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Farming & the land, 1939

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Junior Farmers’ Clubs District Council Doings

The South Coast Register · Thursday 9 November 1939 · page 6

A party of Junior Farmers from the Goulburn district are to visit the Berry, Jamberoo and Gerringong Clubs during the first week in…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 2

These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honourable the Minister for Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the…

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Aid to Farmers Company Encourages Fodder Conservation

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 5

An agreement by which the North Coast Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., advanced money free of interest for seven years to suppliers of Grafton…

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Butter Sole Agreement Criticism at Casino

The Bega District News · Monday 13 November 1939 · page 4

Speaking at the Casino P. P. U. meeting, Mr W. Sullivan, chairman of the Casino Dairy Society Ltd., said that the price at which…

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Junior Farmers' Club

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 15 November 1939 · page 16

All members who have been tilling their garden throughout the year will be rewarded when these gardens are judged during the next two weeks…

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Dairy Instructor’s Report for Month of October

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 15 November 1939 · page 9

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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Recovered Some of the Lost Cattle

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 2

Thanks to the diligence of the police, half a dozen head of the cattle reported to the Berry police as having been lost have been…

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“Kiltankin” Cattle Purchased For Victoria

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 2

Messrs. D. and P. O'Keeffe, of “Kiltankin,” Jasper’s Brush, report having sold the following heifers to Mr. A. Gibson, of Carbore, Victoria:…

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Missing Cattle. Found by Police

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 2

When we saw Sergeant Newland and other members of the Nowra Police Force (two of whom were experiencing mechanical trouble with…

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New Factory to Treat Milk and Make Butter

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 1

A new factory, erected by Peters' Creameries Pty. Ltd., at Chatham, near Taree, for the treatment of milk and cream, was officially opened by…

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Dairying. Pleuro-pneumonia Regulations

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 1

The Chief Veterinary Surgeon of [?] the Department of Agriculture again directs attention to the fact that certain districts in this State are…

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Butter for Sailors

The Bega District News · Monday 20 November 1939 · page 1

Dairy farmers will be glad to hear the assurance of the Minister for defence that margarine will not be used by the Royal Australian Navy…

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Wool Report

The Bega District News · Monday 20 November 1939 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Co. reports: We submitted our fifth appraisement catalogue of 11,580 bales on…

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Butter Quality Local Market

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 1

The Director of Dairying (Mr. O. C. Ballhausen) reports that, during the week ended November 17, 1939, 90.2 per cent, of the boxes of…

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The Milk Board Chairman Discusses Farmers’ Problems Interesting Questions by Berry Directors

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 1

The chairman of the Milk Board (Mr, Neslett) was accompanied by the other members of the board, Mr, Stoning, General Richardson, and the…

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Farm Seeds Adulteration Safeguards Sought Attitude of Department

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 3

Mr. J. L. Shute, general secretary of the Primary Producers’ Union, recently asked the Department of Agriculture to take steps to…

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Berry Training Farm Record Milk Production

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 5

Mr. Philip Waller, superintendent of the Berry Training Farm, informs us that the milk production on the farm at the present time is the…

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Early History of Illawarra Cattle Address at Nowra Rotary Club Meeting

The Nowra Leader · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 4

Mr. P. Waller, superintendant of Berry Walfare Farm, made a good selection in his choice of subjects, "Early History of Illawarra Cattle,"…

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The Milk Board Chairman Discusses Farmers’ Problems

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 29 November 1939 · page 7

The Chairman of the Milk Board (Mr. Nesbitt) was accompanied by the other members of the Board, Mr. Stening, General Richardson, and the…

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The Dairy Cow Humorous Description

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 29 November 1939 · page 12

The Australian Dairy Review publishes this amusing description of a cow by a New Zealand farmer:— “The most important part of the…

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