Bee-farming
BEE-FARMING is pursued on an extensive and systematic scale at Gordon, and one of the local residents. Mr. R. K. Allport, who has devoted himself…
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Farming & the land, 1889
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Lecture on Dairying
In accordance with promise made, Mr. D.L. Dymock (President of the Kiama Agricultural Association), delivered a lecture upon dairying, at the School of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Test Farms
A FRIEND who takes a very great, and prominent interest in the agricultural progress of the country, informs us that [?]ting upon a suggestion first made to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Charge of Child Murder Against a Farmer. Shocking Disclosures
MELBOURNE Thursday.—In connection with the case of suspected child murder at Kaarimba, near Mathalia, it appears the police had a suspicion that three children…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queen as a Farmer
THE Royal farms at Windsor are two in number, and extend in their entirety over about 1,120 acres, of which 360 acres are arable and 760 acres pasture. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Hand Separators Pay on Small Dairy Farms?
During late years the factory principle in dairying has taken strong hold on farmers in all the dairying districts. Factory and separated butter rules the market, and as…
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Our cousins in the United States, with characteristic ingenuity in generating and developing new ideas that contain germs of usefulness, recently inaugurated a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dishorning of Cattle
In the Queen's Bench Division, recently, the case of Ford v. Wiley came before the Lord Chief Justice of England, and Mr. Justice Hawkins. The appellant, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pickling Seed Wheat
Dry pickling is sometimes practised in the wheat growing districts, but the most general system is that in which a liquid is used. The liquid, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Butter Company. Mr. W. Maynes on the Rampage
Mr. Maynes, of Gerringong, was on the warpath at the "Butter" Company's meeting, at Kiama, on Friday last. He had been knocking round the company's premises, he said, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Hand Separators Pay on Small Dairy Farms
Lately (says the Illawarra Mercury) the factory principle in dairying has taken strong hold on farmers in all dairying districts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Notes. Ensilage
THE rapid growth of ensilage, not only in the United States, but in England and other foreign countries, proves most conclusively that this system is destined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Jersey Breed of Cattle
THE following letter received from Mr. John Farraher, of Candelo, has been kindly handed to us by Mr. Alexander Campbell of Gerringong. To dairymen it will no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Unanderra Butter Factory. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a brief space to refer to operations at the Unanderra Butter Factory? The present manager seems to me to be the owner of the whole concern—he virtually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illawarra Cattle at Camden
To the Camden Times we are indebted for the following excerpt:—Mr. F. W. A. Downes has just introduced into the district a couple of strains of the famous Illawarra dairy stock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Jersey Breed of Cattle
The following letter received from Mr. John Farraher, of Candelo, has been kindly handed to us by Mr. Alexander Campbell, of Gerringong. To dairymen it will no doubt…
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To the Camlea Times we are indebted for the following excerpt :— Mr. F. W. As Downes was introduced into the district a couple of strains of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unanderra Dairy Company, Limited. a Lively Meeting
The third half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at noon, in the Council Chamber, Unanderra. There was a good attendance of shareholders, who manifested a pretty…
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WE take the following useful hints about butter-making from Mr. W. Brown's work on the subject:— The cream for each churning should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hereford Cattle in America
The Herefords, after a long struggle for recognition, have attained a place among the foremost brands of beef cattle in the United States. The first importation was made more…
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