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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

205 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 8 of 11

Dairy Farmers' Coop. Milk Co. Annual Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 4

The 36th annual meeting of the Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Milk Co. was held at the registered office of the company last Friday afternoon. All…

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Rural Topics Dairying. Subdivision of Paddocks Essential for Effective Utilisation of Pastures

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 4 September 1936 · page 22

Controlled grazing is essential if the best use is to be made of pastures. Discussing at the recent State Conference of the…

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Out with the Sheep at 86. at One Time He Suffered From Rheumatism

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1936 · page 2

Going out with the sheep, miles from home, this old farmer has forgotten all about the rheumatism that once kept him indoors. Like many thousands of…

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Dairy Farming

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 9

THE recent visitors to this district from New Zealand were unanimous, in regard to one matter, and that was that a great need existed for pastures improvement in the Illawarra District, if the best is to be obtained from the farming lands. The…

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Albion Park News Illawarra Central Dairy

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Illawarra Central Co-operntive Society Ltd., adjourned from Thursday, August 27, to enable a ballot to be taken, was…

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Rural Topics Dairying Tallowiness in Cream a Common Off-flavour an Its Control

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 2

A common off-flavour in cream, to[?]lowiness results in serious economic losses because it is practically impossible to remedy this flavour…

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Illawarra Central Co-op. Dairy Co

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1936 · page 2

The adjourned annual meeting of the above was held in the Town Hall, Albion Park, on Thursday last, Mr. H. G. Fraser, chairman of directors,…

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Rural Topics Dairying Faults in Dairy Tinware Many Can Be Fixed Up on the Farm

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 18 September 1936 · page 2

An elementary knowledge of the use of the soldering iron is of particular value to dairy-farmers. No other farmer has to use tinware of…

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Dairying Tallowiness in Cream a Common Off-flavour and Its Control

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 18 September 1936 · page 3

A common off-flavour in cream, tallowiness results in serious economic losses because it is practically impossible to remedy this flavour defect by…

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Successful Co-operation. New South Wales Dairy Factory System

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1936 · page 3

"Probably there is no greater example in the history of the world of the complete success of co-operation than in the co-operative dairy factory…

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The Application of 'Straybite' to the Dairying Industry

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 1

ON one knows belter than the dairy farmer what milk and cream do to metals and in the past only two materials could be used in handling milk…

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Faults in Dairy Tinware. Many Can Be Fixed Up on the Farm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1936 · page 2

An elementary knowledge of the use of the soldering iron is of particular value to dairy farmers. No other farmer has to use tinware of various…

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Rural Topics Dairying Benefit From Bone-meal Cattle on Poor Country

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 2

From time to time departmental advice is sought as to reasons for unthriftiness amongst cattle on the poorer coastal country of the State…

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A Point in Dairy Building Construction

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 9 October 1936 · page 2

In many of the new dairy buildings erected, great pains have been taken to make the rooms fly-proof; then, to provide outlets for the skim…

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Cattle Section. 1937 Royal Easter Show

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 October 1936 · page 2

In the revision of the cattle section classification for the 1937 Royal Easter Show, the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales in the Australian…

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Fertilisers for Tomatoes. Plant Food Requirements of the Crop

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 14 October 1936 · page 2

All experiments with tomatoes, states a departmental pamphlet, have shown the need of the plant for phosphotic acid in some form or other, and the…

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Rural Topics Dairying Milking Machines Method of Cleaning

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 16 October 1936 · page 19

When proper care is taken and the machines are of reputable make, the milk produced by machine milking should be equally as good as if not…

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Rural Topics Dairying. Superphosphate As a Germicide Experiments Do Not Support Claims

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 23 October 1936 · page 24

Some time ago reports were published, to the effect that the Use of superphosphate on the floors of cow bails resulted in the destruction of…

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Fatal Accident. at Berry Farm

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 2

On Saturday last a State boy, William Boyd, aged 15, was engaged early in burning off at the Berry Training Farm Later he participated in a cricket…

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Shock for Farmer

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1936 · page 2

The value of herd testing is amply demonstrated by records in possession of a dairy farmer in the Gloucester district…

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