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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

319 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 13 of 16

Central Illawarra Dairy Factory

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

SINCE the opening of the Central Creamery on let instant (says the "Herald ") there has been such a rush of business that the Manager (Mr. Wood) and the hands…

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A Dairy Company's Manager

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 3

MR. JUSTICE STEPHEN and a jury of four heard an action in No. 1 Jury Court brought by John Thomas Kendall against Yatteyattah Co operative Dairy' Co., Ltd.,…

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A Mysterious Cattle Disease

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 2

MR. STEWART, Government veterinary expert, accompanied by Mr. H. L, Mater, stock inspector for the district, visited Moruya on Monday to investigate the…

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Government Stud Farm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 2

OUR readers will remember that recently tenders were called by the Department of Agriculture for the lease of a farm on the South Coast for Government stud purposes,…

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Farm and Dairy. Development of Milking Qualities

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 2

WE extract the following from the Otago "Witness" (N.Z.):—There is no better illustration of what can be done by judicious selection than that of the Illawarra or South…

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New Fodder Crops

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 2

Out of the many new fodder crops that have been Introduced with great flourishes of seedsmen's trumpets very few have been found worthy of general cultivation (says…

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State Butter Competitions

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 4

APPROVAL has been given [?] be Minister for Agriculture to the second State butter show being held in Sydney this week, The competitions were inaugurated with a…

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Dairying and Agriculture. South Coast Agricultural Societies' Union

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 4

A MEETING of the South Coast Agricultural Societies' Union was held at Albion Park on Friday last, Mr. W. Brownlee, President of the local A. and H. Society,…

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Illawarra Co-operative Central Dairy Company. Opening of the New Butter Factory

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

WHAT was intended to be a brilliant gathering of the dairymen and their wives and families, not alone of Albion Park, but of Illawarra, Kiama, and even to the centre of…

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The Dairying Industry on the Clarence River

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 4

AN important meeting of the Dairymen's Association was held at Grafton on Monday to decide upon the manner of exporting butter during the coming…

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Illawarra Co-operative Central Dairy Co. Opening the New Factory

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

THE formal opening of the above Company's factory at Albion Park took place on Thursday. It was intended to celebrate the event by holding a…

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Illawarra Central Co-operative Dairy Factory. the Official Opening

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 2

The directors of the recently-formed co-operative dairy factory at Albion Park—the establishment of which, in the opinion of leading dairy-farmers, marks the…

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Dairy and Farm

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

Some of the Australian butter recently shipped has realised £6 per cwt. at London. Cape weed is said to have over-run almost every paddock in Bega, and from one…

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Farmers' Co-operation

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

A well-attended meeting of directors of the Kangaroo Valley, Kangaroo River, Barengarry, and Wattamolla Butter Factories was held at Kangaroo Valley…

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" Seven Oaks " Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 2

The farm on the east side of " Plunkett's Hill," on the Bulli road, known an " Seven Oaks," changed hands recently, Mr. Broughton (auctioneer), of Sydney,…

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The Illawarra Stud Farm at Berry

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 2

All the Government stud cattle were removed last week from Kirkham, near Camden, to the new stud farm at Berry. The stock number between 50 and 60…

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The Illawarra Stud Farm at Berry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 4

All the Government stud cattle were removed last week from Kirkham, near Camden, to the new stud farm at Berry. The stock number between 50 and 60…

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The Dairy Expert

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 2

Mr. M. A.O'Callaghan, Dairy Expert, is again in trouble. At the last meeting of the Kiama A. and H. Society a letter was received from him in reference to the…

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The Stud Farm at Berry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1899 · page 4

MR. O'CALLAGHAN , the Government Dairying Expert, informed a "Mercury" representative in the course of a conversation respecting the above farm, that the…

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The Dairy Expert

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 October 1899 · page 3

Mr. O'Callaghan, the dairy expert, arrived yesterday and, with his assistant (Mr. Petersden) commenced a series of experiments in milk and cream-testing at…

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