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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

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Unanderra Dairy Company

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 4

Mr. W. H. Cook writes complaining that our report of his remarks at the Unanderra Dairy Company's meeting last week does not exactly convey his expressions What he did…

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Victorian Butter Factories

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture has received the report of Mr. D. Wilson on the butter factories now established and in course of erection in different parts of the colony. The…

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The Farmers of Victoria and the Stock and Grain Duties

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 4

THE Echuca correspondent of the Melboure Age writes:—A meeting of farmers was held at Tongala, and passed unanimously resolutions against…

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The Dairy—Butter

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 2

Preservation of grain depends more upon temperature than upon method of working. Salt should be added to suit the special…

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Hereford Cattle in America

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 4

THE Herefords, after a long struggle for recognition, have attained a place among the foremost broods of beef cattle in the United States. The first…

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Diseased Cattle at Cowra. Report of the Government Veterinarian

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1889 · page 4

MR. E. STANLEY, the Government Veterinarian, has sent in the following report on the disease that broke out among travelling stock in the Young…

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Pioneer Dairy Company

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1889 · page 2

THE tenth half-yearly meeting of this company was hold on Friday night last, when there was a full attendance. The balance-sheet and report for six months ending…

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Poultry and Poultry Farming. Written for the "Illawarra Mercury." Partridge Cochins

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1889 · page 4

This variety of Cochins even in England are not so universally popular as the bright-looking Buds or Cinnamon, but their sober color fits them specially for many amateurs, and…

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Pioneer Dairy Company

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 August 1889 · page 2

The tenth half-yearly meeting of this company was held (says the Kiama INDEPENDENT) was held on Friday night last, when there was a full attendance. The balance-sheet and report for six months…

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The Dairying Industry and the Market. Banquet at Kiama

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 2

At the invitation of the directors of the Fresh Food and Ice Company, of Sydney, about 70 representative dairy farmers between wollongong and Kiama were entertained at a banquet in…

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Butter Without Churning

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 4

A NOVELTY in dairying appliances was exhibited at the show of the Royal Agricultural Society of England just held at Windsor. This was a butter…

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Important Meeting of Dairymen

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last a meeting of representatives of the various factories in the district was hold in the Council Chamber, Kiama, for the purpose of…

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The Recent Fall in the Price of Butter. Important Meeting at Kiama

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 September 1889 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last a very important meeting of the representatives of the various butter factories in and around the district was held in the Council…

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The British Dairy Farmers' Association in Ayrshire. First Day

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 3

THE British Dairy Farmers' Association, after spending two days in Wigtownshire inspecting the farms and dairies there, came on to Ayr on Wednesday…

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The British Dairy Farmers' Association in Ayrshire. First Day. (Continued.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1889 · page 4

AFTER luncheon, Mr. Barbour, Chairman of the Cheshire Dairy Association, rose and said that they had been welcomed with eloquent words by Lord Galloway…

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Associated Butter Factories

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 2

AN important meeting was held in the Council Chamber Kiama, yesterday evening, which was attended by the following gentlemen, namely—Messrs. D. L…

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Prices of Shorthorn Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 3

Shorthorn cattle are again beginning to fetch something like the old prices. The sale at Whittlebury, conducted lately by Mr. Thornton, seems to have been a great success. The herd of…

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Foley Brothers on the Recent Fall in Price of Factory Butter to the Editor

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—We ask favour of space in your valuable journal to correct a gross in is representation of facts in your issue of Wednesday, the 25th September, Mr…

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Farm Fragments

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 4

TO CURE SORE TEATS.—Bathe the teats with warm water to remove all dirt and scabbiness, and then dross with borncic ointment. This treatment, with cure, ought to…

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The British Dairy Farmers' Association in Ayrshire. First Day. (Continued.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1889 · page 4

WE use from 4 to 4 1/3 oz. of Hanson's recent extract to each 100 gallons of milk at a temperature of 86 deg. in spring and 84 deg. in summer, or…

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