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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Junior Farmers Supervisor's Report

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 4

More rain during the past month has materially improved the conditions of club work along the coast and new members who have joined…

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Branding Cattle Some Practical Hints

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 5

Useful hints on the branding of cattle are given by B. C. Veech, district veterinary officer of the Department of Agriculture, in an article…

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Junior Farmers Good Work

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 5

Practically all new members of Junior Farmers Clubs from the three schools at Omega, Toolijooa and Gerringong are engaged in vegetable…

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Dairy Cattle Breeding

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 4

The question of breeding only heavy milk producing cows is one of the most Important questions in dairy farming to-day…

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Alleged Shocking of Cattle

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

Some sensation has been caused at the Yellow Rock end of the district by the alleged shooting of three dairy cows, the property of Mr. T. Walsh…

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Dairying Herd Production Improvement Scheme

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

The Division of Dairying, Department of Agriculture, supplies the following information under the rules governing Division 1 of the Herd…

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North Coast Farmers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

North Coast dairy farmers are finding the going very hard. They have had adverse seasons to contend with and the manpower problem is daily…

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Farm Workers

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Wednesday 12 August 1942 · page 1

Country and industrial workers receive equal treatment for equal needs All the garments that an industrial worker could buy in retail stores at…

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Control of Brown Vegetable Weevil In Well-established Crops

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 2

Mr. T. McCarthy, Chief Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, advises that in areas where the larvae or grubs of the brown vegetable weevil…

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Dairying Industry Canberra

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 5

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, stated that the Commonwealth Government had given consideration to the interim report which…

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Dairying Industry Special Committee Report

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 10

The Minister or Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, stated yesterday that the Commonwealth Government had given consideration to the inter[?]…

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Dairy Industry

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. W. J. Scully, stated recently that the Commonwealth Government had given consideration to the interim…

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Daylight Saving and Dairy Farmers

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 3

At a meeting of the Federated Milk Producers, members criticised the hardship which the introduction of which the introduction of saving would impose upon…

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Price of Butter Factory's Request

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 3

The Jamberoo Co-operative Dairy Society at their annual meeting on Wednesday. night decided to ask for a rise in the prices of butter and…

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Mr. Nesbitt Thanks to Dairy Co

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Jamberoo Co-operative Dairy Society on Wednesday night, the following letter was read from Mr. R. M. Nesbitt,…

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Jamberoo Co-operative Dairy Society Lively Annual Meeting Condensed Milk Loss

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 1

Suppliers were in a critical mood at the Annual Meeting. on Wednesday night of the Jamberoo Dairy Society, and there were several periods of uproar and cross firing of questions while legal points were debated as to the admissibility of…

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Dairy Farming Abroad Interesting Interview

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 4

A few days, ago a representative of this paper had an interesting interview regarding the dairy farming industry in Switzerland, with a retired…

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Dairying Milk From the Plough Saves (Tonnage for Britain's War Supplies

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 9

In producing 870 gallons of milk a month from only 47 acres of ploughing and grassland, a tiny farm below the Sussex Downs has shown how British…

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Illawarra Co-op. Cent. Dairy Society Annual Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 8

Mr. H. G. Fraser presided over the annual meeting on Wednesday night of the above society. Amongst those present were the members of the new…

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Gerringong Co-op. Dairy Society Annual Meeting a Good Year

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 1

At the 54th Annual Meeting on Tuesday night of the Gerringong Co-operative Dairy Society, visitors and shareholders praised the very satisfactory report and balance sheet which the directors were able to present, despite the unfavourable season which had been…

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