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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company. Weekly Market Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 3

Butter.—Quotations remain unchanged, and superfine better only is selling at 90s. The quality of superfine being placed on the local market is about equal to…

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A Visit to Grange. the Fruit and Wheat Country

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 4

Mr. G. T. Turnbull, the librarian Wollongong School of Arts, has returned from his health-recruiting visit to Orange, to Orange, after his severe illness of…

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Rural Topics Some Dairying Questions

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 6

Among communications received one correspondent asks:—"Would gathered cream when sour and off flavored be improved any by…

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The Butter Industry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 2

SPEAKING recently at the opening of the new Casino Co-operative Butter Factory, which is said to be the most up-to-dale in New South Wales, Mr. C. E. D. Meares…

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Imported Dairy Stock

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

In the "Macleay Argue" (Kempsey) of Saturday last Mr. T. H. Davoy, of Clybucca, writes under the above heading as follows:— Sir,—I noticed by the Argus that…

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Education in Farming

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

AT the recent prize-giving at Hawkesbury Agricultural College the various celebrities who worn present drew attention to the valuable work that the…

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Rural Topics Tuberculosis in Cattle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 10

The "Review of the River Plate" calls attention to tuberculosis in cattle, which it states is a matter of the utmost importance to the…

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Important to Illawarra Dairymen Ticks and Redwater

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 19

At the present time (says Queensland's leading paper) tick fever is exceptionally prevalent in the southern coastal districts, and heavy losses…

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Butter Crading

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

Sir William Lyne visited Tooley-street, London, recently, and inspected Australian butter. He was interviewed by several importers respecting grading. They stated…

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Correspondence. the Illawarra Dairy Cow. to the Editor

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 2

SIR,—Although it has been tile constant boast of our leading dairymen that they possess herds that it will compare more than faverably with the dairy herds of any part…

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Dairy Factory Management

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 2

Approval has been given by the Minister for Agriculture to a proposal to convene conference of dairy factory managers in the principal dairy districts in the State,…

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Advantages of Mixed Farming (Paper by Mr. F. A. Badgery, read at a recent meeting of the Robertson Agricultural Society.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 8

"In reading this paper to-night on the advantages of mixed farming let it not be thought for one moment that I do not realise the fact that…

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Dairy Cattle. the Breeding and Treatment

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 1

At the council chamber on Wednesday, under the auspices of the Wollongong Agricultural Society, Mr. John James, J.P., Gerringong,…

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Libelling South Coast Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

IN a recent issue we published a letter written to the Macleay "Argus" by a Mr. T. H. Davey, The following reply by Mr. Frank M'Caffrey, which appeared in the…

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The Terragong Dairy Herd

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

AWAY back in the early forties, when the dairying industry was being established on (what was undoubtedly termed in those days) broader lines, under the…

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Dairy Farming and the Breeding of Cattle

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 14

On Wednesday evening, Mr. John James, Gerringong, discoursed on the above subject in the Council Chamber, Wollongong. The attendance…

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Advantages of Mixed Farming (Continued from our last.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 4

"It is not contended that we should go in for all sorts of farming on the one farm, whether suitable or not, or that we should be always changing…

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The Illawarra Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

THE fame of the Illawarra cattle has long since been world-wide. The following is from the "British Live Stock Journal":— "The prevalent fashion of the…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 3

Butter.—The market remains quiet and prices unchanged, Choicest superfine is quoted net 100s, hut really prime qualify is offering freely from 96s to 98s in some…

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Dairying Points

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 3

ON Wednesday night last, at the Wollongong Council Chambers, Mr. John James, of Rose Valley, delivered a lecture on "Dairy Farming: The Breeding and…

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