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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

239 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 10 of 12

Farmers Cautious On Quota System

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 1

Albion Park dairymen adopted a cautious approach to the Milk Board proposal of individual quotas at a meeting of the M.Z.DC. branch last week…

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Dairy Industry Extension Grant

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 1

The District Dairy Officer, Mr. J. W. G. Smith, announces that the Department of Agriculture is to select farms in this district to participate in an…

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Praise For Local Officers' Training Farmers in This District Were Fortunate That Some of the Veterinary Officers Employed by the Animal Health Scheme Were Trained at Hanover University in Germany

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 1

This statement was made by Mr. F. A. McIntosh who returned last week from a visit to England and the Continent…

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Dairymen Can Learn Much From Overseas Methods

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 6

Speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Kiama Animal Health Co-operative on Monday, Mr. F. A. Mcintosh told…

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Production Increasing Says District Dairy Officer

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 15 September 1954 · page 6

In the August Monthly Report on dairying conditions prevailing in the Southern Tablelands and Illawarra dairying…

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Dairy Stock Wintered Well Despite Dry Season

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 9

Despite the driest autumn and winter on record, dairy stock have wintered well and production has now commenced to rise. This is shown by the August…

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Dairy Industry Extension Grant

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 44

Farmers throughout the district are advised to contact their dairy factory if they desire to participate in the above…

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Cattle Theft Alleged

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 September 1954 · page 43

A property owner in the Berry district was arrested last week on a charge of stealing three head of cattle…

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Retiring Farmer's Herd Sells Well

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 11

Although weather conditions were bleak and the outlook unpropitious, dairy cattle at the unreserved…

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Changes In Dapto Show Cattle Sects

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 13

For 1955 competition in the dairy cattle section at Dapto show is to be confined to registered cattle…

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Machinery on Farms

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 42

Value of machinery on small farms in the Lyons district of New York State., U.S.A., sometimes exceeds the value of the property themselves, states Australian Junior Farmer Charles McCarron, of Canomndra, N.S.W., in a report to the president…

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Fat Cattle Dearer

Kiama Independent · Saturday 2 October 1954 · page 3

A. J. Campbell and Son report having sold 86 head of mixed cattle at Berry Yards on Wednesday…

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Record Price At Cattle Sale

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 4 October 1954 · page 5

The record price of £41/16/0 each was obtained for one Black Poll and one Poll Hereford 10-month-old vealers, sold on…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council to Approve Individual Quotas

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 2

The Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, following reports by branch delegates, have resolved to approve in principle some…

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Quota System For Dairy Farms

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 7 October 1954 · page 15

A meeting, of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney, on Wednesday at which 51 delegates from 34 branches…

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Judge Says He Will Help 'Hooklum'; Prison Farm Recommendation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 3

"You are a hoodlum, almost incorrigible and will have to be pulled up" Judge Stephen told a man in the Quarter Sessions at Wollongong yesterday after he…

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'Derra Cattle Sale

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 11

J. N. King and Song Pty. Ltd. report a good yarding of 447 calves, 22 head grown cattle and 18 pigs at their weekly…

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Junior Farmers' Field Day

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 2

The annual field day of illawarra Junior Farmers' clubs will this year be held on October 20 at Marshall…

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Annual Meeting of Dairy Farmers' Milk Company Gerringong C. W. A.

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 13 October 1954 · page 6

The Annual Meeting of the Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Milk Co. was held at Lidcombe on Friday last and was attended…

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Strike Threatens Asparagus Crop

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 October 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.—A strike of 100 cutters at Cowra threatens the biggest asparagus crop in the…

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