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Farming & the land, 1939

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Dairying. a Handy Home-made Dipper

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 4

A dipper which will be found very useful for many purposes about the dairy may be made from a 21b, preserved fruit can. The lid should be…

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Farmers' "Friends"

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 10

A section of the Federal Cabinet is said to favor an increase in the Australian overseas exchange rate. Formal discussion of the question has,…

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New Dairy Company

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 11

A PROPOSAL THAT A NEW COMpany should be formed to manufacture dairy products other than butter and cheese will be submitted…

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Show at Gerringong. Staged by the Junior Farmers

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 11

The District Junior Farmers' Show at Gerringong on Saturday last did that organisation credit, and it was well attended. Sir Frederick…

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Village of the Blind Peasant Girls Marry Returned Soldiers. All Make Good Farmers

The Nowra Leader · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 10

A unique farming settlement in Yugoslavia consists only of blind ex-soldiers, everyone of whom is married to a peasant girl with healthy eyes…

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Five-acre Farms

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

Unemployed in Britain are making £6 a week on Government five-acre farms started in 1135 to relieve the distress of industrial employees out…

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Butter Quality

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 3

The State butter grading stuff of the Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and New castle, during the week ended March 10…

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Butter Market

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 3

Prescott Ltd. reports on March 11th:— N.S.W.: The outlook for autumn [?]ction has changed for the…

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High Quality Dairy Cattle Easter Show Teams Section Well Supported

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 1

Quality of a high order is a particularly striking feature of dairy, cattle teams which have been entered for the Royal Easter Show. While…

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Big Smash. Cattle Killed When Lorry Capsizes

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 5

On Monday evening one of Mr Horace Hayes’ lorries, carrying 46 head of cattle from Cobargo to Bega for Mr Merrivell, the Victorian…

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Dairy Produce Board Official Report

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 4

Addressing a meeting of leaders of the Australian dairying industry in Sydney on March 5th, the Australian High Commissioner in London (Mr…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Official Report

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 6

Addressing a meeting of leaders of the Australian dairying industry in Sydney on March 6, the Australian High Commissioner in…

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Junior Farmers’ Shows

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

“These boys and girls should be looked upon as saviours of the Agricultural Shows on the South Coast,”…

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Cattle Lorry Capsizes

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 2

Transporting some thirty or forty Jersey heifers recently purchased in this district by Mr Jolly. well-known Victorian…

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The Farmer and the Trotter

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 3

When war broke out in 1914 the Allies were quickly alert to the valuable military uses of the horse. The first official move in France, after…

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Dairying. for When Pasture Is Short. a Reminder Regarding Winter Fodders

The Nowra Leader · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

It is again seasonable to remind dairy farmers that for sustained production consistently ample feeding of cattle is necessary, and that the…

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Cattle For Victoria

The Bega District News · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 2

Mr Jolly, the well-known Victorian cattle buyer, has just completed his nineteenth trip to this district and in all has taken away from here to…

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91 Marries 58. Archbishop’s Daughter and Sheep Farmer

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

Miss Kathleen Julius, 58 years old daughter of the late Rev. Churc[?]ll Julius, Archbishop of New Zealand, and sister of the scientist, Sir George…

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Margarine Menace. Farmers Want Drastic Action to Check It

The Bega District News · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 2

Much of the business of the southern district council of the Primary Producers’ Union in Bega on Thursday was taken up with the…

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Second Shot. Mr Handcock’s Scheme of Local Governing Merger Carried by Farmers

The Bega District News · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 3

At the P.P.U. meeting in Bega on Thursday, Mr F. W. Handcock, Bemboka, moved that the district council request the Shires of Mumbulla and…

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