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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

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London Butter Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 4

MESSRS. WEDDEL & CO. report as follows on November 27th :— Butter.—For the last few days the South of England has been swept by biting…

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Dunmore Butter Factory Company, Ltd

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1897 · page 3

AT the annual general meeting of the above company on Wednesday last (Mr. W. L. Fuller, in the chair), the following report was read :—…

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Woodstock Dairy Company

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 2

THE Annual General Meeting of the above (Limited) Company was held at Hunt's Commercial Hotel, Jamberoo, on Monday, December 28th. The balance sheet and…

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The Dairying Industry. Deputation to the Minister for Agriculture. Protest Against Proposed Government Control

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture said he was only giving them the opinion he had formed from his interview with the delegates. Some members of the deputation had…

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Blue Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1897 · page 4

What was the most striking thing you saw when you were in India? was asked of a woman who had just returned from a tour roucd the world." Butter,"…

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Victorian Butter Tests

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1897 · page 4

In a series of butter tests at Tralagon, Victoria, show on 24th November, the first prize cow gave a return of 1.53 lb. of butter from 23 lb. of milk, the test…

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Important to Dairy Farmers

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 2

We are informed that very few dairymen have so far complied with the provisions of tho Act requiring them to register with the local authorities. In…

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Dairy Supervision Act. to the Editor

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1897 · page 2

SIR,—If anything can rouse the dairymen to resistance, the regulations issued by the Board of Health ought to. Reading them, one would really think that they were…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1897 · page 4

Messrs Weddell & Co., under dote of December 11, 1895, report an follows: Butter.—The mild rainy weather mentioned last week as prevailing all…

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The Dairy Industry

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1897 · page 2

In the course of an article on the during industry the Kiama Reporter says:—Sir Patrick Jennings, who has be deservedly noted for his enterprising a…

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The Sheep Dog Test

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

Mr. P. L. Tighe, of Keira-street, who has had long practical experience is sheep management, makes the following remarks concerning the sheep dog test…

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Milk and Butter Tests

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1897 · page 2

In competition for the cow giving the largest quantity of milk in 24 hours, Mr. HL Dudgeon secured first prise, his cow giving 72 Ibs 8 czs of milk; J. T. Young…

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The Sheep Dog Test. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 2

SIR,—With regard to the trial of sheep dogs at the Wollongong Show on Wednesday next, I would suggest that, in order to make the test a success from every point of…

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Farmers' and Dairymen's Milk Co

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting, held on Wednesday last, was of the most enthusiastic description, the report and balance-sheet being adopted unanimously. Mr. G…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 1

MESSRS. WEDDEL & COMPANY report as follows, dated London, 24th December:— Butter.—Slight snow showers have fallen in several parts of the United Kingdom,…

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A Cattle Fattener. New Enterprise by a Sydney Firm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 4

When we were trying to ship live cattle a couple of y[?]ago the trouble was very largely about fodder. The complaints on that score were loud and…

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Important to Dairy Farmers

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 2

The matter of the starting of the great oil-cake works of Messrs. Lever Bros, (the Sunlight Soap firm) at Sydney is of the first importance to stockowners and dairy…

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Unanderra Dairy Company

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 2

The 18th half-yearly meeting of the Unanderra Dairy Company was held at the Council Chamber, Unanderra, on Friday evening. The chairman of the…

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A Boom in Dairying

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1897 · page 2

SOMETHING approaching a boom promises in the Casino district in connection with the spread of the dairying industry. The establishment of creameries in favoured…

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Physicing Dairy Stock

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1897 · page 4

Giving what is termed a drench is supposed to be so easy that the operation has been compared to pouring soapauds down a sink; but it is possible…

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