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Farming & the land, 1899

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Sale of a Farm

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 2

Mr. Willing Gardner’s farm at Jindiandy, comprising 80 acres 34 per., was submitted to auction by Messrs Stewart and Morton in Nowra on…

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Condemned Cattle

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

During the month of January the Board of Health officers condemned 1959 diseased animals in the colony, including the following in the South…

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Farm and Dairy

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

Several Ulladulla district farmers have gone to the Richmond River in Search of dairy farms. A conditional purchase of 100a. and…

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Progress in Dairying North Coast V. South Coast

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 4

Contrasting; these two districts, it, may be stated that the number of dairy cows in the North Coast increased [?] 46,000 in the year 1895 to…

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Sale of a Farm

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 16 March 1899 · page 2

Mr. William Gardner’s farm at Jindiandy, comprising 80 acres 34 per., was submitted o auction by Messrs Stewart and Morton in Nowra on…

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For the Farmer. Ensilage As a Fodder

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 4

THE extraordinary neglect on the part of farmers to conserve fodder in the form of ensilage is almost incomprehensible. Enormous quantities of…

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Death of Cattle Through Eating Planter's Friend, the Kerosene Cure

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

In a recent issue of the SHOALHAVEN News it was stated that Mr. Joseph Crawford, of Nowra Hill, had found kerosene, given in doses of a pickle…

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Suggested State Farms

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 8

The State is the only landowner which feels its workmen, while not insisting that they shall cultivate its land (says the citizens' unemployed committee in their report)…

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More Butter per Acre

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 4

EVERY stock-owner admits the desirability of improving the dairy herds, so that a larger quantity of milk or butter per head may be obtained than is now…

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Dairy Farmers' Association

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 2

A meeting of this association was held in the office of Mr D. Davis, M.P., on Saturday afternoon. Mr R. Aberdeen presided, and there was a good attendance of members…

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Farm and Dairy

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 2

The Cobargo correspondent of the Bega standard says :—“Milk is almost a thing of the past out this way, and if the supply at the local factory gets…

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South Coast Dairy Farmers’ Association

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3

A meeting of this association was held on Saturday last at the office of Mr. D. Davis, M.P., [?] Nowra Mr. R. Aber[?] presiding. The secretary Mr. T. M[?], after reading correspondence, stated that…

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New Method of Judging .Dairy Cattle

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 3

In establishing a dairy herd the importance of using a sire deseeded from a deep milking strain is admitted, but even when such an animal is provided, and…

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Farm and Dairy

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 23 March 1899 · page 2

The Cobargo correspondent of the Bega standard says:—“Milk is almost a thing of the past out this way, and if the supply at the local factory gets…

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The London Butter Market. Berry Butter Eulogised

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

The London special correspondent of the S M. Herald, writing on February 17, says:—About a month ago there were evident signs of a dropping in values in Australian butter, and…

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A Butter Show

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 3

THE dairying industry in Victoria is sufficiently strong to justify the holding of an annual butter show under the auspices of the Dairymen’s Association…

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The London Butter market

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 4

MESSRS. W. WEDDEL AND CO’S, report dated February 10th, says:— The spell of cold, bright, frosty weather, which prevailed all over the United…

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Berry Butter in London

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

THE S. M. Herald’s special London correspondent writing under date February 17, relative to the Australian produce in British markets, says that ’there are. one or two…

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Successful Cattle Sale. M'lelland's Dairy Herd Realise Good Prices

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 1

"A very successful sale, considering the season." "The prices were excellent" "What prices would have been realised in a moderately good season." There and…

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Month Coast Dairy Farmers’ Association

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

A MEETING of this association was held in the office of Mr. D. Davis, M.P, Nowra, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. R. Aberdeen presided, and there was a good attendance of members…

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