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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Cars Leave Mark On U.S. Cattle Herds

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 8

In America, the automobile age, impressive as it has been in the past fifty years, is finally leaving its imprint on…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 12

A meeting of the Management Committee of the above Council was held in Sydney last week with the President, Mr. L…

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Second Highest Wool Cheque

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Australia's wool cheque for the season just ended was £390,714,585 — the second…

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Minister Might Set Up South Coast Farm Region

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 July 1954 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, has told Mr. Howard Fowles M.L.A., that he is considering establishing new Agricultural Regions—and…

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Special Cooking Recipe Peanut Butter And Eggs

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 6

The nutritous and old favourite, peanut butter, comes to the fore in this delicious special recipe…

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Courage Needed to Build South Coast Firm the Illawarra District of New South Wales Has Seen Many Changes Since the Days When Bullock Teams Were a Common Sight, When Butter Kegs on Led Pack Horses Brought the Dairy Farmers' Products to the Coast for Transshipment to Sydney

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 6

One significant development has been that of the actioneering firm of Messrs. J. N. King and Sons, in the first…

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Farm Refrigeration Could Cut Milk Production Costs Farm Refrigeration and Collection of Milk in Bulk by Insulated Tankers Could Cut Production Costs in the Dairy Industry

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 2

This was a point made in a talk on the subject to Kiama Rotary Club on Monday by Rotarian J. G. White diary…

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Dairying Costs And Returns

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 35

Commenting on the announcement that no alteration would be made in the levels of guaranteed returns and subsidy…

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Junior Farmer Competition

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 15

Judging in connection with the "Star" Junior Farmer Competition is well under way throughout all districts, several…

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Deadlock on Wheat Broken

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Mon.—A special conference of State Premiers and Commonwealth Ministers tonight…

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Red Letter Day for Dairymen

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 28 July 1954 · page 3

There will be a red letter day for South Coast farmers on August 19th says the District Dairying Officer, Mr. J. W. G…

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Good Yarding At Cattle Sale

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 5

J. N. King and Sons, Pty. Ltd. report a good yarding of 343 [?]alves and a sound yarding of grown cattle at their weekly sale…

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Film Fanfare Cattle Queen of Montana

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 7

Ronald Reagan will be costarred with Barbara Stanwyck in "Cattle Queen of Montana" the Benedict Borgeaus…

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New Zealand Butter Favoured in Japan

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 10

TOKIO,-New Zealand butter is fa[?]oured in Japan, where consumption [?] dairy products is rising steadily. Danis[?] butter is cheaper, better wrapped…

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Dairymen Could Improve Milk and Cream

Kiama Independent · Saturday 7 August 1954 · page 6

The quality of milk and cream being supplied to factories at the present time could be improved, for too…

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Hope for the Future Coast Atomic Plan Scheme Could Bring Us Unequalled Prosperity If the Thousand-odd Farmers Along the Coast From Dapto to Nowra Will Group Themselves Under a Co-operative Scheme Atomic Science Could Be Brought to Their Aid for a Few Pounds a Year

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

This is the ideal of a scheme which has been born in the mind of one of the district's best known producers—a scheme which could lead on to an era of…

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Vital Meeting For Farmers

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

A meeting vital to producers in this district is to be held at Jamberoo to-night (Wednesday)…

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Cattle Sale

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 August 1954 · page 19

J. N. King and Sons, Pty. Ltd. report an increased yarding of calves, grown cattle and pigs at their weekly sale held at…

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Local Dairy Folk Made Fine Effort

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 2

The average Milk Board payment to suppliers to Jamberoo Dairy Factory increased last year nearly fourfold over the 1949 figure, Mr. F. Sedgwick…

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August Sowing For Vegetable Crops

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 18 August 1954 · page 6

This is the month when wise gardeners in this Coastal area will have beds prepared and ready for sowing for vegetable crops…

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