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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

126 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 6 of 7

Our Butter in London. Mr. Meares' Investigations

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 2

AFTER spending three months in investigating the conditions surrounding the butter market in Great Britain and on the…

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Rural Topics Profitable Dairy Farming

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 5

The unfavorable season, just passed through has left its mark on the [?]irying industry in the Goulburn Valley. There has been…

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Berrima District Farm and Dairy Company

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 23 September 1908 · page 3

Butter.—The market continues firm, and butter arriving is not equal to requirements. The season, however, is advancing, and an increase in supplies must soon…

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Butter Boxes

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 6

Mr. Alfred Argles, Broken Head, writes to the Ballina "Times":—"I notice in the papers a company is being formed in New Zealand with a…

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Prosecution under the Dairlas' Supervision Act. Two Farmers Fined

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 4

At the Kangaroo Valley Police Court on Friday last, before Lieut-Colonel Chisholm, P.M., Sergt. G. E. Doomes, as local authority under the…

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Lecture on Dairying

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 2

IN announcing under the above heading that Mr. Frank M'Caffrey, who is travelling representative in the southern districts of the State for Bazacott and Co's. separators,…

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

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 2

Butter.—The Sydney market has to-day fallen to export rates—112 per cwt.—and factories will require to pack their outputs accordingly…

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Farmers' Bulletins. Flax-growing

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 4

WE have received from the Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture, a copy of Farmers' Bulletin No. 9, entitled "Notes on Flax Growing," compiled…

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How to Make Farming Pay

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 4

" WHAT is the best class of farming to take up?" is a question which is frequently asked by the man with capital but without experience. No one can…

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Rural Topics the Dairy Herd Losses. Victoria

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 18

That the dairying industry of the State has received a very serious set back owing to the heavy mortality among the herds during the past…

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Jamberoo Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. the New Factory Nearing Completion

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 2

SOME months ago, it will be remembered, the Board of Health suddenly discovered that nearly all the butter factories operating in the district required a lot of…

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Child Labour on Dairy Farms

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 October 1908 · page 8

Ancut the above, a lad attending the Lismore Public School, put up a story on his teacher. Briefly his duties were as follows:—After school,…

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The Farrer Memorial Fund. a Great Wheat Expert

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 3

FOR some time past the subscriptions to the Farrer Memorial Fund have not been coming in as readily as the Committee could wish. As is generally…

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Prizes for Crops Grown Under Irrigation

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

IN view of the great interest which is now being taken in thin State in the question of irrigation, the Minister of Agriculture requesting the Royal…

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Sheep

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 8

Illawarra as a wool producing centre has not hitherto been in the running, but judging by late developments it would appear that there is a…

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Co-operative Farm Machinery

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 8

At the Berry Stud Farm there exists in a small way all the neccessary machinery for silage making, the cost of which, at a low estimate…

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The Child and the Cow. in Defence of Dairy Farmers

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Perry, speaking at the Berry show last Tuesday, took up the cudgels on behalf of those who util[?]s, their children as cow milkers. As…

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An Ideal Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 4

One of the finest-looking and best-kept farms on the coast at the present time is that of Mr. H. Bartlett, of Marshall Mt. The first impression…

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Jamberoo Co-operative Dairy Co. Opening the New Factory

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2

ON Wednesday last the new factory of the above company declared open by the Chairman of Director (Mr.C.W.Craig, J.P.). The occasion was celebrated by a…

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Terrara Experimental Plot. Bad Appearance of the Crops. Were They Sown Correctly ?

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 8

With a view of obtaining the latest developments in connection with the experiment plot at Terara, a representative of the "Leader" on Monday…

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