A Champion Butter-Maker
THE remarkable success achieved by Mr. W. J. M'Veigh on the London and colonial markets, and in the leading butter competitions of this continent, have fairly…
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Farming & the land, 1899
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Dairy Notes. Lactic Acid Ferment
Arrangements have been made for the preparation, under the supervision of the Dairy Expert, of pure cultures of lactic acid bacteria, to be used for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers' Association
It has often been said that farmers are slow in combining to, promote their own peculiar interest. They are certainly less not v that could be desired…
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THE Australia Butter and Cheese Factory Managers' Association warmly discussed the question of tuberculosis in cattle at Melbourne on Friday. Mr. Thompson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Dairy
During the week (says our Albion Park contemporary) Mr. Inspector Symons, M.R.C.V.S. applied the tuberculin test to three fine bulls brought to him by Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Yields of Butter
ONE of our most noted Jersey breeders on the South Coast has produced results that have bewildered the judges, and have made the scornful sniff and utter insinuations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London Butter Market
MESSRS. W. WEDDELL AND CO's report dated April 21 says:— The prices of Danish and similar varieties of butter are coming down and over hand,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial. Market Report. Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co., Ltd
Butter.—The market closed with all prime fresh creamery in good demand at quotation; second quality and stared lots. plentiful with dragging sales. A surplus…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairies Supervision Act a Few Farmers' Opinions
AT Tuesday's meeting of the Committee of the Kiama Agricultural Society a long discussion took place as to whether there were any clauses of a Stringent nature in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dairying Industry. a Few Startling Figures
EVERY year the number of dairymen here (says the "Lismore Star") shows a large increase, and the same applies, to the dairy cattle. The following figures will he found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dairy Expert on Pasteurisation. Conference with Farmers. Differences of Opinion
Mr M. A. O'Callaghau, the N.S.W. Dairy Expert, visited Nowra on Tuesday under appointment to deliver a lecture on "Pasteurisation" in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Farmers and Federation. Paste This in Your Hats
Mr. Meagher, in his meeting in Ballina on the 30th ultimo, brought out a couple of facts which every farmer in this district would do well to paste in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improvements in Wheat Culture
The following extracts are from an article by Mr. M. A. Carleton, of the Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, United States Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Feeding for Butter-fat
Is the possible increase the butterfat percentage of milk by feeding the cow on rich food? This question has interested dairymen for a long time,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Dapto Letter. Farmers' Co-operative Co
It is with a feeling of regret that the shareholders in the Farmers' Co-operative Co. have been apprised of the fact that at the forthcoming election the retiring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Selling Diseased Cattle
AT the Berry Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M., Daniel Leary was proceeded against for consigning for sale cattle afterwards found to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Westbrook Estate Illawarra Cattle in Queens Land
THE homestead and good access of the celebrated "Westhrook Estate" was recently sold to a New Zealand from at £4 per sore. This estate has a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farmers' Co-operative Company. Annual Report
The numerous readers of the MERCURY who are interested in the Farmers' Co-operative Co. of N.S.W. (Ltd.), formerly known as the South Coast and West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colonial Butter in London
THE London "Grocer" passes the following tribute on Australasian butter!—The prime causes of these unsparing reductions in value have no doubt been the continued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairying in the North. the High Prices for Cattle
An Australasian contributor, writing of the high prices at which cattle are now selling on the Northern rivers, remarks:—Of course, a splendid season…
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