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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

319 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 16

Butter Export

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

THE R.M.S. Arcadia, which sailed on Saturday for London in ports, took away 1249 boxes of butter for the English market, the shippers being: Denham Bros…

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An Expert on Dairying. Pasteurising Recommended

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

THE Minister for Agriculture has received from the Dairy Expert a showing the nature of the laboratory work recently carried out…

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English Butter Market

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

W. WEDDEL & Co. in their weekly market report (dated, London, November 25th) state:—Winter has came with an expecledness of an accident. The…

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Dairying and Fertility

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 2

IT is frequently stated that milk production is exhausting on the soil, and tends to reduce the fortility most rapidly. Sometimes this belief is based-upon an incomplete knowledge…

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Dairy Breeds and Milk Tests

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 4

THE various butter and milk tests held annually by the British Dairy farmers Association in connection with their dairy show are about the most complete tests of…

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The Butter Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the unseasonably dry weather with which the colony has been visited, the butter trade shows gratifying expansion. Stated in packages, the…

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About Dairies and Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

THE Willoughby Council on Tuesday evening had before it a circular from the Board. of Health notifying that an inspection of daily cattle was to be made on a certain…

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Albion Park Central Butter Factory, Building Operations Commenced

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

THE vicinity of the Albion Park railway station now presents a scene of great activity. Last week the building operations in connection with the newly formed…

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Our Dairy Experts ['Tomahawk' in the Farm & Dairy.']

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

AGRICULTURAL Experts will tell you how to produce 90 to 100 bushels of maize to the acre—Yes! that's all right—can he himself do it in practice? No fear I…

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Milk and Cream Test the Dairy Expert at Fault

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 4

TOWARDS the end of last month Mr. O'Callaghan, the dairy expert, lectured at West Maitland, and delivered himself of some peculiar statements…

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The Butter Trade

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the unseasonably dry weather with which the colony has been visited, the butter trade shows gratifying expansion. Stated in packages the exports…

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Wheat for Rusty Districts

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

The absence of rust in the cereal crop for the past few seasons induced a number of the farmers in the coastal districts of New South Wales to again make a…

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Mr. Reid and Berlin Wool

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 3

The New South Wales Premier (remarks a well-known contributor to the Australasian) is an entertaining speaker upon any subject. Years ago, when he was still…

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New Method of Making Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

A PATENT has been taken out in France for a new method of making butter. In this process the cream is subjected to lecture and fermentation until the fat globules are…

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Wheat for Rusty Districts

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 2

THE absence of rust in the cereal crops for the past few seasons induced a number of the farmers in the coastal districts of New South South Wales to again make a fresh…

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The Berry Show. the Dairy Atile

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 2

AFTER weeks of raging drought the Berry Show came as a pleasant surprise. In viewing the sleek, well-conditioned stock so largely represented there, for the time…

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Colonial Dairy Produce

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 4

Messrs. Weddel and Co., London butter merchants, reports as follows on December 2nd last:— Butter.—The winter weather which…

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Central Dairy Company

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

THE following letter to the editor appears in last Friday's "South Coast Herald":— SIR,—With your permission I should like to make a few remarks re the above…

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London Butter Market

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 4

Messrs, Weddel and Co's. weekly market report, dated London, 9th Dec, is an follows :—The weather continues mild and quite unseasonable. The…

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Dairying on the Hunter River

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 3

Comparatively few people are aware of the rapid growth of the better industry of the Hunter River district. Some six or seven years ago a wholesale firm…

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