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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Orange Pulp As Cattle Feed

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Waste orange pulp is being put to a new use in Mildura. The pulp is now being successfully…

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Butter Cuts Likely Next Week

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Victoria had enough butter to supply all the States, the Secretary of the Australian Dairy Produce Board…

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Wool Loaded At Port Kembla For First Time

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 1

For the first time in the history of Port Kembla, a shipment of wool was loaded yesterday on board the French…

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A.i.s. Cattle Society

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 5

A short meeting of the Illawarra and Southern N.S.W. branch of the Australian Illawarra Shorthorn Society was…

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Kembla Loads First Wool Cargo

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 1

For the first time in the history of Port Kembla a shipment of wool was loaded last Friday…

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Butter Prospect "Better But Still Grim"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Although the State's butter prospects are much better than last week, the supply…

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Dairy Cattle for Albion Park Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 9

A display of dairy cattle will again be a feature of the Albion Park Show, which will be held on Friday and…

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Cattle Judges for Sydney Royal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 24

The Royal Agricultural Society of N.S. W., announces the appointment of judges in the Cattle Section for the 1952…

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Poultry Notes Oats a Partial Substitute for Wheat

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 9

"Oats are satisfactory as a poultry feed, even when fed in a high proportion as a substitute for wheat in both mash…

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Dairying Areas Still Need Rain

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Scattered rain fell today over parts of the Tablelands and North Coast…

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Record Junior Farmers Section at Dapto Show

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 29

The Junior Farmers' Club section of Dapto Show for 1952 is a record as far as number of classes and prize…

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Butter Not Being Rationed—Yet

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Spokesmen for two major butter distributing firms in Sydney said tonight they…

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Fine Cattle At Albion Park Show

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 2

Sleek stud dairy cattle valued at many thousands of pounds gave little indication of the dry period the dairy farmers are experiencing at the Albion Park Show yesterday. Judges and exhibitors…

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No Change in Cattle Judging Kiama A. & H. Decides

Kiama Independent · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 1

Cattle will be judged in the George Grey pens at this year's Kiama Show as they have in past years. It was proposed to…

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Albion Park Show Dairy Farmers Told Further Milk Increase Due in March

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

The Milk Board had recommended to the State Government an increase as from January 18 of 1/4 per gallon to the producer, making a total return of 4/1 1/4. Mr. F. J. Sedgwick, Consumers' Representative on the Board, told dairy farmers at the official opening on Friday of the Albion Park's 58th…

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Family Owned & Tiled Farms is U.S. Goal Prejudiced Against Large Land Holdings

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

THE family-sized farm tilled by its owner, has been the goal of American farm policy throughout United States history, Dr. M. M. Kelso, prominent agricultural economist from Montana State College, who last year spent six months in Australia studying the livestock…

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Winter Butter Shortage

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 2

LISMORE, Tuesday.—Butter is sure to be in short supply this winter because of the present drought. The Chairman of…

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First Wool Cargo From Port in 1923

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 25

A claim that the M.V. Indus made history when she loaded a wool cargo at Port Kembla on January 4 has…

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Oats Can Partially Replace Wheat in Poultry Rations

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 28

Oats are satisfactory as a poultry feed, even when fed in a high proportion as a substitute for wheat in both mash…

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Unanderra Cattle Sale

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 5

At the weekly sale conducted by J. N. King & Sons at the Unanderra Sale Yards 332 calves as well as other stock were…

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