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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1886

92 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 5

Bronghton Creek anal Kiama Dairy Cattle

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 2

RECENTLY we published an epitome of a discussion entered into in tho Milton Times by Mr. Henry Graham, of tho Kangaroo Mountain, and Mr. J. T. Cole,, of Jamberoo. So far as we can…

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Best way of making Butter

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 2

Mrs. Mina Holmes says that to make good butter you must have good cows in good condition, The pasture in summer must be of the best and the very best, and the food in winter should…

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Farming at Lismore

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 3

That farming, in the broadest definition of the ter[?], will pay in the Richmond there is not the slightest doubt, notwithstanding What has been said to the contrary by a few…

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Ordinal Moran’s Pastoral Letter

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 4

Following is the portion of the central referring to the Divorce Bill; [?] is another subject on which to address a few words to you…

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Ensilage at the Bookie Farm. (From the Melbourne Daily Telegraph.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 May 1886 · page 4

IN September last the Department of Agriculture made arrangements for the construction of a silo at the experimental farm at Dookie, with the view…

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Milk and Butter

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1886 · page 4

WHEN we my the milk is composed of 87 parts water we do not really express the actual make-up of this part of the milk. While this fluid is in substance…

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The farmer. Horse-training in South America

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 May 1886 · page 2

In various parts of the world there are some curious methods of breaking in horses and rendering them obedient to the will of man. Amongst the several methods employed…

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The Present Depression. (From Martin’s Home and Farm.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1886 · page 4

MOST persons believe that there is a silver lining to the darkest cloud, but just now it is diRcult to see any trace of silver lining to the dark cloud of…

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Butter-Factories

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 4

THE question of the success of failure of a butter factory depends almost wholly on the skill and vigilance of the manager. It may be said that a good deal depends on…

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Jersey Cattle in their Own Home

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 4

“WE (Sydney Mail) take the following oxtracts from the third annual report of the committee of the Jersey Farmers Association…

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Broughton Creek and Kiama Dairy Cattle

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

MR. H. GRAHAM writes to the Milton Times as follows: Sir,— Since Mr. J.T. Cole having honoured me with a reply to my letter of the 12th March,…

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Milk and Butter

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 4

WHEN we say that milk is composed of 87 parts water we do not really express the actual make-up of this part of the milk. While this find is in substances water, and…

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The New Tarill; and How it will Affect the Farming Community of Shoalhaven. [COMMUNICATED.]

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 2

THE taxation proposals of the Government may, by the division taken on Friday morning last, be considered as occupied by the representatives of the people, and may be…

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Experiments at the Munster Dairy School

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 29 May 1886 · page 4

SOME interesting results of experiments in feeding calves are recorded in a report of the Munster Agricultural and Dairy School recently issued. The foods tried were as…

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Farmer. The Hunter-How to Breed, Rear, and Train it

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1886 · page 2

OF the many manly sports for which English men are famed, there are none which take precedence of hunting participated in by all degrees of men it brings all classes to…

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Co-operntive Dairying

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 June 1886 · page 4

THE Albion Park Dairy Company, despite bad seasons and all the troubles which are attached to new ventures, have successfully passed through their first half-year…

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Farmers’ Club

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 4

A MEETING took place on Saturday night last 22nd May, in the School of Arts, Milton, for the purpose of forming a Farmers’ Club. The chair was occupied by Mr. D…

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The Farmer. The Scotch Collic. in Cassels Agricultural Almanac

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 2

OF the many breeds of dogs the British Islands can boast of, far and away the most really useful, as well as the most intelligent and sagacious, is the Scotch Collie, or shepherd's…

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Dairy Farming of the Future

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 19 June 1886 · page 4

[?]OUGH the best friends of this colony have to acknowledge that agriculture [?] made but very little progress within its bo[?]de, even its greatest [?]mics cannot…

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Farmer. The Breeding and Management of Geese

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 23 June 1886 · page 2

THIS is a subject which cannot be too much ventilated and discussed and brought prominently before amateur fanciers, farmers, and others, who have the need, the accommodation,…

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