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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

454 stories in South Coast's papers · page 9 of 23

Butter Market Prescott’s Butter Circular

The Bega District News · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 3

Sydney: Production continues to fall off in all districts; in some areas the decline has been very considerable. The quantity graded for export is a…

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Fallowing. Conserves the Moisture Essential to Good Crops

The Bega District News · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 1

There is no phase of modern farming practice that deserves more attention than the problem of how to maintain an adequate supply of moisture…

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For Spring Sown Crops. Preparation of the Land

The Bega District News · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 6

Land which it is intended to sow in the spring should now be given a preliminary ploughing. Whatever the crop, production will be more…

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Feeding Dairy Stock Value of Food Concentrates During Winter Months. Meggitt’s Linseed Meal

The Bega District News · Thursday 21 May 1936 · page 6

Whether or not it pays the dairy farmer to feed concentrates to his herd during the winter months, depends on the way be goes about the…

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Junior Farmers. Congratulatory Letter

The Nowra Leader · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 3

Master Morschel, of the Bolong Junior Fanners' Club, is in receipt of the appended letter, which speaks for itself:--…

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Claim for £50 Loss of a Cattle Dog

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 3

At the Nowra Small Debts Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. Goldie, S.M., John William Scott sought to recover from John Howard Anderson the…

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Dairying in Japan

The Bega District News · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce, Mr Thurby, said that the severity of the climate, which [?] stall feeding in winter, and the lack of any…

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Increasing Winter Production Cheaply Made Rug for Dairy Cows

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 3

As a means of assisting the dairy cow to conserve heat (and thus preventing food wastage), the rugging of the animals during at least a portion…

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Butter Market Prescott’s Butter Circular

The Bega District News · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

Sydney: A little useful rain has fallen on isolated coastal areas, but the majority of dairying districts report continued dry weather…

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An Aid to Junior Farmer Movement

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 4

The successful effort of the Nhill (Victoria) Pastoral and Agricultural Society, in holding a Clydesdale Foal Show, the first of its kind in…

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Dairy Science Schools, 1936

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 4

In continuance of the policy of giving instruction to dairy produce factory employees, arrangements have been made by the Director of…

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The Man on the Land Disease in Maize Crops Burn Stalks to Control Root and Basal Stalk Rots

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 4

The root and basal stalk rot disease of maize is very prevalent in New South Wales, and each season is responsible for serious loss. Field…

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Primary Producers’ Union Weekly Notes Dairy Board Elections

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

In all the States entitled to elect producer representatives to the new Australian Dairy Produce Board with the exception of N.S. Wales,…

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Berry Training Farm Tractor and Rotary Hoe

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 2

We notice that the Berry Training Farm has the tractor and rotary hoe busily at work on the relatively class of land on the farm known…

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Sixty Years Of Dairying

The Southern Record and Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 2

A Paper contributed by Mr. William. Watson (Pambula), district president of the P.P.U., at the recent Agricultural Bureau…

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The Dairy Factory. Mr. S. Napier

The Nowra Leader · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 10

We take the appended excerpts from an article contributed to the "Primary Producers":-- It was away back in 1904 that Mr…

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Crop Report

The Bega District News · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 1

Mr J. L. Green, Agricultural Instructor, reports for May: Although little rain has fallen in the coastal portion of this district…

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Butter Market Prescott’s Cutter Circular

The Bega District News · Thursday 4 June 1936 · page 4

Sydney : A sharp decline in production is reported from several dairying districts. Arrivals are very much lower than the previous week. The…

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Winter School for Farmers. at Hawkesbury Agricultural College

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 June 1936 · page 1

The usual winter school at Hawkesbury Agricultural College will this year he held from the 2nd June to 10th July. The duration of the…

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Dairying Artificial Manure Subsidy

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1936 · page 1

The closing date for submission of applications in respect of artificial manure used during the year ending 30th June, 1936…

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