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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

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South Coast Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 2

THIS week, Mr. G. W. Graig, of Jorrara Park, dispassed of a yearling bill and two yearling heifers, selected from his strain of dairy cattle, to a purchaser from the…

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Improving the Dairy Herd

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1897 · page 2

IT is a matter of common report that no more than half the cows in this country yield milk enough to pay for their maintenance. Probably most other classes of…

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The Weather and the Crops. an Unpromising Outlook

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 2

From all parts of the district come distressing accounts of the serious effects of the drought. A Unanderra farmer remarked yesterday that streams that had never been…

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The Price of Butter

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 3

At a meeting of the Butter Sellers" Association yesterday the price of butter was raised to ninepence…

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The Price of Butter. Advance of One Penny

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 2

WE received the following wires from Sydney yesterday:— South Coast and W. C. Company "We have raised price of best butter to…

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The Dairying Industry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 2

THE most interesting things, about the great dairy industry of Australia are its aspirations and its destiny. The mildness of the climates and the fertility of the soils…

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What Has Been Done for the Victorian Farmers

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 4

In answer to the claim that the Victorian Farmers have not had their share of legislation, a writer points out the following items: " Everything grown…

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Colonial Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 2

THE "S.M. Herald's" London correspondent, under date February 19, writes:—The market has gone to pieces this present week, and buyers are having it all their own…

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Improvement in Colonial Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 2

As showing the vast improvement in the quality of Colonial Butter this export season, the Fresh Food and toe Coy,, Ltd. has forwarded to us the following extract…

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Colonial Butter in London

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 3

As shewing the vast improvement to the quality of colonial butter this export season, the Fresh Food and Ice Co (L'd.) has forwarded to us the following extract…

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Preserving Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

One of the most interesting exhibits in the sections set apart for dairy produce at the late Warwick show (eaves the "Argu[?] ") was the box of butter, about 20lb, preserved…

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Colonial Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

UNDER date February 19th, Messrs. Weddel & Co. report as follows:— Butter.—The rainy weather which has been so persistent in the United Kingdom…

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South Coast Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

YESTERDAY Mr. Y W. Cole, of " Coleville," Jamberoo, dispatched three young bulls, by Major V. Champion Shorthorn Dairy bull of N.S.W., to the Clarence…

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The Sydney Butter Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

THE South Coast Co wired as follows last night:—"Butter market:—Four thousand boxes of choice butter have been imported from Victoria during the past fortnight…

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Rise in Butter. Advance to Tenpence

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

THE Butter Sellers Association of Sydney wired us to the following effect yesterday afternoon: "Butter Sellers Committee have…

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Dairy Farms in Holland

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 2

THE attention of "Gazette" readers is drawn to the following remarks in Messrs. Smith and Trepplin's report on dairy farms in Holland:—…

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Wednesday, April 7. Cattle Stealing

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 2

Ann Walker and Mark Walker were charged with having, at Gerringong, Shoalhaven, on the 9th December, 1895, stolen one heifer, the property of James Dare:…

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The Sydney Butter Market. Rise in Price Not Warranteed

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 2

WE are in receipt of the following letter from Mr. C. E. D). Meares, Commercial Manager of the South Coast Company:— Sir,—No one has a better knowledge…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 3

UNDER date Feb. 26, Messrs. Weddel and Co., London, report:— Butter.—The weather has been dry and much warmer during the post week in moat…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co., Limited. Special Report re BUTTER. Sydney, April 7, 1897

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 3

Values this week have been advanced by us in common with other firms connected with the Butter Sellers Committee to ltd per lb, and though this notion has met with…

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