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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Soap Quiz Sessions Anger Farmer

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 10

ALBURY, Thursday.—"Every time I hear Bob Dyer's quiz programme I get furious", Mr. A. Nardi (Nimbin, N.S.W.)…

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Dairy Cattle Abort

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 November 1951 · page 24

"An unusual outbreak of abortion took place recently on a dairy farm in the Maitland district, soon after the cows had…

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Feeding Dairy Heifers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 November 1951 · page 24

Probably the most neglected animals on the dairy farm are heifers from six months of age to the age of freshening. This neglect is due, perhaps, to the fact that there is no immediate cash income…

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Dry Weather Hits Dairymen

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 8

After the drying winds and heat, district dairy farmers are crying out for rain, of which a short time ago there was too…

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Cattle Catalogue For Kiama Show

Kiama Independent · Saturday 10 November 1951 · page 3

A progressive move to improve the status of the Kiama Show was made on Wednesday night when the Committee decided to give the…

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The 'Slender Look' in Fashionable Wool

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 8

Styled in lightweight wool, the fashionable frock shown above exemplifies the 'slender look' so much in vogue at the…

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Cattle or Dave Sands Next? Johnson's Test Against Burns

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 8

Queensland rodeo rider, Don "Bronco" Johnson will be either "punching" cattle again next Week, or preparing to fight Dave Sands after his 15 rounds bout with Tommy Burns at Sydney Stadium tonight…

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Junior Farmers' Club

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 4

Members of Marshall Mount Junior Farmers' Club were urged some time ago to grow vegetables as a contribution towards an exhibit in…

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Features for The man on the land Survey of Farm Lands!

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 24

The time was coming when governments Would have to take a survey of land in this State and, where land was suitable for wheatgrowing or sheep raising, the landholder called on to sow a…

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Unanderra Cattle Sales

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 5

At the weekly sale conducted by J.N. King & Sons. Pty Ltd at the Unanderra sale yards, 358 calves were sold, as well as…

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Dry Weather Cuts Cattle Prices

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 9

With dry conditions tightening their grip on the district, the uncertain outlook has been responsible for a…

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Paper Chase for Junior Farmers at Marshall Mt

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 6

Following an address at Marshall Mount to parents and Junior Farmers Club members by Mr. A. J. Chalmers, South…

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Many Grocery Prices Up; Butter May Cost More

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Price rises for many grocery goods have been approved by the Prices Branch…

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Dairy Farmers Facin[?] Serious Shortage of Stock Concentrate

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 24

The serious decline in the production of [?] pared stock feeds and the need for dairy fa[?] to meet this position is stressed by the Milk [?] Dairymen's Council…

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Farmborough Road Garbage Services

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 6

Garbage contractors in the Unanderra area will be requested to service Farborough Road. irrespective of the state of the…

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Stud Cattle Sale

Kiama Independent · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 3

Remarkable interest was shown in the first Annual Breed Sale of A .I. S. Cattle held at Kiama Showground on Thursday, 22nd November,…

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Menet : 6 Months On Prison Farm

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1951 · page 1

Mervyn George Menet, 19, of Corrimal, was sentenced to six months' labour on a prison farm, by Judge Of Sullivan in Wollongong Quarter Sessions yesterday…

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A.i.s. Stud Cattle Sale

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 5

Remarkable interest was shown to the 1st annual breed sale of A.I.S. cattle held at Kiama Showground recently…

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Opinion Divided on Effect of Q'land Butter Ban

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The decision of the Queensland Butter Marketing Board to make no more Qld. butter…

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Seas Flood Farms

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 11

Heavy seas on the coast last week caused the flooding of 100 acres of valuable dairy farm lands at Omega…

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