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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

89 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 5

Rural Topics. Agricultural Department Notes "Unclean" Flavour in Butter

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 18

The term "unclean" as applied by a departmental expert to a sample of butter may be understood to mean that the butter has a dirty taste, and…

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Hunter River Farmer's N.z. Tour

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 5

Mr. P. A. Scarr, manager of the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Company, Limited, has just concluded an extensive tour of…

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Butter Production. a Worlds Record. Melba Xv's Triumph

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 2

Although the Milking Shorthorn cow Melba XV. of Darbalana, has yet two months in which to complete a full 365 lays' test, she has already produced the…

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For Files on Dairy Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 6

As a repellant against flies on dairy cattle a pine tar creosote emulsion is reported as having given excellent results for periods of one to three days…

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DAIRYING. (From Notes Supplied by Department of Agriculture). a Bad Dairying Habit

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 April 1924 · page 6

It is surprising how the habit of washing the separator only once a day survives tho march of dairying progress. The habit is still persisted in,…

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Show Cattle at Floyd's

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 2

Three splendid specimens of Shorthorn cattle are exciting the interest of people passing the yards adjoining Floyd's butcher's shop at Thirroul…

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Dairying. for Cleaning Milking Machines. Heat the Best Sterilising Agent

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 6

Experiments curried out by the United States Department of Agriculture have shown heat to be the safest and simplest moans of sterilising apparatus…

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Tillimby Estate. 24 Valuable Farms to Be Offered

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 2

Much interest has been created in the sub-division of the Tillimby Estate on the Paterson River. Not often is such a well watered,…

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A Crop of Evils. (Published by Arrangement.)

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 2

A seathing denouncement of Prohibition has been made in the New York "Times" by Dr. S. Dann Hubbard, Director of Public Health Education of…

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"ILLAWARRA Its Development—Its People, and Its Cattle

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 May 1924 · page 2

Having decided to take a quiet fortnight's rest on the Tableland at Bundanoon, instead of attending the Fleet and Royal Show Carnival, I thought…

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Dairying Problems

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1924 · page 3

At the Ministers Conference held in Sydney this week, at which all Inspectors of Agriculture also conferred the following resolutions were passed…

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Boy Migrants for Farm Work

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 May 1924 · page 4

It has been generally recognised that the most satisfactory form of Immigration for increasing rural production in Australia is the introduction of boys…

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Butter War. Two Prices Ruling

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 2

An interesting development has taken place in regard to the whole sale price of butter The Coastal Farmers' Co-operative…

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Moss Vale Butter Factory

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 19

At a meeting of local suppliers to discuss the question of purchasing and taking control of the Moss Vale Butter Factory, it was decided to levy…

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DAIRYING. (From Notes Supplied by Department of Agricultural). Clean Cows. Their Relationship to Clean Milk

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 8

For the production of clean milk, contamination must be avoided from a number of likely sources, and the hands of the milker, the milking receptacles,…

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A Crop of Evils. (Published by Arrangement.)

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1924 · page 4

A scathing denouncement of Prohibition has been made in the New York "Times" by Dr. S. Dana Hubbard, Director of Public Health Education of…

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Butter Marketing. Price Adjustment

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 June 1924 · page 3

The sprit in the butter price fixing committee was discussed by delegates from the factories supplying the Coastal Farmers' Co-operatives Society as…

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Rural Topics. Dairy Farmers' Conference

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 20

P.P. Union issues in pamphlet form a report of the conference in Melbourne last April for the purpose of designing a scheme for the control…

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Gerringong Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 2

On Tuesday night, the 17th instants, in extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held in the School of Arts,…

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Butter Yields. More Fine Performances. New I.m.s. Record

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 4

The secretary of the Herd Book Societies (Mr. R. S. Maynard) writes:— The month of June has been some more excellent butter fat yields by…

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