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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

356 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 18

"Panic Accentuated Butter Shortage"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The butter shortage in New South Wales had largely been created by the publicity causing panic…

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Record Scottish Cattle Prices

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 28

Scottish Highland cattle breeders have been showing outstanding speciniens at recent shows, and prize animals…

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Field Day Of Tractor and Farm Machinery

Kiama Independent · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 4

Following the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham's recent announcement of the second Annual Tractor and Farm Machinery Field…

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Dairying Industry

Kiama Independent · Saturday 16 June 1951 · page 3

The Chairman of the Australian Agricultural Council, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. John McEwen, stated last week that the…

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Finnan Asks For More Butter

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Federal Government has been asked to allot spare butter in any other State to New South Wales,…

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Dairy, Cattle Industries In Jeopardy

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A repetition of the circumstances surrounding the dairying industry in one or two other basic…

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Wheat for Stock Feed

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 4

Because of the increased quantities of wheat required for stock feed in Australia, wheat growers are entitled to a review of prices with an…

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Dairy Inquiry Sought Prices Inadequate

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 20 June 1951 · page 3

Declaring that prices for dairy products are inadequate, the Liberal Party's N. S. W. Rural Committee has called for an inquiry to…

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Milk and Butter Shortages Present a Big Problem

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

Despite the fact that the Illawarra and South Coast district is one of the State's richest dairying areas It, like other, parts, is experiencing the shortage of butter and now milk rationing. Unofficial butter rationing…

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"National Decay in Dairy Industry"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

The chairman of the Dairy Farmers' Milk Coy. (Hon. A. N. Binks, M.L.C.) speaking at a special meeting of the Milk…

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Features for The Man on the Land Sunflowers May Become Regular Crop in U.S.

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 28

American fanners are being encouraged to grow sunflowers as regular crop for seed as is done in some parts of…

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High Standard of Research Reached at "Seven Hills" Poultry Experiment Farm

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 28

The poultry Experiment farm of the Department of Agriculture at Seven Hilts, recently renamed the Poultry Experiment Station will benefit many South Coast poultry farmers in the…

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SOIL—The Farmers' Equity Rules for Maintaining Fertility

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 28

Land owners in England realise that their best equity is in the land and what it will produce. They will not lease farming land to be cropped indiscriminately at the will of the tenant, but insist that…

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No Quick Butter From N.Z

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—There is no prospect of New Zealand butter arriving in Australia in time…

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Butter 'Relief' from Queensland

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.—Today 6500 cases of butter were rushed from Queensland and negotiations are in progress for…

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Big Increase in Price of Butter?

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—No results of the meeting of the Joint Dairying Advisory Committee, held in Sydney today, will be…

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Editorial: How Badly Do We Want Butter?

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 June 1951 · page 1

THE REAL issue behind the "butter question" is not "Can we have butter in quantity?", but "Are we prepared to pay for it?" This has to be faced sooner…

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Storage of Butter Normal

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The storage of butter during flush periods of production was normal practice as a precaution against…

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Flooded Dairy Farms

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

An inland sea covering much of the grazing land between Berry and Nowra. This photo was taken on Friday morning looking towards Nowra. This district had twelve inches of rain during the past week…

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No Butter Hoard Says Finnan

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Investigations by the Prices Branch officials into the "hoard" of butter in a Pyrmont cold…

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