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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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Be[?]gelala Dairy Company

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 3

AT the half-yearly meeting of the above company, held on the 29th altimo, the following report was read:— "Your Directors have much pleasure in…

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The Banquet. Lord Hampden on Dairying

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 2

In the evening the Agricultural Association tendered His Excellency the Governor a banquet at the School of Arts. The President (Mr. John Stewart) presided over the…

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Taxation on Farmers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 2

London, Sunday.—Mr. Balfour in tends to have the assessment laws amended so as to lighten the taxation imposed on farmers…

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A Good Crop. 35 Arrests at Berry Revenue £70

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 2

THE police arrested at Berry during the two days of the show 35 persons on various charges, from packet-picking down to drunkenness. The revenue amounted to nearly…

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Dairying in the colonies. Great Advance in Victoria and New Zealand. What Government Bonuses Have Done

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 2

WE have carefully condensed and collated the following information from our files and other sources respecting the progress which our neighbours over the borders and in New…

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Berry Dairy Company. a Year's Satisfactory Work

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1896 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Berry Dairy Company, Limited, was held at the factory on Thursday afternoon. The Chairman (Mr. John Stewart) in…

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Victorian Butter Agencies in Sydney

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 8

Yesterday (says the Leader) Mr. C. E. D. Meares, of the South Coast Company, was in Nowra on his way to Milton. Speaking of the butter trade, he remarked…

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Dairy Farmers' Association

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Dairy Farmers' Association was held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday evening. The president (Mr. J. Cork, J.P.) occupied the…

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The N.S.W. Creamery Butter Company. the Mogilla Factory

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1896 · page 2

THE N.S.W. Creamery Butter Company’s Central Factory at Mogilla was opened on Thursday morning in the presence of a largo number of people, including the…

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Government Grading of Butter

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 7

The Shoalhaven Telegraph hits off our views to a " T " on the question of Government grading of butter. It puts the case thus :—One of the many subjects that…

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The Government Brand. Dairymen Should Insist on Getting What They Have Been Fighting for Whey Does Mr. M'millan Interfere?

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 4

Dairymen in this district must be sleeping or they would have become alive to the attempt which is being made by private enterprise to prevent the Government stamp…

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Winter Green Crops

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 1

Though the recent rains have greatly improved the prospects for winter feed, a few acres of green fodder crops will not[?] come amiss before the spring arrives. With…

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Government Grading of Butter

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 3

THE Shoalhaven Telegraph hits off our views a "T" on the question of Government grading of butter.—Million Times…

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Berry Dairy Company

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 2

Received during February 51,775 gals. milk, producing 20,222lbs. butter. The minimum test was 3.175, and the maximum 4 1; the mean average being 331s. Suppliers were…

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Boolong Dairy Company

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 2

Milk supplied, 16,617 gals.; average test, 3.665; butter made at Central Factory, 7209lbs.; 23lbs, milk to make 11b butter; suppliers paid 11½d per 1b for butter fat. Being the first…

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Winter Green Crops

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 4

[?] the milking season. There is a good deal of truth in the old saying—“A cow that is well wintered is half summered.” This means that when the…

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Cattle Straying in Town

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 5

The cattle straying nuisance was once more before the Council, last Tuesday. Alderman Jackson had given notice of motion to deal with the matter, but he…

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Jindiandy Dairy Company

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

This creamery paid suppliers 11 1/2d and 4 1/2d. The Central's cheque was over £1400…

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Jasper Dairy Company

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

Milk received, 31,729 gallons, producing 13,421lbs of commercial butter, for which suppliers were paid 1s per lb, or 4d 1-16th per gallon for milk supplied. The average…

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Export Butter Case

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 1

The South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company, Limited, sued the Cobbity United Dairy Company, Limited in Equity Court, claiming £100, being…

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