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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1888

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Worms in Sheep

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1888 · page 2

The Chief Inspector of Stock (Mr. A. Bruce) has issued the following circular to the various Inspectors of Stock:—You should, in a season such as this, call the attention of owners in your…

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Preparation of Food for Dairy Cows

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 4

CUTTING the fodder has the effect of reducing the muscular work of the cow. Every movement of the cow's muscles, every motion of the lungs as the animal…

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Local and District News. Land and Cattle Sale

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 2

We are requested to draw attention to the circumstance that the date of Mr. Cranston's land sale is altered from 28th inst. to the 4th proximo; and cattle sale from April 9 and 10…

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The Butter Industry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 2

OUR Kiama Correspondent writes:—The establishment of butter factories in this district and the introduction of cream separators by dairy farmers are likely to work a…

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Salt for Dairy Stock

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1888 · page 4

THE experience of all nations and all ages is in favour of the use of salt for both men and animals. There are a few local exceptions. The Damaras of…

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Important Cattle Sale

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 April 1888 · page 2

With respect to Mr. R. Cranston's sale, which was originally advertised for the 16th and 17th inst, and subsequently countermanded by advertisement in our contemporary of yesterday…

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Preserving Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1888 · page 4

THERE is probably no portion of the work in connection with the butter-making making industry which is of such great importance as that relating to its…

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Preserving Butter

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 4

THERE is probably no portion of the work in connection with the buttermaking industry which is of such great importance as that relating to its Preservation. It is one thing…

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Australian Butter in London

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 21 April 1888 · page 2

Messrs. Cruicksbank and Lovell report as follows:—Owing to the severe weathers and delays in transit of continental butter, there has been a brisk demand for Australian and Now…

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New Butter Factory at Gerringong

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 2

The new factory at Gerringong will soon be "a thing of beauty and a joy for ever," or at least if not for over, for a considerable time to come, as Mr. J. B. Taylor, whose tender was…

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The Wheat Yield of Australia

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 4

SOUTH AUSTRALIA (says the Register), with its 9¾ bushels to the acre, produced an aggregate last season far in excess of that of any other colony—as great indeed as all the…

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Butter-making by the Dry Process

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 2

What is called the "dry process" in buttermaking promises to effect's great improvement in the production of an article capable of retaining its soundness during exportation. In…

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New Dairying Company

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 4

We learn from the NOWRA COLONIST that the Kangaroo Valley residents 'have started a company to be called the "Kangaroo Valley Dairying Co." The promoters are…

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Making Good Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 4

"IN a recent paper on this subject, Mr. George Barham remarked as follows:— "In making 1lb of butter you take just the same constituents from your…

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Dairy Companies

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 2

Referring to the Camden Butter Factory at length, the Australasian makes the following general remarks concerning dairy companies:—A factory is a very simple affair. The word factory…

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The Australian Wool Industry.—rival Competitors

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 2

From time to time the Attention of Australian colonists has been drawn to what is doing in other countries and colonies nearer Europe than at the Antipodes in respect of those industries on which…

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Co-operative Dairying

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 4

IN referring to the dairy factories of New South Wales, the Australasian makes the following remarks:—The factories are purely co-operative. The…

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Rurrawang Butter Factory

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 4

THE provisional directors are calling for tenders for the erection of the factory building, which is to be located on Mr. John Cullen's ground, which is…

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The "Butter Company." Kiama, Friday, 6 p.m

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 2

The seventh annual meeting of the shareholders of the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company was held in the Temperance Hall, this afternoon, Mr. Dymock presiding. About 280…

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The Victorian Farmers

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 4

THE breach between the manufacturers and the farmers in Victoria is daily widening. The manufacturer is now treating the farmer with all the…

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