquiries and small profits on contracts made. Extensive consumption in the North has made trade brisk. Last sales rates are not expected to be maintained, owing to heavy…

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Kiama Horse and Cattle Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1865 · page 2

Mr. G. K. Waldron reports— I have sold, during the past week, several small lots of cows and heifers—the average for good springers being from 4 to 7,…

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Butter Making

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1865 · page 4

The Albany Country Gentle was in illustration of the circumstances which influence the production of butter, publishes the following extract from an address before the Jefferson (U.S.) County…

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Kiama Horse and Cattle Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1865 · page 2

Having sold during the week a small lot of springers from Shoalhaven, at prices ranging from £3 to £2 5s. per head; several fat cows and bullocks from £4 to £6, according to…

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Circumstances Which Influence the Production of Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1865 · page 4

THE following is an extract from an address before the Jefferson (United States) Country Agricultural Society, by the Hon. John Station Gould:—…

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The Way They Make Butter in France

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1865 · page 4

IT is well known that cream may be converted into butter by simply being buried in the ground, but it is not generally known that this mode is in common…

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Butter Making

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 October 1865 · page 4

The Albany Country Gentleman in illustration of the circumstances which influence the production of butter, publishes the following extract from an address before the Jefferson (U.S.)…

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Kiama Horse and Cattle Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1865 · page 2

Mr. D. L. Dymock reports— I have sold this week a lot of horses the property of Mr. John Milligan. They were but ordinary stock, and prices ranged from £2…

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Fine Oat Crop

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1865 · page 2

On Saturday we were shown a sample of oats on the stalk, grown on the farm of Mr. Thomas Handrahan, in the district of Orange. The portion of…

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