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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

189 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 9 of 10

Queensland Butter Board

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 1

Report for year ended 30th June shows a record manufacture of 41,467 tons butter, being 7,494 tons in excess of the previous year, which was a…

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London Dairy Show

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 1

Two New South Wales butter factories scored excellently at the above show last week, Candelo Co-operative Dairy Society (96 points) taking first,…

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A Formula for Profitable Dairying

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 4 November 1931 · page 3

Breed plus feed is a sound formula in relation to profitable dairying. Both are important—one cannot emphasise the one and disregard the other. If a…

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Rural Topics Dairying Silage for Dairy Cows When to Cut the Crops

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 18

To produre good silage it is important that crops be cut at the right stage of growth. The following directions are given in a…

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Dairying. How to Make a Concrete Floor. Best Type for the Dairy Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 2

For many purposes on the dairy farm impervious floors are required. Concrete—a mixture of Portland cement with sand, stone and water—has…

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Rural Topics Dairying How to Make a Concrete Floor Best Type for the Dairy Farm

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 2

For many purposes on the dairy farm impervious floors are required. Concrete—a mixture of Portland cement with sand, stone and water—…

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Modern Methods. on the Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 7

Mr. P. J. Fields, of Avondale, has purchased one of the latest model two-Furrow Reversible Disc "Shave" ploughs. This modern method of…

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P.D.S. COLUMN. U.K. Butter Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1931 · page 1

Imports for the eight months ended 31st August totalled 272,628 tons, against against 234,700 tons for the same period of last year. Of the…

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South Coast Dairy Factories Association

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1931 · page 4

A meeting of the South Coast Dairy Factories Association was held at Nowra on Thursday. The president (Mr. A. N, Binks) took the chair and…

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Equalisation Payments. to Butter Factories in N.S.W.

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 November 1931 · page 2

Messrs. C. E. D. Meares (Producers' Distributing Society), C. H. Fraser (Norco, Ltd.), Patrick Grant( Primary Producers' Union) and G. W. Gordon…

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Rural Topics Dairying Controls Bacterial Infection Importance of Cooling Cream

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 15

The first step to the ensurance of cream quality is to reduce the risk of infection by care and cleanliness at all points; the second is to…

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P.D.S. COLUMN. Victorian Dairy Act Amended

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1931 · page 1

Although the Health Act in Victoria contained similar powers to those in the New South Wales Act, it was so weakly administered that the…

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Milk Board. Registration of Dairymen

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 November 1931 · page 3

No one is entitled to trade as a dairyman or milk vendor in association with the metropolitan milk supply unless authorised to do so by a certificate of…

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Rural Topics Dairying Care of Milk and Cream Prevention of Pollution

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 4

It is a well-established fact—though one not as yet sufficiently recognised by dairying—that milk and cream are very delicate, that…

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Rural Topics Dairying Systematic Grassland Management Striking Evidence of Its Value

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 2

The test of a farming practice is in production, and one from which there has resulted a 38 per cent increase must at least be characterised…

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P.D.S. COLUMN. Quality of N.S.W. Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 1

A report issued by Mr. L. T. Macinnes, Director of Dairying, states that for the twelve months ended 30th June last, there was a further advance in…

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Jasper's Brush Dairy Co

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 4

During the year ended October 31, 1931, the Jasper's Brush Dairy Co. treated 529,755 gallons of milk, which yielded a treating of £18,158/1/10. The…

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Rural Topics Dairying Silage From Paspalum Conservation of Surplus Growth

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 2

Recent rains have been favorable to rapid growth of paspalum in many coastal districts, and dairy-farmers would be well advised to close up one…

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The Same Objective. Both Labour Parties. Pulling Wool Over Countryman's Eyes (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 2

Sir,—Country electors should not allow themselves to be deluded into the belief that, unlike Lang-Labour Federal Labour is a benevolent institution…

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Dairying. Silage From Paspalum. Conservation of Surplus Growth

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 14

Recent rains have been favourable to rapid growth of paspalum in many coastal districts, and dairy farmers would be well advised to close up one…

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