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Farming & the land, 1937

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Butter-fat Tests

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 2

Sonic good test figures are being secured by various entrants in the £300 lactation competition for A.I.S. cattle, which is in progress now. One…

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Visit of Governor-General to Boys' Training Farm

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 2

His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, paid an informal visit to Berry Training Farm on Wednesday, 5th instant, and later…

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Junior Farmer Judges at Berry Training Farm

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 3

The three junior farmers—J. Henry, J. Smith, and H. Williams—who are shortly to proceed to England, have spent this week at Berry…

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Cleaning of Dairy [?]Tensils. the Process Involved

The Bega District News · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 1

As the great majority of the defects of milk and dairy produce are due to dirt, it would be difficult to overemphasise the need for thoroughness…

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Condensed Milk Problems. Departmental Experts Help Factory. (From the “Farmer and Settler.”)

The Bega District News · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 4

Condensed milk so far has played only a minor part as an avenue of disposal for farmers’ milk, but it is believed that the time is not far…

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Weights of A.i.s. Cattle

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 5

The question of live weights of dairy cattle has been largely a matter of conjecture in the past in Australia, though in America and…

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Butter Market Prescott’s Butter Circular

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 6

Prescott Pty report on 8th May N.A.W. The usual seasonal decline in production is now in evidence, arrivals this week being substantially…

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Bracken Fern on Dairy Farms. Suggestions for Control

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 6

At a time when coastal dairy farmers are exploring all means of increasing their returns per acre, and to the end are spending much money…

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Insect Pests of Vegetables. Protection of Crops

The Bega District News · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 6

Both the home gardener and this commercial grower of vegetables are Constantly faced-with the problem of controlling the various insects, mites…

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Junior Farmers’ Clubs Report From South Coast

The South Coast Register · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 6

Members of the Gerringong club are justly proud of the reputation that they belong to the “best’ club on the coast” and are working hard and…

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P. U. Weekly Notes Farmers' Tour Arrangements for New Zealand Visit

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1937 · page 1

Arrangements bare been made for a party of N.S.W. farmers, member of the Primary Producers' Union, to tour the principal dairy centres of…

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Butter Market Prescott’s Report

The Bega District News · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 4

Prescott Ply. Ltd report on 15th May: N. S. Wales: Reports from all dairying centres indicate that…

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Dairy Instructors’ Reports

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 5

Mr. A. T. R. Brown, senior dairy instructor, in charge of the Dairy Branch district, Illawarra and Southern Tablelands, with…

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Gerringong Junior Farmers’ Club

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 1

The last meeting of the Gerringong District Junior Farmers’ Club Advisory Committee was well attended. The president (Mr. J. J. Quinn)…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Particulars of the Personnel

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 2

The Australian Dairy Produce Board, as reconstructed following the elections need on April 26 in the various States of the Commonwealth,…

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Dairy Science School

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 6

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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Berry Training Farm Tribute From Victorian Buyer “A Wonderfully Fine Herd”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 6

A very nice tribute was paid to the Berry Training Farm’s herd by a prominent breeder from Victoria on Thursday. During the course…

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No Land Wasted. Intensive Farming in Japan

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 1

"In Japan farming is intensive, and no land is wasted--not even between the railway tracks," said Mr. L. Napier Thomson, a member of the…

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Stock Weighed. Heavy A.i.s. in Berry Farm Herd

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 8

A suggestion that some of the cows undergoing official tests should he weighed was made by Mr. Geo. Grey, of "Greyleigh," Kiama, during…

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Farmers' Tour

The Nowra Leader · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 2

Arrangements have been made for a party of N.S.W. farmers, members of the Primary Producers' Union, to tour the principal dairy centres of the…

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