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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1875

8 stories in Illawarra's papers

Butter Conveyance. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1875 · page 2

SIR,—Some considerable time ago, I noticed a letter in your paper, advocating that night steamers should be run between these districts and Sydney for the conveyance of butter. I have…

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Artificial Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1875 · page 2

ARTIFICIAL butter is now a recognised article of commerce in Europe. The Paris correspondent of a London contemporary writes as follows upon the subject:…

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Patent Butter

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 2 April 1875 · page 4

The following extract is taken from a letter of the Paris correspondent of the Daily News:—"Passing some days since along the Rue do Pont Neul, I was pushed, by a crowd staring into the…

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A Strange Cattle Disease

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1875 · page 4

THE Smythesdale correspondent of the Ballarat Star writes:— "A strange disease has lately boon at, tacking the cows of Mr. Wrigley, a…

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A Butter Factory

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1875 · page 4

At Marengo, in the state of Illinois, a factory has been established by Messrs. Boies and Son, the receiving room of which is 20ft. square Here the milk is weighed…

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Smothered in a Bin of Wheat at Wearne's Flour Mills

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 August 1875 · page 4

A miller, named Henry Giles, who resided in Redfern-street, Redfern, came to an untimely end yesterday afternoon, at Wearne's Anchor Flour Mills, at the foot of…

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Education of Farmers' Daughters

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1875 · page 4

In the formation of a national education, as of a national diameter, the country more than the city must control. The city becomes cosmopolitan; its people blending all nationalities,…

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Interviewing a Farmer. (Louisville Ledger.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1875 · page 4

WISHING to keep posted as to the condition of the crops, and to ascertain the exact amount of damage done by the recent flood, a reporter of the Ledger started out on an…

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