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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Record Entry Dairy Cattle 1949 Royal Easter Show

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 4

Despite the difficulties being experienced by dairy cattle studmasters in obtaining suitable and adequate labour, a record dairy cattle…

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State's Dairy Plan Now In Full Swing

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 9

"The Department of Agriculture has selected 33 dairy farms, including properties in inland area, for the purpose of…

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Coastal Farm Competition

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 3

Encouragement of better farming methods within the dairying industry is the object of the 1949 Coastal Dairy Farm Competition, entries for…

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Dairy Farm Competitions

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

Encouragement of better farming methods within the dairying industry is the object of the 1949 Coastal Dairy Farm…

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New Zealand Observations Ruakura Research Farm

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 10

Mr. A. A. Gorrell, of Marshall Mount, is in demand as a speaker on his observations made during the recent…

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Mr. P. J. G. Webb Honoured Retires From Dairying Industry

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 10

Mr. P. J. G. Webb, who for many years has been in the forefront of organisation for the benefit of milk suppliers and the…

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Dairy Whip

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 6

Dairy whip has certainly whipped up some agitation amongst; milk suppliers, so much so that a meeting of Dapto M.Z.D.C. was…

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Uno Food Chief Praises Dairy Production Drive

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1949 · page 2

The N.S.W. Department of Agriculture's Dairy Production Driver is following almost identical lines to those successfully…

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Dairy Farm Competitions

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

Stud breeders had the opportunity of exhibiting their stock at the Sydney Royal Show, but the dairy farmer could not take…

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Artificial Farm Values "Boosted by City Men"

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 1

City businessmen were boosting up the value of farm land to such an extent that practical farmers could not compete with them, Mr. A. McPhail, Dapto, said at the annual meeting of the M.Z.D.C. in Sydney last week…

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No Sanitary Service to Farmlands

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 8

The City Council does not consider it practicable at the present to extend the sanitary service at Dapto to include…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 21

The 5th. Annual meeting of the Milk Zone, Dairymens' Council was held in Sydney last week, Mr. E. J. Noble, of Jamberoo…

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The Dairying Industry

Kiama Independent · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 3

Mr. F. J. Sedgwick, Producers' Representative on the Milk Board, points out that the Milk Board is charged with the responsibility of…

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Dairy Farm Competitions

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 9

Although a good representation from the various coastal districts has been received for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competitions…

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Wanted: an Ex-serviceman's Farm Home

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 6

I would like to point out that, this article is not Written to disparage Memorials; let us have a shrine, honor Roll or Plaque included in any War Memorial scheme, but my idea and principal object in putting…

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Farmers' Visit

Kiama Independent · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 3

On Wednesday next a party of 30 farmers from New Zealand who are visiting New South Wales on a tour sponsored by the N.Z. Young…

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Junior Farmers At Gerringong

Kiama Independent · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Gerringong District Junior Farmers club was held in the local school on Tuesday night when the President…

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Dairy Whip Statement from Dairy Farmers' Chairman

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 2

In view of the interest taken generally concerning the methods of production and marketing by the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk…

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Sheep Dogs in Action

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 21

These series of photographs by courtesy of the Sydney "Morning Herald, show these remarkable dogs in action. Sheep dog trials will be held at Wollongong Showground on Saturday, July 16th, in aid of the District Crippled Children's Appeal. The trials are being arranged by the Unanderra Committee of the…

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Cattle Stud Sale at Bodalla

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 27

A special sale of stud Australian Illawarra Shorthorns on account of Messrs. M. L. and B. Taylor at Bodalla was conducted by J. N…

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