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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

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Farm and Dairy

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 October 1897 · page 2

Striking evidence is now being afforded to as in the animal world of the fatal consequences of poverty and abundance alike. Cows which were in such low…

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Tuberculosis in Dairy Herds

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1897 · page 3

EVERYONE connected with the dairying industry must have noticed with pleasure that at last the Board of Health of this colony have given their official authority…

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Tuberculosis in Dairy Herds. Continued from last issue

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 2

If all tuberculous cattle were to be immediately destroyed, we should under the present condition for rearing young stook have after about ten years the same…

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Important to Dairymen

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 2

As it is a moot point as to what is the nature of flooring of the balls and separating rooms, we are instructed by SeniorSergeant Sykes as the local authority under…

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The Manufacture of Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1897 · page 2

NOW and again a good deal is heard about the cost of manufacturing butter at the central factory as compurd with that carged by some of the agency firms in…

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Sheep-dressing Competition

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 October 1897 · page 2

Another sheep-dressing competition between Messrs. Anderson (Wollongong) and E. Stafford (Kembla) has been arranged for Saturday afternoon next,…

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Dairying in Denmark

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

THE Royal danis Agricultural society has issued a statement reply to certain articles which have appeared in English and Colonial newspapers on the subject of…

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Sheep-dressing Competition

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1897 · page 2

A sheep-dressing competition for £7 aside between Mr. E. Stafford (Mount Kembla) and Mr. J. Anderson (Fairy Meadow) took place at Mr. W…

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The Farmers and Dairy. Men's Milk Co. (Ltd.) Annual Re-union

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1897 · page 2

The Farmers and Dairymen's Milk Company (Limited) held their eighth annual picnic on Thursday last, Lick House and Brighton Pleasure Grounds…

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The Dairy Expert in Berry

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

On Wednesday a meeting was held in the School of Arts Hall, under the auspices of the Berry Agricultural Society, when an address was delivered…

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The Condemnation of Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1897 · page 3

As a result of a discussion among the members of the Sydney Pastures and Stock Protection Board, on the subject of the condemnation of a l animals and…

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Profitable Farming

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

In comparing the relative values of the different colonies from an agricultural point of view, an exchange points proudly to the statement that a farmer…

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Rough on Danish Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 4

All the butter experts, and other people who are supposed to be authorities upon everything pertaining to the butter industry, have delighted to point…

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Danish Dairying

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 2

WE published the other day a portion of a defence of danish dairying from an official pen We print below—clipped from the "London Tunes"—a passage from the…

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A Dairyman Lord

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 4

Lord Rayleigh's name is over a great milk shop in Great Russell St., London; and in the shop milk was sold which was so far below the standard, that the…

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Yellow Rock Dairy Co

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 2

Mr. L. Raison presided at the eighth annual meeting of the Yellow Rock Dairy Co., 15 or 20 shareholders being present…

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The Dairying Industry. Albion Park Dairy Co

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 2

The twelfth annual meeting of this company was hold on Saturday last, Mr. John Fraser, J.P., chairman of directors, presiding. Apologias for non-attendance…

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Tongarra Dairy Co

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 2

The ninth half-yearly meeting of the Tongarra Dairy Co. was well attended, and was presided over by Mr. W. Moles, J.P…

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Distressed Farmers

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

AT a meeting of the Farmers', Distress Fund at Adelaide it was announced that £10,000 was raised last year to assist the distressed farmers Fears were expressed…

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The First Dairy on the South Coast

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

THE first dairy in the now famed South Coast District was established on the Berry estate. When my informant went with his father to work there in 1838, the herd…

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