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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

223 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 12

Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company Ltd. Modern Depot Opened at Wollongong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 12

Liberally bedecked with bunting, the picturesque new Milk Depot in Gladstone Avenue, Wollongong, was officially…

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New Depot Opened. By Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Milk Co. at Wollongong. a Big Forward Step for Illawarra

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 3

There was a, large gathering of several hundreds of people present at the official opening on Wednesday last by Mr. W, Davies,…

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Dapto Show. Improving Cattle Section. Charities and Patriotic Funds to Benefit

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 2

Since the preliminary announcement that a big increase in prize money was to be made for the cattle section at the 1940 Show, the Empire has become…

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Junior Farmers at Dapto Show. New Section

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Dapto A. and H. Committee, a letter was received from the Gerringong junior Farmers' Club asking what support was likely to…

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Butter Pay. North Coast Rate for September

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 2

Suppliers to North Coast butter factories will receive 12¼d a lb. for choicest butter supplied in September. This rate has been declared by the North Coast…

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Out of Dairying. Department's Attitude to Farmers

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 3

"I would like to dispel an idea that has become prevalent regarding the attitude of the Department of Agriculture towards men who have gone out of…

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Dairy Farmers' Milk Co. Further Expansion

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 2

The Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Company continues to expand. On Wednesday last, their large new milk depot at Wollongong was opened by Mr. W…

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Red Clover. Value in Cropping Programme

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 2

Dairy farmers in coastal districts should always have a paddock of red clover to provide grazing, green feed or hay. The cropping should be…

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Four Functions of Food. Scientific Feeding of Dairy Cows

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 4

Inadequate feeding of dairy cows is one of the chief causes of unprofitable dairying. This is made evident if the butter production of New South Wales…

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Best Settlers. Tribute to Junior Farmer Movement

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1939 · page 2

"If we are going to hold this country we must continue to occupy our agricultural and pastoral land", said the Victorian Minister of Agriculture (Mr…

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Rural Topics Dairying. Four Functions of Food Scientific Feeding of Dairy Cows

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 20

Inadequate feeding of dairy cows is one of the chief causes of unprofitable dairying. This is made evident if the butter production of…

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Mr. Jas Porter Honored Successful Cricketer, Farmer and FISHERMAN 65 Years Presidentt of Keira C.C.

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 14

Veteran Cricket enthusiast, Mr. James Porter, was entertained and right royally honored by about 200 cricketers and friends…

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Junior Farmers' Lecture

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 2

Messrs, George Cullen and Douglas Blow, members of the Gerringeng District Junior Farmers' Club, attended the Agricultural Bureau Conference held…

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Junior Farmers. Pasture Improvement

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 2

More attention is being paid to pasture work by the Junior Farmers on the South Coast, states Mr. A. J. Chalmers, and, Douglas Blow, George Cullen and…

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A Dairying By-product. a New Plastic From Whey

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 2

The Bureau of Dairy Industry, U.S.A., has announced the perfection of a process by which a new transparent rubber-like plastic can be made from the…

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Dairying Four Functions of Food Scientific Feeding of Dairy Cows

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

Inadequate feeding of dairy cows is one of the chief causes of unprofitable dairying. This is made evident if the butter production of New South Wales…

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Junior Farmers' Notes

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 3

The postponed quarterly meeting of the Illawarra Junior Farmers' District Council will be held at Berry on Wednesday next, 1st November…

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History of Wool (To the Editor)

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 6

Sir,—Would you kindly allow me space in your valuable paper to bring: before the public a little early history of wool. The first user…

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Dairying Veteran A.i.s. Cows Calf Rosy Of' Woodstock's Great Career

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 4

A model of consistency is the fine old Australian Illawarr Shorthorn matron—Rosy of Woodstock—which, at the age of 16 1/2 years, has dropped a…

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Osteomalacia in Dairy Cattle

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 2

The dry seasonal conditions this year have had the effect of markedly increasing the incidence of osteomalacia. Some of the cattle have been acutely affected…

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