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Farming & the land, 1939

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Butter Market

The Bega District News · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 4

New South Wales: Production is beginning to improve a little more rapidly in some districts, but in many quarters supply is stationary…

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Butter Quality Local Market

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 5

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle during the week ended August 25,…

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Red Clover. Value in the Coastal Dairy Farm Rotation

The Bega District News · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 3

Speaking recently on the value of leguminous crops in the coastal dairy farming programme, both as a source of protein to balance the…

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Nowra Dairy Co

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 3

There was a large attendance at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Nowra Dairy Co., when the retiring directors were declared by…

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Jamberoo Dairy Society

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Jamberoo Dairy Society was held on Thursday night last, when the annual report and balance sheet were…

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Gerringong Junior Farmers’ Club Meeting — Cutting and Planting of Potatoes

The South Coast Register · Thursday 31 August 1939 · page 3

The members of Gerringong District Junior Farmers’ Club were addressed by Mr. Morrison on the cutting and planting of potatoes on…

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Farmers Attack Milk Board Chairman. Reference to " Filthy Methods of Dairy Workers

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 12

Angry farmers of Singleton and district and other Hunter Valley centres made a bitter attack on the Chairman of the Milk Board (Mr. R. H…

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Berry Co-op. Dairy Co. Dairy Factories Merger Plan

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 5

A proposal to amalgamate all coastal dairy factories into one central organisation, with headquarters at Wollongong or Nowra. was strongly…

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Dairying in Queensland Application for Award

The Nowra Leader · Friday 1 September 1939 · page 9

Application for an award for employees in the dairying industry has been made in the Queensland Industrial Court by the A. W. H. Included in…

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Butter Prices and Manufacturing Charges (To the Editor)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 16

Sir,—In reply to criticism by Mr. C. H. Oke of my statements concerning cost of manufacture and payments to suppliers by the Nowra factory, he…

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Personal or Proxy Voting Nowra Dairy Co. Favors Proxy Method

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Nowra Co-op. Dairy Co., last week, Mr. J. E. R. Watts moved, pursuant to notice— “That rule 99 be altered, and the…

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Primary Producers’ Union Appeal to Directors of Dairy Co. to Attend Meetings

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 3

The Nowra branch of the Primary Producers’ Union, despite a membership of between 250 and 300, has been confronted with so…

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The Black Beetle Protection of Crops

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 9

The black beetle (Heteronychus sanclae-helenae) is a South African species and is now well established on the coast of New South Wales, from…

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Breeding Dairy Cattle For Profit

The Bega District News · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 4

I have been asked by the manage, meat of the Rural Bank to say something about breeding dairy cattle for profit. The subject is rather timely,…

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Butter Quality Local Market

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 6

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Newcastle, during the week ended 1/9/1939,…

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Leguminous Crops for Coastal Dairy Farms

The Bega District News · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 4

Leguminous crops, lucerne, red clover, cow peas. soybeans, vetches, etc., have important claims to a place in the coastal dairying…

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Tuberculosis In Cattle Disposal of Affected Animals

The Bega District News · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 3

“It would appear, judging from certain paragraphs which have appeared in the press, that some doubt exists regarding the disposal of…

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Gerringong Junior Farmers’ Dance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 5

The Gerringong Junior Farmers held a very successful function on Friday night last in the Gerringong School of Arts. The hall was decorated…

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Gerringong Co-operative Dairy Society Annual Meeting

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Gerringong Co-operative Dairy Society was well attended, among those to receive a welcome from the chairman…

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Dairy instructors’ Reports For Month of August

The South Coast Register · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 6

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

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