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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

265 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 14

Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 2

MESSRS. WEDDEL & Co., London, report as follows on May 14th:— Butter.—The temperature of the United Kingdom and of the butter producing…

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Dairy Expert Opinions

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 3

Mr. Frank H'Caffrey, the Illawarra: Dairy Expert, takes Mr. Lowe to task regarding his utterances at the Royal Colonial Institute, as recently published…

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The Dairying Industry. Mr. FRANK McCAFFREY in Reply to Mr. Sameul Lowe. I.

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 2

I earnestly hope—and it is the object I have in view—that I may do something to make men think on this question, to lift our reputation as dairy-farmers…

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Lower Manning Dairy Co. Capital to Be Increased to £4000. Offer of Lease Refused

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 June 1897 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon last an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Lower Manning Co operative Dairy Company, was held in the Hall, Croki, for the…

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The Dairying Industry. Mr. Frank McCAFFERY in Reply to Mr. Samuel Lowe. Ii. (Continued.)

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 June 1897 · page 2

Mr. Lowe states: "From colonial official figures of the production of butler and choose, and estimating the milk consumed in the raw state by the calf and by the…

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The Dairying Industry. Mr. Frank McCAFFREY in Reply to Mr. Samuel Lowe. (Concluded.)

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

Referring again to winter feeding the main point to be contended with is: Which of the many systems of dairying pays the farmer best ? And in order to…

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The Price of Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 3

BUTTER seems to be always a feast or a famine in Sydney. Householders have been paying up to 1/9 per lb. lately, and the wholesale price of best creamery has…

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Tuberculosis of Cattle From the Breeders' Standpoint

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 4

We ("British Medical Journal") quoted recently a resolution passed by the Brighton and Sussex Medico Chirurgical Society on the importance…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

MESSRS. WEDDEL & Co., London, report as follows on 21st May last:— Butter.—During the last three days a great rise in temperature has taken place…

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The Tuberculin Test. Tuberculosis Among N.z.dairy Cows

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 2

The following article which we extract from the Weekly Press (Christchurch, N.Z.), will doubtless be read with much interest by the dairy farmers of this…

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The Butter Market. Sacrifice Prices

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

THE South Coast Company wired us yesterday to the following effect:— "Butter market this week has opened very hadly. Holders of recently imported…

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The Sydney Butter Market. Special Report. July 8th, 1897

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 2

BUTTER has fallen 2d (two pence) per lb, This is prinicipally due to the fact that holders of New Zealand and stored butter have been selling at sacrifice prices, a large…

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Warning to Dairymen

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 2

At the Oamden Petty Sessions on Saturday, before Mr. M'Nevin, P.M., a large number of influential dairymen and owners of dairy cattle were charged with…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 4

The "S. M. Herald's" London correspondent writes as follows, under date of May 28:—Butter: During the past fortnight there has been a heavy decline…

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The Advance of Dairying

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 2

THE following paragraph, which is culled from a Victorian journal, speaks for itself:—" In- consequence of the dairying industry having almost completely…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 2

At the Dapto Agricultural Hall on Saturday evening, under the auspices of the Agricultural Society, Mr. Frank A. Badgery delivered a most instructive and…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 3

THE ''Herald's'' London correspondent, under date of June 11, writes as follows:—A curi[?]us feature has come about in the Australian butter trade owing to the…

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Dairy Conference

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 3

THE arrangements have been completed for the Dairy Conference at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College to day. They are exactly the same as those for the recent…

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Dairymen's Congress

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 3

The congress or dairymen's representatives to open at the Hawkesbury College to-day Mr. Alex. Hay, of Cholangatta, will read a paper "Dairying in the…

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Illawarra Cattle for the Richmond

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 3

The dairy-farmers on the Northern rivers are, as a whole, of an enterprising character. They recognise the necessity of keeping high-class cattle in order to attain…

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