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Farming & the land, 1899

657 stories in South Coast's papers · page 16 of 33

Keeping Boys on the Farm

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 3

"What are your ideas about keeping boys on the farm?" I ain asked, writes "Hodden Gray" in the "Weekly Times." Lots of boys are driven from the farm by…

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Notes for the Farmer

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 4

Paspalum dilatable is a new grass that has been tried with success on the Richmond River. It grows best On stony ridges, and has been found to keep green all through…

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A New method of Judging Dairy Cattle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

In establishing a dairy herd the importance of using a sire descended from a deep milking strain is admitted, but even when such an animal is provided, and is mated with selected cows, it…

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Colonial Butter in London

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 2

The London “Grocer” p[?] the following tribute to Australasian butter: The prime causes of these unsparing reductions in value have, no doubt, been…

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Farm and Dairy

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

The homestead and 9000 acres of the celebrated Westbrook Estate, Queensland, were recently sold to a New Zealand firm at £4 per acre…

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A Farmer's Life

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

A farmer's life is a happy one, Though he toils from day to day, Saving and oft denying himself, In his efforts to make things pay…

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The Farmers’ Co-operative Company Annual Meeting at Kiama

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the Farmer’s Cooperative Co. of N S W. (Ltd.), formerly known as the South Coast and West Camden Co., was held…

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Colonial Butter in London

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 2

The London “Grocer” passes the following tribute to Australasian [?] —The prime causes of these [?] reductions in value have, no doubt been…

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Farm and Dairy

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 3

The homestead and 9000 acres of the celebrated Westbrook Estate, Queensland, were recently sold to a New Zealand firm at £4 per acre…

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An English Dairy Sale

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 3

The late Mr. J. J. Colman’s entire herd of red-polled cattle was recently sold by auction at Easton, near Norwich (England.) The buyers included…

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The Farmers’ Co-operative Company Annual Meeting at Kiama

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the Farmers’ Co-operative Co. of N.S.W. (Ltd.), formerly known as the South: Coast and West Camden Co., was held…

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Labelled Cattle

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 4

In the Atlantic cattle trade the large animals shipped alive to England are all marked with a queer label required by the authorities. This consists of a…

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The London Butter Market

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 3

MESSRS. W. WEDDEL AND CO’S. report, dated May 12, says:— The weather during the past week has been fine and moderately warm, but with…

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Coloniai Butter la London

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 4

THE London Grocer passes the following tribute on Australasian butter: —The prime causes of these unsparing reductions in value have no doubt been the continued…

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Dairying in the North. the High Prices for Cattle

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 8

An "Australasian" contributor, writing of the high prices at which cattle are now selling on the Northern rivers, remarks:—Of course, a splendid season is being…

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Commission Charges for Butter Selling

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 3

At the half yearly meeting of the, Byron Bay Dairy Company, the other day, the question of commission charges came up. During the…

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Farm and Dairy

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 3

Several clearing-out sales on the Richmond River are annouuced for an early date. Mr. A. A. Dangar, of Uralla, N.S…

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The Dairying Industry. an Impending Crisis. a Dreary Outlook

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 2

The first thought that will probably strike the reader of the above phrases will be that the subject-matter of these observations, with their semi-sensational headings, is something about…

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Farmers' Co-operative Co. Annual General Meeting Adjourned Till 6Th July

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 8

The annual meeting of the above Company was to have been held on Tuesday, but owing to the small attendance of shareholders, caused through the wet weather…

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Farmers’ Co-operative Company

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 2

THE eighteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Farmers’ Co-operative Company of New South Wales was to have been held at Kiama on Tuesday, but owing to the…

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