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Farming & the land, 1897

196 stories in South Coast's papers · page 7 of 10

The Dairy Conference

Moruya Examiner · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 2
Also in The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser

THE conference of representatives of the dairying industry at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College was brought to a close on Saturday morning. A number of papers…

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Illawarra Cattle for the Richmond

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 8

The dairy fanners on the northern rivers are, us a whole, of an enterprising character. They recognise the necessity of keeping high class cattle in order to attain success,…

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The Average Yield of Colonial Butter

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 8

Considerable comment has lately been caused among dairy farmers by the assertion of Mr. S. Lowe, who, in a paper read some time ago before the Colonial Institute…

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Blindness in Cattle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 4

THE writer of “Scraps” in the “Live Stock Journal” publishes the following better from a correspondent :—“Blindness, as a result of cluse breeding, in…

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Cattle Disease

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 3

The secretary of the Wollongong A. H. and I. Association (Mr. J. A. Beatson) has received from Messrs. Pottio and Sons a letter of which the following is on abridged copy:—…

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American Butter. Importations to Sydney

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 2

In Tuesday's issue we quoted American Creamery butter at a shilling per 1b in Sydney, wholesale, and American factory at 10d. The butter, consisting of no loss than 2000 cases (50…

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Banquet to Butter Factory Delegates. Gathering at Kiama. the Cause of Co-operation

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 2

On Thursday last upwards of forty delegates from butter factories centered in the principle butter producing districts of the colony met at the Oddfollow's Hall, Kiama, at the invitation…

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Export of Hares and Butter

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 4

THE chairman of the export board (Mr. Jeseep, M.L.A.) states that the export of bares and rabbits has now, thanks to the exertions of the board, developed…

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Culling the Dairy Herd

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 4

RECORD [?] in producing 1lb of butter from the smallest number of pounds of milk is [?] competition between the dairying districts of…

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Jersey cattle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 1

Mr. F. A. Wright has disposed of his champion bull, Chieftain, to the estate of the late Sir Patrick Jennings, at West-brook, Toowoomba, where there is being…

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Co-operative Co-operation and Butter Export

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 8

The co-operative conference of delegates of the New South Wales butter factories and creameries and the Board of Directors of the South Coast and West Camden…

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Experimental Farm in The South. Deputation to the Minister

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 4

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture yesterday received a deputation from tho South Coast to urge upon him to establish an experimental farm in that district. It was…

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Experimental Farm for the South Coast

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 1

On Tuesday (says the "Herald") a deputation waited on the Minister for Agriculture to ask for the establishment of an experimental farm in the South Coast…

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Fall in Butter. the Berrima and South Coast Companies

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 2

Edward I. Aikin, the manager of the Berrima District Farm and Dairy Co., Ltd., reports as follows:— As predicted in our circular of Saturday last…

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System on the Farm

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 4

ON many farms the most apparent causes of failure are a want of system, [?] and msidirec[?]ed labour, It [?] is far more difficult for, the…

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The Fell in Price of Butter

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 6

Mr. Meares, speaking at Shellharbor last week, on co-operation prefaced his lecture with a short reference to the fall in butter values on the Sydney market. Whenever…

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The Export of Butter. Important Suggestions by Mr Fairbairn. Satisfactory Prustects

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

At the request of the Minister for Agriculture Mr. R. J. Fainbain, representative of the Co-operative Wh[?]lsale Society of England and Scotland, who recently arrived in Sydney…

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Belong Dairy Co

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of tho Belong Dairy Co. was held at the creamery last night There was a large attendance. The annual report and balance sheet were…

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Stud Stock Farms and Stud Stock. (To the Editor U. and M. TIMES.)

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 3

SIR,—With your permission I should like to have a say on the above subject. It is very gratifying to know that the seed sown at the annual meeting of the U. A and H. Society held…

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