The Improvement of Dairy Cattle
A noteworthy feature of Mr Primrose M'Connell's excellent paper, "How to Improve Dairy Cattle," read at the recent Dairy Conference in London, is the…
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Farming & the land, 1906
110 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 6
Farm and Field. Periodicity in the Yield of Wheat
At a recent meeting of the Royal Society, London, a paper was read by Dr W. N. Shaw, Director of the Meteorological Office, entitled "An Apparent…
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Butler.—As we forecasted in our last report, the advance in prices was normal and temporary. The heavy importations of Victorian butter and the local stoppage…
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"What Is an animal's cud? Can't they lose it?" Both sheep and cows are ruminating animals, or, in other words, they ruminate or chew their…
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The annual conference of delegates was resumed on Wednesday morning, in the rooms of the Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society, Sussex-street…
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Condensed from a "bulletin" by J. D. Leclair, st. Hyacinthe Dairy School, Quebec, Canada. This bulletin contains a detailed…
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After the manner in which the "Sydney Morning Herald" has been fating Mr. Meares and his supporters of late, the following extracts from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Few Hints on Dairying
A week or two ago, Mr. Hussey, reading a paper on dairying at one of the farmers' bureaus in South Australia, pointed out that the…
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The annual meeting (6th) was held at Albion Park on Thursday, the chairman (Mr. H. Fryer) presiding. All the directors, with the exception…
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The following firms report under date of Saturday last as to the butler market:— Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society.—There has been a strong local demand for…
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On Tuesday afternoon last, at the Kiama School of Arts, Mr. Jno. James (at the request of the Kiama Agricultural Society) delivered a most interesting lecture on the…
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It is stated that arrangements for the North Coast Co-operative Co.'s "own floor" in Sydney are proceeding satisfactorily…
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Notwithstanding the flow of South Coast people to the North, there are some who still have confidence in Illawarra, Mr. J. A. Mayo informs us…
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Mr. Samuel Lowe, of Weddell & Co., London lectured at Berry or Wednesday afternoon last under the auspices of the Agricultural Society there on the grading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farm and Field. Potatoes and Potash
For the last five years at an agricultural station in Germany plots have been arranged on which potatoes have always received dressing of farmyard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rural Topics Preparing Cattle for Show
When preparing cattle for exhibition, if they ore afterwards to bo used for breeding, two things in particular are to be avoided; first…
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The Victorian Butter Export Committee has decided to give the White Star, Aberdeen, and Lund lines of steamers a year's notice of…
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There are some very interesting items in the "Agricultural Gazette" for the month, of October, from which we take the following:…
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Mr. Harry Hicks writes to a Kiama contemporary as follows :—Having had a considerable experience in the quality in the land in the South…
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Members of the Export Butter Commission which met in Sydney on Tuesday were unanimous that the quantity of butter available for export…
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