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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

87 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 5 of 5

South Coast Tenant Dairy Farmers

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 6 December 1922 · page 4

Mr. Davies: I wish, to know whether the Secretary for Lands is aware that a large number of tenant dairy farmers on the South Coast awe in…

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Highly Coloured Butter

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 6

The Bega "Star" writes:—A series of experiments of interest to all the Far South Coast, and especially to local dairymen, are at present being carried…

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Dairying. Overstocking. Risk of Disease Nullifies any Temporary Advantage

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 5

It may be laid as a rule to which there is practically no exception that the increase in the risk from disease occasioned by over-stocking is out of…

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Butter Colour Experiments

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 3

In view of the recent market objection to high-coloured butter for local consumption, a series of nineteen experiments were carried out at the Bega…

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Big Butter Production

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 December 1922 · page 4

The half-yearly report of the North Coast Co-operative Company showed that 2504½ tons of butter were manufactured for the six months, for which…

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Prizes for Dairy Herds. Proposal by Royal Show Committee

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 December 1922 · page 10

Mr. J. A. Beatson, secretary of the South Coast Agricultural Union, has received a communication to the following effect from Mr. H M. Somer,…

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DAIRYING. (From Notes supplied by Department of Agriculture) for Dairy Premises. How to Lay a Concrete Floor

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 December 1922 · page 3

For all general purposes, as applied to dairy promises, the concrete floor will be found most advantageous, being preferable to bricks, flagstones, or other…

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