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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Butter Direct from Vegetables

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 2

BUTTER without the aid of a cow is what Willard G. Day, an inventor, of Baltimore, Md.., promises. Think of it, ye gentle Jerseys and sleek, well-fed Alderney! Is it not time for…

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Dairying News

Camden News · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 4

The executives of the United Milk Suppliers' Association, of which ex-Alderman Henry Moore is the Camden representative, will meet the various managers of the…

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Feeding Cows for Butter Test

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 4

FEEDING cows for butter test was given proninence as a practical topic at the recent Royal Horticultural Show held at Manchester. Dr. Herbert Watney won the first and third…

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Farmer and Merchant

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 4

AN old farmer was in a Sydney merchant's office, and asked if he could supply the merchant with some fresh butter. The merchant told him that he would inquire if his wife…

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Dairying News

Camden News · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 4

On Saturday of this week. Mr. R. H. Inglis, holds his monthly sale in Picton. The sale starts at 1.30 sharp and about 300 head of cattle will be offered…

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Lady Farmers

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 4

LADY Stella and Lady Dorothea Hope, the sisters of Lord Hopetoun, appear to be converts to Lady Warwick's theory, that farming is an essentially feminine occupation, and have…

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Mixed Farming

Camden News · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 1

On a recent occasion, we pointed out the fallacy of growing single crops for a living, and the certainty, of failure in the long run. Our observation, of farms generally forcibly…

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Dairy Notes

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 3

ALWAYS milk with dry hands. Good milkers usually enjoy being milked. Never employ an ignorant man to attend to the cows…

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Mixed Farming. (Continued from last issue.)

Camden News · Thursday 19 May 1898 · page 1

As to manures, bone dust, the Company's, the blood, and farmyard have all been tried. The Sugar Company's product giving great…

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To Farmers

Camden News · Thursday 26 May 1898 · page 5

The Walter A. Wood Machinery Company (Mr. F. W. A. Downes, local representative) invite the farmers of the district and all interested to witness a…

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The Flavor of Butter

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 4

IT has frequently been observed that in Australia, at least, factory butter lacks that delicious characteristic of home-made butter known in the trade as "nutty flavor." The…

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Burragorang Dairy Co., Ltd. Annual Meeting

Camden News · Thursday 2 June 1898 · page 7

The annual general meeting of this company was held at the factory, Burragorang on Monday lust the 23rd inst. Mr. P. J. Purcell occupied the chair. There…

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Inspection of Dairy Cattle

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1898 · page 2

THE dairymen in the northern and southern districts, who last week saw the president of the Board of Health with regard to the inspection of dairy cattle, on Monday interviewed…

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Inspection of Dairy Cattle

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1898 · page 4

THE President of the Board of Health on Wednesday last received a deputation from dairymen representing the trade in the northern and southern coastal districts. The…

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The Butter Market

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1898 · page 2

The South Coast and West Camden Cooperative Coy. reports under date June 11th :— "Butter.—During the past week the market has shown very little sign of improvement,…

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Dairy Farming on the Richmond

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1898 · page 2

THERE is at present such an exodus of dairy farmers from the Bega district to the northern rivers (remarks the "Standard"), and so much has recently been said about the glories of the…

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Mixed Farming

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1898 · page 4

DO you believe in mixed farming? If so, do you mix the breeds? He who has no fixed purpose other than a belief in mixed farming becomes a very mixed farmer. His Shorthorns…

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Dairy farming on the Richmond

Camden News · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 5

There is at present such an exodus of dairy farmers from the Bega, South Coast, and tableland districts to the northern rivers (remarks the Standard), and so much has…

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Dairying News

Camden News · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 5

[We shall be glad to publish contributions having reference to dairying and agricultural matters. Farmers and dairymen in the Camden district are therefore…

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[?] Mixed Farming

Camden News · Thursday 23 June 1898 · page 1

[?] years go, the farm at The Oaks [?]tagg's, was purchased by the [?]rietor, Mr. W. J. Moulder. [?]ansfer was made this property…

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