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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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The Butter Market

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 2
Also in The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser

The South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company (Limited) reports:—We have no change to report in prices. A meeting of the Butter Sellers' Association…

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The Recent Fall in Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 3

TAKING advantage of Mr. C. D. Messrs (Commercial Manager of the South Coast company) being in Kiama on Tuesday last, a representative of this paper waited upon…

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Evil of Protection to Farmers Examples From Victoria. to the Editor

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 2

SIR,—"Facts are always better than theory and when we are able to get facts which directly bear on the staple industry of the district, as sensible men alive to our…

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Agricultural Notes.—No. 7. Second Series for Practical Men. (Written for the "Kiama Independent," by J. D. Hennessey, Author of "Wynnum." "An Australian Bush Track," The Experience of a New Chum Farmer."

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1896 · page 2

Queries upon practical farming or kindred subjects forwarded to the Editor of this journal will in due course be dealt with by Mr. Hennessey in these…

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Albion Park Dairy Co

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 November 1896 · page 2

The 22nd half-yearly meeting of the Albion Park Dairy Company (Limited) was held in Carrington Hall, Albion Park, on Saturday afternoon. The chairman of…

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Tongarra Dairy Company (Limited)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 5 November 1896 · page 2

The seventh half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Tongarra Dairy Company (Limited) was held at their office, Tongarra, on Tuesday, when there was a good…

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British Dairy Produce Requirements

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 4

Australasia in 1895-6 sent to England 10,142 tons of butter and 4688 tons of cheese (chiefly New Zealand). The decrease of butter from the…

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Dairy Sanitation. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 2

SIR,—Taking into consideration that no legislative measure yet applies to country districts with regard to dairy herds, a piece of advice to country councils may minimise…

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Sheep Eating Dead Rabbits

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 November 1896 · page 4

The drought in the northern pastoral district of New South Wales has driven sheep to eating dead rabbits. Mr. K. Mateson, manager of Leights Creek…

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Butter Exportation. Meeting of Dairymen in the North

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1896 · page 2

ON Saturday morning (says the "Lismore Star") the adjourned meeting of suppliers to the New south Wales Creamery Butter. Company, Limited, was hold at the Council…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1896 · page 2

MESSRS. WEDDELL AND Co., London report on October 9th last as follows:— Butter.—The wet weather mentioned in our last report gradually increased in area…

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Cattle on the Railway Line. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 2

SIR,—Farmers, they say, are liable to prosecution for the straying of their cattle on the railway line. Is this a matter in which the drovers of cattle are invariably…

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Farming in South Australia

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 4

A farmer, residing about 150 miles north from Adelaide, writes to the "Chronicle," S.A. :—"We have not averaged more than seed for three…

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The Dairying Industry

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 21 November 1896 · page 2

We are informed that a private meeting of suppliers to the Framers and Dairymen's Company was held at Dapto on Tuesday afternoon, when the attendance numbered…

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Berry National Dairy Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1896 · page 2

THE above show opens to-morrow, and will be continued on Thursday and Friday. Over £1000 will be available as prize money, which has afforded an…

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Berry National Dairy Show. a Successful First Day. Grand Show of Dairy Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1896 · page 2

THE above Show undoubtedly the event of the year as far cattle shows have gone on the South Coast—began yesterday at the picturesque Berry Showground under…

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Butter for Export

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1896 · page 2

MR. DAVID WILSON, of Melbourne, in responding to the toast of "The Judges" at the Berry Show luncheon on Wednesday last, complimented the district on its great…

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A London Dairy Show. Some Important Inventions

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1896 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT, writing to the Sydney "Telegraph," states:—The twenty first exhibition of the British Dairy Farmers Association Was opened at the Agricultural…

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The Butter Prize at Berry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 2

THE key-note of all the speeches at the factory opening demonstration last week, was "Success to the Ulladulla Refrigerating Butter Company," a sentiment that found…

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