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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

195 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 10

Rural Topics Dairying Bacteria in RELAtiON to Dairying. Problem of Their Control

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 16

Though bacteria are so minute that a colony of them equal in number to the human population of the world would form a speck smaller than a…

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Rural Topics Poultry Poultry Farming Prospects. the Outlook for the Coming Year

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

What are the prospects in the poultry industry for the next twelve months? "There are several factors which have lately changed the…

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Butter Sales

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 2

Major King, who will shortly take up duty as general manager of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society, arrived in Sydney on…

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Mr. J. S. Haddin. Dairy Farmers' Co-manager Resigns

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 2

Mr. J. S. Haddin, co-manager of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company, Ltd., has resigned, owing to ill-health, and the resignation has been…

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Advance in Grassland Management. a Feature of Twentieth Century Farming

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 4

In an address at the recent North Coast conference of the Agricultural Bureau in advocacy of the objective "more per acre" as a means of…

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Excellent Season. Record Production in Most Dairy Centres

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 2

The far South Coast is the only dairy district in New South Wales that is not having an excellent season From the Hunter to the Tweed good…

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Dairying. Defective Milk and Cream Cans. a Menace to Quality of Dairy Products

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 6

Hairy farmers should sec that their milk and cream cans are in a condition fit to contain these products. It is not sufficiently recognised that old…

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Albion Park Cattle Sale

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 9

At the Sale of the late Mr. W. H. Swan's cattle, the highest price was £19 paid by Mr. T. Lindsay for a heifer. The average for 82 head was…

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Dairying. After Body Needs Are Satisfied. Where Profitable Feeding Starts

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 1

It is the feed in excess of the vital demands of the animal that is devoted by the dairy cow to the formation of the product from which its owner…

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Rural Topics Dairying the Advance in Dairying Directions for Future Development

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 29 January 1932 · page 2

Big improvements have been made in the dairying industry in the last ten years, but they have been mainly on the manufacturing and marketing…

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Kiama Show Wonderful Exhibition of Cattle a Display Worthy of the District at its Best

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 2

In opening the 83rd Exhibition of the Kiama Agricultural Society, Sir George Fuller, who was for five years, Agent-General for New South Wales in England, said the dairy cattle on the ground were the finest the world could produce. While overseas he had…

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Co-operative Butter Marketing

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 2

Representatives of co-operative butter factories, who met at the Chamber of Commerce rooms last week, decided to ask the Minister for Markets. (Mr…

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Rural Topics Dairying Tuberculosis in Pigs. Precautions for Control

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 22

The significance of tuberculosis in the pig has yet to be fully appreciated by fanners engaged in the industry, observes a departmental…

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Butter Duty and Preference

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 2

We have received the following telegram from Mr. C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the Producers' Distributing Society, Ltd.:—…

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Praise for Kiama. and Its Cattle

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 2

The following generous tribute to the Kiama Show and its fine Illawarra cattie is given by "Uncle Wiseman" the well-known editor of the "Farmer and…

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Feeding for High Production. Dairy Rations at Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 1

In the attainment of an average annual butterfat production of slightly over 500 lbs. per cow as compared with 170 lbs. fourteen years ago there [?]ad…

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Sheep and Takings

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 7

Mr. T. Newson, Gray Street, Woonona, with 81½ lbs., guessed nearest to the live weight of the sheep exhibited, which proved to be 82 lbs., and he…

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DAIRYING. Feeding For High Production. Dairy Rations at Hawkesbury Agricultural College

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 10

In the attainment of an average annual butter-fat production of slightly over 500 lb. per cow its compared with 170 lb. fourteen years ago there…

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Rural Topics Dairying Feeding for High Production Dairy Rations at Hawkesbury Agricultural College

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 3

In the attainment of an average annual butter-fat production of slightly over 500 lb. per cow as compared with 1701b. fourteen years ago…

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Dust in the Dairy Yard

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1932 · page 1

Dust and mud due to neglect to give proper attention to the surface of the dairy yard are not only a nuisance, but a menace to cream quality on account…

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