Farmers' Union for Kiama
On Tuesday afternoon last, a meeting of persons favourable to the establishment of a furmers' union in Kiama was held in the Council Chamber. There were about 15 farmers present…
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Farming & the land, 1885
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Original Correspondence. Butter. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,-The extraordinary fall in the price of butter in this market, within the present month, will naturally draw the attention of dairy farmers to the reasons for such alterations. I therefore…
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SIR,—In your issue of Thursday week last I noticed a letter signed "S.S. Howe," commenting in unmeasured terms of condemnation on the management of the South Coast and West Camden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENCE. Farmers' Union. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—The movement on foot to inflict prohibitive intercolonial tariffs appears to have a strong flavouring of selfishness; the producer is to be benefited at the expense of…
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A public meeting in connection with the above was held at the Assembly Rooms, Albion Park, on the evening of the 1st instant, Mr. L. Raison (Mayor of Shellharbor) in the chair. The audience…
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WE learn from the Auckland News that an invention in butter firkins has been patented by MRr. T. M. Byrant, a dairyman of Onehunga, Now Zealand. The…
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UPON dairy farms especially the quantity of manure that in a liquid form is allowed to go to waste is incredible to any one who has not had practical…
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MESSRS. HAMILTON AND IRVINE have sustained a severe loss through the death of their draught scallion " Waikato." THE Rural Canadian says "If you are…
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IT would (save a farmer) be a humane and graceful act to have a sheet to put over the cow while you milk her. You do not begrudge this comfort to the horse,…
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A WRITER in the Rural New Yorker says that for years he has reared Holstein cattle, and has been delighted with the result. In 1882 his entire herd of eight three-year-olds…
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THE following reasons are given for the failure of some farmers: They breed to and from scrubs, They do not curry their horses,…
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A HOG will live in a small a box that he can crawl into to get out of the cold, but a hog or other animal that just lives is an expensive sort of a boarder to keep. Six…
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FOR corn in the ear at hushing time 1s. 5d is as good a price as 1s 8d per bushel if kept over to the next summer or fall.—Farmer's Review…
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SALT is an indispensable aid to digestion, and cattle and sheep now require a regular supply of it. It is a good plan to have a special time for giving the salt. Once a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advance Illawarra! the Albion Park Dairy Factory Opened. a Great Success
The preliminary start of the Albion Park Dairy Factory was made on Tuesday forenoon last with unqualified success. Messrs. Alex. M'Gill, J. Fraser, M. Crowley, T. Armstrong, Joseph Davis…
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THE preliminary start of the Albion Park Dairy Factory was made on Tuesday forenoon last with unqualified success. Messrs. M. Crowley, T…
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THE official opening of the above took place on Wednesday last, the 18th instant, which may be regarded as a red-letter day in the annals of that favoured portion of…
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The official opening of this factory took place last Wednesday most successfully. The very general interest taken in the event by the local farmers was manifested by the large attendance…
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In the matter of butter-making a step forward has been taken in Illawarra. A late issue contained an account of the opening of a steam factory which has been established in the centre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CORRESPONDENCE. Red-Water in Cattle. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—Since my arrival in this colony I have heard a great deal about the disease commonly known as red-water; which seems to be making sad ravages in thin district…
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