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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Berry Cattle Sale

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 24

The demand for milk had its influence on prices of cattle offered at King & Sons' Sale at Berry on Wednesday 4th July…

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Tractor and Farm Machinery Day August 1st

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 July 1951 · page 24

Although the major farm machinery firms have already indicated that they will take part in the field day to be held…

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Sixteen Dairy Farms for Ex-servicemen

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 July 1951 · page 2

Sixteen new dairy farms will be established under the war service land settlement scheme with the allocation to…

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No Increase In Butter Subsidy

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The subsidy on butter will not now be increased. A telegram received by the…

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No Increase In Butter Subsidy

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1951 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The subsidy on butter will not now be increased. A telegram received by the…

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Farm Youths Build Church

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 July 1951 · page 24

Community-minded young Australians may find inspiration in a report from the American town of State…

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Cattle Sales

Kiama Independent · Saturday 21 July 1951 · page 3

At, the regular weekly auction conducted by J. N. King & Sons at Unanderra, a total of 345 calves and a number of pigs were included in…

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Butter Price Conference Postponed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 July 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The special conference of State Prices' Ministers to consider a new butter price has…

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Cattle in Court Case Stolen and Mutilated

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 9

ROMA, Tuesday.—Nine head of cattle being held in the Roma Police Court yard as evidence in a cattle stealing case were…

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Cattle in Court Case Stolen and Mutilated

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 9

ROMA, Tuesday.—Nine head of cattle being held in the Roma Police Court yard as evidence in a cattle stealing case were…

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Concern For Future Of Dairy Industry

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—At a meeting of Australian dairying industry organisations today the President of the Australian…

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Concern For Future Of Dairy Industry

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—At a meeting of Australian dairying industry organisations today the President of the Australian…

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New Training for Junior Farmers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 13

The Junior Farmer Movement entered a new field of activity last Monday when the first Junior-farmer Tractor…

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Features for The Man on the Land 1951 Field Maize Competition Won By Shoalhaven Farmer

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 24

Five Agricultural Societies submitted entries in the championship competition for the South Coast Division, and the trophies valued at £10, £6 and £4 presented by the Royal Agricultural Society…

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Minister Urges Diversified Farming

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 23

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L. A., has urged upon primary producers the need for a…

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New Synthetic Rubber Made From Farm Produce

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 5

A new synthetic robber with unusually high resistance to [?] and oil has been developed at a United States Department [?] Agriculture research laboratory, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. called Lactoprene EV, the new rubber can be made from lactic…

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Junior Farmer From K. Valley Wins Trophy

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 15

Ross Smart, of Kangaroo Valley, on the prize for the most outstanding pupil at the tractor and farm machinery…

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More Butter in September

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The shortage of butter should be over by the middle of September, a spokesman for the Dairy…

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Steady Decline In Butter Output

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Production of butter in Australia is steadily declining according to figures released by the…

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Opposition to Butter Price Rise

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — It is almost certain that the State Prices' Minister will oppose any immediate increase…

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