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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1874

10 stories in Illawarra's papers

Use of Molasses for Cattle Feeding Purposes. (Produce Markets Review, Jan. 17.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1874 · page 4

THE present low prices afford an opportunity such as has never previously occurred for the introduction of sugar and molasses for cattle feeding purposes by those who…

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An Ostrich Farm at the Cape of Good Hope

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 May 1874 · page 4

The increasing scarcity, and consequently enhanced value, of ostrich feathers—the result of the continuous search after the birds, which have thereby become more and more scarce and…

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Shelter for Cattle. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1874 · page 2

SIR,—We read from day to day, with astonishment and pleasure, of plantations of the Eucalyptus, or Australian Gum-tree, being planted in different parts of the world for useful purposes…

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Red Rust In Wheat

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 September 1874 · page 4

Mr B. Clarke, a gentleman well known for the interest he takes farming operations has a very good article in a recent number of the Gardener's Chronicle on the "Red Rust" of the colonies…

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The Pastoral of the Archbishop of Paris

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1874 · page 4

Some considerable excitement has been caused here by the violent pastoral lately issued by Monsigneur Guibert, the fiery Ultramontane Archbishop of Paris,…

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Australian Butter

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1874 · page 4

Some short time ago we published in this journals treatise called "Milk and its Product?," by Mr James Manning, which attracted the attention of agriculturalists. Singularly enough,…

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Select Poetry. No Mortgage on the Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 November 1874 · page 4

Mary, lot's kill the fattened calf and celebrate the day. For the last dreadful mortgage on the farm is wiped away…

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The Silk Farm at CoroWa

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1874 · page 4

The silk farm at Corws, which was visited by bis Excellency the Governor on bis recent tour in the Wahgunyth district, is the practical…

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Remedy for Rust in Wheat

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 27 November 1874 · page 4

The following, from London's Agriculture, was read by Mr Weedon, at the last meeting of the East Moreton Farmer's Association :— Though almost all practical farmers are agreed…

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Characteristics of Ayrshire Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1874 · page 3

THE leading cattle breeders of Britain have of late years for the most part aimed to establish in their stock some particular property in a high degree, beef or milk,…

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