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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Dairy Notes

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1899 · page 4

MOST foods may convey some flavor to butter. Breed has more influence on the yield of butter-fat than feed. An extra quantity of nutritious food at all…

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The Dairying Industry. a Few Startling Figures

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 1

EVERY year (says the " Northern Star") the number of dairymen here shows a large increase, and the same applies to the dairy cattle. The following figures will be found…

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Cobbitty United Dairy Coy, Ltd

Camden News · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 5

The usual half-yearly meeting of shareholders took place at the factory, Cobbitty, on Monday, 19th June. Mr. John Lakeman (chairman) presided, and the following…

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Keeping Boys on the Farm

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 4

" WHAT are your ideas about keeping boys on the farm ?" I am asked, writes Hodden Gray in the "Weekly Times." Lots of boys are driven from the farm by the treatment they receive…

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Heavy Cattle and Sheep

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 3

A PEN of five bullocks from Quat Quatta Station (N.S.W.). sold at Newmarket, Melbourne, by Messrs. Powers, Rutherford, and Co. for £15 per head, were slaughtered last…

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Dairying on Shares

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 3

THERE are the terms iu which dairying is carried on under the shares system around Koroit and Tower Hill in Victoria:—The landlord provides lend; cows, pigs, vehicle and horse,…

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Dairying on the South Coast

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

IN a report to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Cook), Mr. O'Callaghan says a number of factories in the South Coast district have erected capable pasteuring plants during the…

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Essentials to Success In Dairying

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 4

"DAIRY sends for publication the following "Essentials to success in Dairying":— Thoronghness. A love for the work…

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Butter from Teanuts

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 4

THIS is something novel, surely ! And, like most novelties, it comes from America. St. Louis "Globe Democrat" tells that a firm in Indiana have for some time been working on a…

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Feed Crops. [To the Editor of the Camden News.]

Camden News · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 8

SIR,—After our experience of the last few years there is every reason why farmers here and elsewhere should pay greater attention to the growth of feed for dairy cows…

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The Butter Market

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 2

THE Farmers' Co-operative Co. of N.S.W., Ltd., reports under date Saturday, Aug, 19: —"Butter.—The continuous wet season on the Northern Rivers has materially checked…

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Diseased Meat Prosecutions. Two Camden Farmers Fined

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 2

IN the Summons Division of the Central Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. F. S. Isaacs, S.M., Mr. Baker (Inspector of Nuisances) proceeded against two Camden farmers…

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Reform Suggested by a Farmer

Camden News · Thursday 24 August 1899 · page 2

During the progress of the above case one of the witnesses, Mr. Frederick W. A. Downes, J.P., of Brownlow Hill, said he would like to draw the attention of the…

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Diseased Meat. a Camden Farmer Fined £25

Camden News · Thursday 24 August 1899 · page 2

Before Mr. Isaacs, at the Central Police Court last week, a young man named E. Rofe pleaded guilty to a charge of having consigned the carcases of five pigs for sale…

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Dairy Supervision. Important Discussion by the Aldermen of Camden

Camden News · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 1

Last week at the Camden council meeting, at which the mayor, Ald. G. F. Furner, presided, this important subject was brought forward and to which we give special…

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Important to Farmers

Camden News · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 6

On reference to our advertisement columns it will be noticed that the advertisement of Messrs Robert Little and Co. has been changed, Riving fresh information as to…

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An Obscure Cattle Disease

Camden News · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 2

The following important communication recently appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, from the pen of R. H. Antill, J.P., of Picton, and should be read with the…

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Danish Dairying

The Campbelltown Herald · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 4

A REVIEW of the progress of the dairying industry in Demark in 1898, published in the "Tidsskrift for Landokonomi," furnished some interesting…

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Dairy Supervision

Camden News · Thursday 28 September 1899 · page 8

During the past week a conference of the members of the Municipal Association of N.S.W., was held in Sydney and at which his worship the mayor of Camden, Ald. G…

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Sheep Shearing in Camden

Camden News · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 1

Amongst our many journeys this week as to the state of the local roads outside the Camden Municipal area and which notes are duly published, the estate of Mr. G. A…

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