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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Albion Park Dairy Company. 25Th Half-yearly Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 2

The 25th half-yearly meeting of the above company was held at the council chambers, Albion Park, on Saturday afternoon, about half the total number…

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Albion Park Dairy Company

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 2

THE 25th half-yearly meeting of the above company was held at the council chambers. Albian Park, on Saturday afternoon, about half the total number of sha[?]ch lders being…

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Make Up the Best Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 4

This is what a grocer has to say in "Farm, Field, and Fireside":— I have had many opportunities to notice how a buyer can always be [?]nd for…

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Dairy Companies. Yellow Rock

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

The seventeenth half-yearly report of the Yellow Rook Dairy Company shows that everything in connection with the factory is in good working order. During…

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The Butter Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 3

THE S.M. Herald's London correspondent under date of April 1st, 1898, writes.— Their is very little Australian butter now on the market, though there are good…

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Sale of Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 3

MR. C. LAMOND, of Worragee, who has been collecting a remarkably good herd of fairy cattle on his farm at Meioo, has just dispossed of the pick of the herd,…

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Farmers' Co-operative Co., Limited

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 3

The manager of the Farmers' Co-operative Co., Ltd. (late South Coast Co.) report:—I wrote you very fully on the 23rd February giving particulars of the…

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Central Butter Factory for Illawarra

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 2

AT the half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Albion Park Dairy Company, held last Saturday week, Mr. John Fraser, chairman of directors, made a…

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New South Wales Farmers and Settlers' Association. Federation of Australia

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 4

Manifesto to the Members of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association and other Producers of New South Wales…

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Dissatisfied Dairy-farmers. the Price of Milk. Meeting of Suppliers at Dapto

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

The miserably cold and wet weather on Thursday militated against a large attendance at the meeting of milk-suppliers convened by the executive of the United Milk…

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A Sagacious Farmer

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 4

Along the banks of Case Fear River in North Carolina are lowlands, behind which lies a higher level or bench. The lowlands are subject to more or less…

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Dissatisfied Dairy Farmers. the Price of Milk. Meeting of Suppliers at Dapto

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1898 · page 2

THE miserably cold and wet weather on Thursday militated against a large attendance at the meeting of milk suppliers convened by the executive of the United Milk…

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Central Creamery for Illawarra. Important Meeting of Dairy Farmers

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 19 May 1898 · page 3

A very important conference of district factory directors and dairymen using private, separators was held in the Oddfellows' Hall Kiama, on Tuesday, as result of a…

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Central Butter Factory for Illawarra. Meeting in the Oddfellows' Hall. a Representative Gathering

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1898 · page 2

ON Tuesday afternoon last a meeting of over 60 representative Illawarra, Dairymen was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Kiama, under the auspices of the Farmers…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1898 · page 4

Messrs. Weddel & Co. report as follows on April 15th last:— Butter,—There has been a considerable amount of rain in several…

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Lady Farmers

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 4

Lady Stella and Lady Dorothea Hope, the sisters of Lord Hopetoun, appear to he converts to Lady Warwick's theory, that farming is an essentially feminine…

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Expansion of the Dairying Industry

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 2

Speaking ab the opening of the Kangaroo Valley suspension bridge on Thursday last, Mr. G. W. Puller, ex-M.L.A., referred to the increase of the…

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The South Australian Farmer's Co-operative Union, Ltd

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 2

IT is with much pleasure that we learn, from a recent correspondence with our Co-operative friends in South Australia, of the continues success of their union. The…

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Illawarra Central Butter Factory. to the Editor

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2

SIR,—Immediately following on the representative meeting of the 17th inst., Messrs. Foley Bros. (Ltd.) issued a lengthy circular in opposition to the…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1898 · page 2

MESSRS. WEDDEL AND Co report as follows on April 22nd:— Butter.—The weather in the daytime is rapidly becoming Spring like all over the…

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