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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

113 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 6

Dairy Farmers' Extraordinary Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 18

The extraordinary meeting following the annual meeting of the Dairy Farmers' Milk Company proved extraordinary in more ways than one, it being one…

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Election of Directors, Dairy Farmer Co-op. Milk Company (To the Editor.)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 2 September 1921 · page 14

Sir,—Having been nominated for one of the vacancies to be filled on the directorate of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company Limited at…

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Dairy Farmers Co-op. Milk Association. Annual Report and Balance Sheet. Report

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1921 · page 2

Operations for the year ending June 30th, 1921, showed a small profit of £760/15/6, mainly due to the higher price paid for milk during months…

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Election of Directors. Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Milk, Co, Ltd

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 7 September 1921 · page 2

Sir,—Having been nominated for one of the vacancies to be filled on the Directorate of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company, Ltd, at the…

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Dairying Actinomycosis. An Infectious Disease of Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 1

Actinomycosis is an infectious disease of cattle which occasionally infects other animals and man, due to a fungus affecting the jawbones,…

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The Million Farms Scheme

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 7

Referring to Million Farms campaign at last night's meeting of Wollongong Council, Ald. Porter stated that he was opposed to the scheme…

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Million Farms and 'Luke Sharp'

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 September 1921 · page 13

The Million Farms Campaign Committee supplies the following in answer to some recent comment over the signature of Luke Sharp: A point is…

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Dairying Grow Summer Fodders. Free Pamphlets for Progressive Dairy Farmers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 1

It is universally admitted that to obtain the best results from dairy cattle, careful consideration must be given to the feeding. Good pastures,…

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Dairying Money in Cheese. Educating the Australian Palate

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 1

There is money to be made out of cheese-when the local manufacturer has realised that it is worth while turning out only a first quality article,…

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Nowra Cattle Sales

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 2

Stewart and Morton report that prices at last sale were fully up to recent sales. About 200 were yarded, and almost every beast was…

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Export Butter

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 12 October 1921 · page 4

Severe more criticism on conditions of export butter which was judged at the Royal Society's Showgrounds, Melbourne, on Saturday was passed, by the…

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Dairymen, Beware! .. Final Notices in Central Illawarra

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 2

At the Central Illawarra Council meeting on Wednesday a communication was received from the Board of Health, asking if the alterations…

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Dairying Don't Bame the Machine If It Draws Poor Milk, Blame Its Owner

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 October 1921 · page 8

Heated controversy often occurs on the subject of milking machines. Most factory managers are against them on the grouuds that milk drawn…

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Dairying. Clean Hands Foe Milking a Safeguard and a Duty

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 October 1921 · page 1

Of the virtues requisite in the good dairyman, cleanliness figures among the first, and in none of the dairyman's duties is absolute cleanliness…

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Care of Dairy Utensils

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 October 1921 · page 5

All utensils used in connection with the collecting of milk should be of good quality and free from crevices, rust, etc. Buckets and similar…

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1000-Lb. Butter Cow. Likely Departmental Prize Winner

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 26 October 1921 · page 2

In 1914 Mr. Ashford, then Minister for Agriculture, offered a prize of £100 to the owner of the first pure-bred cow which produced 1000lb. butter in twelve…

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Export of Butter. Newcastle Now Used

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1921 · page 3

After many years of agitation on the part of the Newcastle and Northern Chambers of Commerce Newcastle is now being treated as a port for the…

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Dairying

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 November 1921 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Campbelltown branch of the country Milk Suppliers' Association, Mr. Whitehurst said that unless they had…

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Dairying Herd-testing?

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 6

Here is a local example, of the usefulness of herd-test[?]ing— the case of a Bungalow dairy farmer:- In 1913-14 he milked 132 cows, at the end of a…

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Million Farms Campaign Dapto Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 6

A largely attended meeting, under the auspices of the Dapto Agricultural Bureau, the first outside the metropolitan area, was addressed last Thursday…

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