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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

126 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 7

Coastal Farmers' Society

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 2

THE phenomenal success which has attended the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society since its inauguration eight years ago has been greatly enhanced during the twelve…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company. Weekly Market Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3

Butter.—We regret to say the market has collapsed. On the 21st inst. the price Seceded six shillings per cwt., and even the reduced price has been merely nominal,…

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Coastal Farmers Co-operative Society, Ltd. Weekly Market Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 27 May 1908 · page 3

Butter.—The market has been very dead and prices only nominal all week. The fall of 6s on Thursday last did not materially relieve the position, consequently…

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Farmers' & Dairymen's Company

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 14

A meeting of the Board of the farmers' and Dairymen's Co. was held in Sydney on Wednesday. The question of increasing the price to…

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Rural Topics Labor in Dairying

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 17

A "Farmer" thus writes in the "leader":—Sir,—In "The Leader" of the 9th inst. appears an article under the above heading, in which the…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company. Weekly Market Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 3

Butter—The reduction to 116s on Monday, the 25th, was not sufficient, and on Thursday, the 28th, a further reduction to 112 was found necessary. We are…

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Rural Topics Chile Labor in Dairying

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 21

On this subject, the ventilation of Which was begun in the "Leader." (Melbourne), by a letter from our Mr. H. W. Potts, there is another…

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A New Departure in State Agriculture. Bringing the Department to the Farmer

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 4

THE Department of Agriculture, which has recently been reorganised as a separate Department of State by the Hon. John Perry and his Under…

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Dairy Children

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

A woman writer in the columns of the "S. M. Herald" has contributed an article, on the subject of dairy children, and like most articles…

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Woodstock Dairy Co

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 3

THE true co-operative spirit has been greatly in evidence at the Woodstock Dairy Co's factory for the last week. It seems that in order to comply with the Board of…

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The Dairy Children

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 2

There is an old saying where fools rush an angels fear to tread, and this truism has been, well exemplified by a feimkine writer in the "Sydney…

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Farm Talk

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 3

Ensilage is now being fed to the cows on Kameruka Estate, and the animals devour it ravenously. At the Jersey dairy where there are two…

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Dairy Inspection. Dairy Inspection

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 4

Officers of the Board of Health re-port that during May 42 dairies in the Bega district, and 63 in the Berrima district, were visited, and 3307…

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Butter Output

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 3

Mr. M. A. O'Callaghan, Government Dairy Expert, met the managers representing the South Coast butter factories in conference at Kiama on…

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Butter Factory Managers' School

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 3

For the benefit of butter factory managers find butter workers of New South Wales, the Minister for Agriculture has approved of a wincer…

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Illawarra Central Dairy Co., Ltd. Annual Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 July 1908 · page 6

The Ninth Annual Meeting of the above Company was held at Albion Park on Tuesday last. Mr. Geo. Couch, J.P., Chairman of Directors,…

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Farm Talk

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 4

Milk is being more used every year in Japan. Some good butter is now made at the experiment farm, at Sapporo, and at two or three stock…

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An Important Dairying Book

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 2

For some time past it was known by his many friends that Mr. Frank M'Caffrey, whose reputation as an expert in matters of dairying is too…

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Over-Run in Butter. an American View of the Question

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 6

How to obtain the proper over-run has been an important question for the past year or two. It has claimed the attention of our best butter-makers…

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Farm Talk

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 6

The Ayrshire will not produce a pound of milk quite as cheaply as the Holstein, but at less cost than the Jersey or the Guernsey. These latter…

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