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Farming & the land, 1931

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Berry Experiment Farm Advisory Committee

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 17 March 1931 · page 2

On Wednesday of this week the first annual meeting of the Berry Experiment Farm Advisory Committee will be held at the Berry…

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Mr. Lang as a Farmer

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1931 · page 3

When Premier Lang wants to forget politice he motors out to Myrtle Farm, at Ebenezer, arid chops down tree stumps, knowing that no one will…

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Berry Experiment Farm Notes Lime on the Farm

The South Coast Register · Friday 20 March 1931 · page 4

Looking through a pamphlet with the above title, and written by Dr. F. B. Guthrie, late chemist of the Department of Agriculture, one…

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Dairying Time Now to Plough and Top-dress

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 24 March 1931 · page 1

With the object of ensuring feed in plenty and variety all the year round, and a ration which contains all the elements of nutrition, the…

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Dairying Wheat for Cows

The South Coast Register · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 4

The present position of wheatgrowers is an unenviable and, perhaps, unprecedented one. Millions of bushels of last year’s bumper…

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Easter Cattle Sales

The South Coast Register · Friday 27 March 1931 · page 1

The Easter sales of pedigree cattle conducted by the A.I.S. Society will be held at Kiama on Tuesday, April 7…

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Registering of Dairy Premises Correct Procedure To Adopt

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 4

In view of the fact that a doubt may still exist amongst some dairymen as to the correct procedure to adopt to register their dairy premises…

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Trees on the Farm True Value not Recognised

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 6

It is remarkable that, in a country as richly endowed with such a wealth of tree vegetation, there is such a lack of interest on the part of its…

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Employment for Boys on Farms

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 6

The following letter from the manager, State Labour Exchanges, just to hand, clears up certain points which were not clearly defined when…

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Trees on the Farm. True Value not Recognised

The Cobargo Chronicle · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 4

It is remarkable that, in a country so richly endowed with such a wealth of tree vegetation, there is such a lack of interest on the…

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Stud Seed at Experiment Farms. Reduction in Price

The Cobargo Chronicle · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 2

Owing to the low price which farmers are receiving for wheat, the Department of Agriculture has decided to make…

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Crop Report for March

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 1

Mr J. L. Green, agricultural instructor, reports, reports: With, good rainfalls recorded throughout the coastal portions of this district,…

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Dairy Instructor's Report

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1931 · page 2

Mr Ballard, dairy instructor, reports on general district- conditions for, the the month of March:— During the month under review the…

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A Boom In Butter

The Nowra Leader · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 4

Whilst Nowra Dairy Co. has covered itself with glory, the success achieved at the Sydney Royal Show, is certainly a feather in the cap of the…

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Friesian Cattle Club

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 4

“We have Friesian cattle in Australia equal to anything in the world. We do not want to allow doubtful cattle in, but at present we have to…

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Six Years’ Gaol Cattle-breeder Sentenced Caused Poison to Be Taken

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 1

In the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday last William James Rixon, 95 [?] cattle-breeder, was sentenced by Mr. Justice [?]alse Rogers…

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The Tocsin An Open Letter to the Farmers (By “The Wombat.”) Farming Friends and Fellow Countrymen

The South Coast Register · Tuesday 7 April 1931 · page 2

“when you’ve shouted ‘Rule Bri[?]tannia,’ When you’ve sung ‘God save the Queen,’…

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"Fiduciary" Cream Financial Scheme Ridiculed Dairyman's Parallel

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 7

A dairyman could increase the volume of his cream to the factory by adding water, but this process he knew would not add to its value. The…

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Dairymen, Beware!

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 5

Addressing the Stock Inspectors' Conference, Mr. C. J. Wollett, in referring to contagious abortion, remarked that the loss from this disease…

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The Tocsin an Open Letter to the Farmers

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1931 · page 5

When you've shouted Rule Britannia, When you've sung God save the Queen, When you've finished killing Kruger…

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