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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1879

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The Butter Question Conference of Delegates at Kiama

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 November 1879 · page 2

The meeting of delegates on the better question, referred to in recent issues, took places at Kiama, on Wednesday last, this end of the district being represented by Messrs. E. R. Evaus. J. P. John…

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The Illawarra Butter Question

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 November 1879 · page 2

Everybody in Sydney will be pleased to notice that a movement has been started in the South Coast districts to improve the means adopted for the carriage of butter to the metropolis. There is…

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Cost of Wheat-Growing

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1879 · page 4

WHAT is the real cost of growing wheat and maize in New South Wales? and what is the price below which the local farmer would produce at a loss? Mr. A. Y…

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Illawarra Butter Question

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1879 · page 2

EVERYBODY in Sydney will be pleased to notice that a movement has been started in the South Coast districts to improve the means adopted for the carriage of butter to…

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The Dairy Interests

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 18 November 1879 · page 2

THE meeting which was held at Kiama last week may be regarded as the second step towards obtaining that which we have long advocated—a proper market for dairy…

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Original Correspondence. The Butter Question. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1879 · page 2

SIR,—This question, as admitted by all, is an important one, and the president of the Kiama Agricultural Association (D. L. Dymock, Esq.) has entitled himself to the…

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Breeding and Buying Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 3

TRUE economy on the farm does not differ materially from the true political economy of a nation. The most prosperous nations produce at home all that their resources…

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The Dairy Interests

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 November 1879 · page 4

The meeting which was held at Kiama may be regarded as the second step towards obtaining that which we have long advocated—a proper market for dairy produce…

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Good and Bad Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1879 · page 4

WHY is it impossible to buy undiluted good butter either from the grocer or the merchant? Ask the grocer why he sent bad butter: he answers that every care taken to…

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Dairy Farming in Australia

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1879 · page 4

In an article under the above heading, the Australasian says:—To New South Wales belongs whatever credit may attach to priority in opening up a foreign market…

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Original Correspondence. The Butter Question. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 December 1879 · page 2

SIR,—My first letter, which you published on the 21st instant, was an honest attempt to ventilate this all-important question, and while it gave credit to those who have…

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Original Correspondence. The Butter Question. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 December 1879 · page 2

SIR,—In again referring to this all-important question. I may just say that good butter is always worth Is a 1b in Sydney, at which Price the dairymen can make a…

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The Butter Question

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 December 1879 · page 4

SEVERAL of our readers have requested us to re-publish the letters on the Butter Question, signed "Dairyman," which appeared in our issues of November 21,…

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Baby Farming

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1879 · page 4

A trial which was brought to a close on Wednesday at Chester brings us once more face to face with one of the most revolting aspects of our modern life. This is not the…

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