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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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

District Dairying Being Revived

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 16 November 1921 · page 2

A meeting in Cootamundra on Saturday afternoon decided upon a co-operative factory, after an interesting debate, which is reported fully elsewhere…

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Current Comment. Meeting of Dairymen

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 3

A meeting of dairy farmers has been called for Monday next at Dapto for the purpose of discussing the present condition of the milk trade. Mr' W…

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Rural Topics Dairy Shorthorn Standard

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

A standard prepared by the Canadian Dairy Shorthorn Association gives a full description of the breed:— Points in the Bull…

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The £100 Prize. Champion Butter Cow

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

The destination of the £100 prize offered by the Government for the pure-bred cow giving the greatest amount of butter fat (850lb. or over) in the…

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Dairying Herd Testing

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 9 December 1921 · page 3

A Herd Testing Association has been formed at Milton. Mr. R. A. Warden has been elected chairman, and he has, offered a gold cup to the farmer who,…

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Million Farms.—Farmers' Views

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 December 1921 · page 20

Mr. Lindsay Evans, to open the discussion, moved: That in view of the vital necessity of populating Australia, meeting heartily endorses the…

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Butter Pool

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 December 1921 · page 3

A strong undercurrent is manifest in the States most vitally concerned in favour of the establishment of an Australian butter pool to control next…

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Butter Pool. Co-operative Opposition

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 December 1921 · page 2

Mr. C. E. D. Meanes, general manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, referred on Friday last to the report in these columns of the…

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Hot Water for Dairying. Use a Domestic Bath Heater. (Supplied by the Department of Agriculture)

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 December 1921 · page 2

Hot water, boiling if possible, is an essential to successful dairying. Without hot water, and plenty of it, dairy utensils, milking machines, &c, cannot…

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Dairying a Million and a Quarter. What a Drought Cost in Butter

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 16 December 1921 · page 1

More than £1,210,000-that was the approximate loss in butter caused by the 1919-20 drought. If the loss on other dairy products is added,…

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World's Wheat—exceeds Last Crop

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 21 December 1921 · page 2

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the work production of wheat estimated for 1921 is 2,787,000,000 bushels, as compared…

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Butter Factories

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 3

In connection with the proposed amalgamation of South Coast butter factories, a conference of the directors of the companies concerned—Co…

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Rural Topics Dairying in New Zealand

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 December 1921 · page 24

Mr. J. Proud, manager of the Camperdown butter factory, Victoria, who recently paid a visit to New Zealand, gives an interesting account of the…

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