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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Farmer's Co-operative Company of N.S.W.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

A meeting of Shareholders in the above Company was held in the Temperance Hall. Kiama, on Thursday afternoon last for the purpose of confirming—in…

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A Successful Butter-maker

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

THE most successful exhibitor of butter at the South Coast shows this season is unquestionably Mr. D. C. Pryce, of the Kangaroo River factory. Commencing…

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Raising Calves and Dairying

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 4

I was lately talking (says 'Bruni' in the "Australasian") with an old colonist who had a long and varied experience in stock breeding in several…

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Selling Dairy Produce in England

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1898 · page 3

SIGNS and omens (says the "Herald's" special correspondent) point to the conclusion that there is something radically wrong in the methods at present adopted for…

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Adulteration of Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

A CABLE message dated London, Feb, 25, states:—The Glamorganshire (Wales) County Council is prosecu[?]ing under the Adulteration of Food Act sellers of Millewa…

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Successful Sale of Mr. John T. Hayter's Dairy Herd

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

ON Tuesday last (says the "Scrutineer") one of the most important and successful sales of dairy cattle ever held in the district, took place at "Rockview," about three…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 4

Messrs. Weddel & Co., London, report as follows on January 21st:— Butter.—The extraordinary mild weather which at present dominates…

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Butter from Ireland

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

MR PATESON, Manager of the Fresh Food and Ice Co., Sydney, has imported a Sample of Irish butter, with a view to ascertaining how it would compare with Australian…

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Dairy Farmers' Union

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above was held in the Town Hall, Campbelltown, on Saturday last. The retiring officers were reselected,…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 4

Messrs. Weddel and Co. London, as follows on January 2,[?]— Butter.—The Winter of 1897-98, so far[?] has gone, has established two records, one for the…

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The Dairy Expert

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 2

Mr. O'Callaghan, the Government dairy expert, delivered an address on dairying topics, at Lismore the other night. Mr. O'Callaghan having…

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Serious Assault on a Farm Four to One. the Assailants Arrested

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 2

To be set upon by roughs and [?] killed after going through nearly 60 years of life without accident to health or lic[?]s one of the hardest experience we know [?]…

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Tuberculosis in Cattle. the Tuberculin Test

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

A LARGE number of dairymen and graziers assembled on March 4 at. Mr. T M'Cullough's slaughter yards, Warrnambool, to witness the killing of five dairy cows,…

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Dairy Science

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

IN a lecture at Lismore on Saturday Mr. O'Callaghan, Government Dairy Expert said he was prepared to demonstrate how to test milk by the Groher tester—a new milk…

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The Dairy Expert

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2

A WAITER signing himself Dairy Farmer writes as follows in Tuesday's "Lismore Chronicle":—"Mr. O'Callashan's address on Saturday evening was unique in many…

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Dairy Experts

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

IN reporting a series of show luncheon speeches, last Wednesday's "Northern star" (Lismore) contains the following:— Mr. F. M'Caffrey, in response to calls,…

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Improving Dairy Herds

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

Commenting on the decision of the New South Wales Government to endeavor to improve the dairy herds of the colony, the Argus of Saturday writes:—"Mr. Taverner…

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Cattle Complaint

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 3

OPTHALMIA has broken out among some of the dairy herds about Macle[?], which for varying periods depriyes, the animals of their sight. In such cases bulls have been…

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Tuberculous Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 2

We hear so much of tuberculosis in cattle nowadays that we are constrained to ask ourselves: Is tuberculosis on the increase? Nearly every dairy herd of…

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Berry Central Butter Factory. Introduction of the Electric Light

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 2

THE Berry Central Butter Factory, which is said to be as well equipped with modern appliances as any other institution of its kind in the world, was illuminated with…

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