To Ascertain the Weight of Live Cattle
It is often important for those who are not experienced judges by the eye to have some means besides the scales of ascertaining the weight of cattle while living, and…
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Farming & the land, 1878
38 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
Hardening Butter
HARDENING BUTTER.—Mr. J. T. Williams, of Seven Oaks. Bellambi, sends us (Mercury) the following extract from an English paper on the subject of hardening…
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We have much pleasure in giving space to the following paper, read by Mr. D. L. Dymock, at a public dinner in connection with the late Exhibition at Kiama:—…
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AT the London Colonial wool sales, prices are well sustained at the opening rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Butter Market. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—As not a few of your renders are directly or indirectly interested in the production and sale of the staple article of manufacture in this district, I trust you…
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In Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co.'s sum mary sent home the other day by the mail some interesting information is given respecting the losses of sheep which have been sustained…
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"We are being driven pretty bard by the Americans and others in our cheese trade, but we are being utterly smashed by the foreigner in the matter of butter. English butter, even…
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No fact is better established than that excellent butter was for many years made upon farms in this colony upon which it can no longer be made by the same hands which…
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THE following description from a report to the Ayrshire Agricultural Association gives the points which indicate superior quality in the Ayrshire dairy cows:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. [Advertisement.] The Butter Question
SIR,—The butter question is much discussed of late; but, alas, how proverbial does the old saying appear, "that language was given to man to conceal his thoughts—not…
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The following description from a report of the Ayrshire Agricultural Association gives the points which indicate superior quality in the Ayrshire dairy cows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MISCELLANEOUS. Dairy Farming in Scotland
To the first publication of the journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Association Mr. John H. T. Stewart, Slodahill, Lockerbie, contributes the following interesting…
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FOR dairy purposes the Ayrshire breed of cattle everywhere takes precedence of all others. Cows of this breed have been known to yield eighteen to twenty quarts…
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The following letter from Mr. John Melliday, of Sussex-street, appeared in the 'Bega Standard' of the 25th ultimo:— Upon perusing the leading article in your issue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MISCELLANEOUS. Continuation of the Butter Racket
MR. JOHN MELLIDAY, of the firm of Melliday Brothers, commission agents of Sussex-street, Sydney in writing to the Bega Standard on the 25th ultimo, in reply…
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A doctor named Royston had sued Peter Bennett for his bill, long overdue, for attending the wife of the latter. Alexander H. Stephens was on the Bennett side, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MISCELLANEOUS. Improvement in Making Butter
A DISCOVERY has lately been made by M. Swartz, a Swede which promises to [?] most important to the dairy farmer. In the ordinary method of cream setting, the milk…
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I WILL lay down a few rules for successful farming, as follows :— 1. Have order and system in all you do, having in your mind in advance what…
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An International Exhibition is now being held in Paris and there also an effort is being made to display the wealth of this colony, and to show what opportunity it offers men of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MISCELLANEOUS. More Cattle Killed by a Poisonous Plant
IT is reported for Dubbo by the Dispatch of Friday, that on the previous [?] night a lot of pure bred balls, belonging to Mr. J. A. Gardiner, and enroute from…
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