The Carriage of Butter
Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, two of the Railway Commissioners, on Tuesday received a deputation of produce agents and merchants, who desired to make…
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Farming & the land, 1891
269 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 14
Black Polled Angus Cattle
Per the steamer Hauroto (says the Town and Country Journal) there reached Sydney from New Zealand, on Christmas Eve, an important shipment of 26 head pure-bred…
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Out in the country, on the left hand side of a village, as you face the horizon (writes an American exchange) lives a little red-bearded man who amuses…
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THE arrangements made for the exportation of butter have progressed so satisfactorily that about one-third of the total amount of factory butter received in…
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THE newly-formed Produce Agents Association action at their last meeting decided to make a special effort to overcome the long existing grievance relative to the delivery of…
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London importers speak in satisfactory terms of the shipment of butter in the steamer Victoria (writes the London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dairying Industry in Victoria
Mr. D. Wilson, dairy expert, has reported to the Minister of Agriculture upon the work done in connection with the industry. Mr. Wilson states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Technical Education for the Farm
A correspondent in an English journal thus discourses on the question "Is technical education wanted on the firm ? ' :—Yes sir, it is ; but the horse must not be ridden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Butter Company. a Split in the Co-operative Concern
At a meeting held at Burrawang last week (says the Southern Mail) a number of representative dairymen decided—"That it is desirable in the best interests of the…
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The farmers of New South Wales have long been aware that the marvellous variety of soil and climate of this colony makes her potentially rich in agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Commercial Crops for New South Wales. the Cultivation of Stipa Tenacissima (The Esparto Grass of Spain), As a Fibre-producing Plant. (Abridged From the Agricultural Gazette.)
A tall perennial species, indigenous to Spain and Northern Africa. Stipa tenacissima is found growing wild on the poorest of soils—generally gravel or sand—and in…
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Professor Stewart says, with reference to the selection of the dairy cow, that the first thing to look at is her capacity of digesting surplus food for making…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Commercial Crops for New South Wales. the Cultivation of Ginger
The Department having distributed some roots of ginger for planting in the northeastern portions of the colony, it was thought advisable to issue a few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Camden Farmers' Indignant at the Registration Act
A very influential meeting of dairy farmers of the surrounding district was held at Kuhn's Hote1, Burrawang, on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting elected Mr. W…
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London city brokers acknowledges (according to the London correspondent of the 'Melbourne Argus') a marked and sustained improvement in the quality of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Commercial Crops for New South Wales. Osier Cultivation
The cultivation of the osier as a commercial undertaking has received very little attention in this colony, notwithstanding that for many years past there has been a…
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One of the most important features in the show was the cattle, the exhibits of which were of the most excellent order, there being some of the most magnificent animals…
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A VERY influential meeting of dairy farmers of the surrounding district was held at Kahn's Hotel, Barrawang, on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Commercial Crops for New South Wales. the Cultivation of Coffee Arabica and Its Varieties (The, Coffee Plant of Commerce.)
Under the genus coffee are arranged between fifty and sixty species; the majority of them, however, are of interest to the botanist only. The most important species…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unanderra Dairy Company
The half-yearly meeting of the Unanderra Dairy Factory was held in the Council Chamber, Unanderra, on Thursday, Mr. W. H. Cook presiding. The…
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