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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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Australian Butter in London

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writing from London on November 23 states:—Up to now the demand for Australian butter has not at any time this season been as brisk as was…

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A Train-Load of Visitors. for the South Coast To-day. Berry Wants the Cattle Exhibited. Kiama a & H. Society Doesn't See the Expediency of It

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 3

AT the Kiama Agricultural Society's Committee meeting on Saturday, a letter was road from the Secretary of the Berry Society to be effect that it is the intention…

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A Butter Expert Astray

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 3

IN View of a report in Tuesday morning's Melbourne " Age," unfavorable to the New South Wales butter shipment, now in the Victorian Government cool stores,…

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The Branding of Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

A CASE of special interest to stockowners was decided on Tuesday by Mr. Justice Owen in Chambers, an appeal being made from a canviction by the Tumberumbs…

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The Danish Dairying

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 3

THE development of the dairying industry in Denmark has been accompained by a corresponding development of the pig breeding and feeding industry. Within the…

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Berry Show. Milk and Butter Tests

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 2

AT the last Committee meeting of the Berry A, and H. Society, the Cattle Stewards were appointed to make arrangements for the milk and…

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The Parade of Cattle at Albion Park

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 2

The most instructive and enjoyable event in connection with the Albion Park show was the parading of stock during the luncheon hour. This is a move in the…

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Dapto Co-operative Dairy Co.'s Creamery

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 2

The milk received and treated for the month of December at the Dapto Co-operative Dairy Co.'s Creamery amounted to 52,818 gallons, the average test being 3.50, and average paid…

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Farm and Dairy

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 2

A VISITOR from Corfield, Queensland, gives a doleful account of the stets of the country. He states that duststorms recently prevented the railway station…

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Road Through a Farm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 2

AT the Police Court, Wollongong, last week, two young men, Walter Harris and Joseph Rose, were committed for trial, charged with having obstructed a public…

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Copper Toe Now Extinct. How the Boot Protector Was Invented by a Maine Farmer

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 4

Children kick out the toes of their boots now just as much as they ever did, but the copper too has gone out of date too long age to talk about. It was…

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Cattle and Horses

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 2

The show of dairy cattle was in every respect up to expectation. The ordinary dairy breed was admitted to be one of the finest ever seen on the Coas'…

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Cause of "Fishy Butter."

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 2

MR. O'CALLAGHAN, dairy expert to the Agricultural Department, reports having made a discovery which is of great importance to butter makers not only here but…

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Daptd Co-op. Dairy Co

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 14

This company held its second annual meeting in Milling's Hotel, on Monday evening. Present:—Messrs. E. R. Evans (chairman), W. S. Thompson, J…

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Judging Dairy Cattle. Interview with Mr. M'caffrey

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 3

MR. F. M'CAFFREY, manager for Messrs. Waugh and Josephson, dairy and [?]igerating engineers, Brisbane, is well [?]own us a keen judge of dairy cattle…

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Butter Judging and Pasteurisation. a Kiama Show Incident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 3

SOME fun was caused by a little incident which occurred after lunch at the Kiama show whilst Mr. Gordon was being congratulated on his success in winning all the…

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Photographs of Illawarra Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 2

It will be noticed by an intimation elsewhere in this issue, that Mr. Arch. Campbell, M.P , will forward to the Governments of Cape Colony and Natal, any photographs…

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Illawarra Breed of Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 3

Mr. John Frost, C.M.G. (member of the Cape Colony Government), and Mr. Frek. Moore (member of the Government of Natal), who visited the Wollongong district…

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Australian Butter in England Cheering Outlook. the Work of a Butter Committee

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1901 · page 3

THE "Herald's" London correspondent, writing under date of January 4, says:—The position of the butter market for some time past has been somewhat puzzling to…

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Judging Dairy Cattle Interview with Mr. M'caffrey

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 3

MR. FRANK M 'CAFFRRY, manager for Messrs, Waugh and Josephson, dairy and refrigerating [?], Brisbane, is well known an a keen judge of dairy cattle…

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