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Farming & the land, 1940

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Butter Quality

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 5

The Director of Dalrying (Me. O.C. Ballhansen reports that during the week ended July 6, 1940 92.2 per cent of the boxes of…

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Dairy Cattle Management Recommendations of Australian Committee on Annual Production

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 6

Preferential rotational grazing to give the highest yielding cows the pick of the feed is advocated by the technical sub-committee on dairy…

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Roguing of Bean Crops Shortage of Blight-free,Seed

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 1

Owing to extremely dry conditions during last summer, supplies of French bean seed, including seed recommended by the Department as…

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Junior Farmer Champions Calf and Cow Rearing Projects Another Championship to Gerringong

The South Coast Register · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 5

The 1940 State championships in the three divisions of the calf and cow rearing project conducted by the Junior Farmers Club Council…

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Butter-output

The Bega District News · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 2

The output of butter from the Bega factory for June was 47 tons, which shows a pronounced decline when compared with 89 tons…

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Dairy Farm Cham. H. O. Cox Wins Illawarra and Southern Division

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 6

Scoring 2021 points, Mr. H. O. Cox, “Melross,” Barrengarry, won the Illawarra and Southeern division the coastal dairy farm compete…

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Bolong Junior Farmers' War Effort

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 July 1940 · page 2

There was a goodly attendance members present at a meeting held at Bolong on Wednesday, 10th instant…

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Coastal Dairy Farm Championship

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 2

Following is the itinerary for judging the coastal dairy farm championship. organised by the “Farmer and Settler” in conjunction with the…

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Shoalhaven District Council of Junior Farmers’ Clubs

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 3

A meeting of the Shoalhaven District Council of Junior Farmers’ Clubs was held at the High School, on Monday night, 15th July…

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Bolong Junior Farmers’ War Effort

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 24 July 1940 · page 3

There was a goodly attendance of junior farmers present at a meeting held at Bolong on Wednesday, 10th July. Members representing Nowra,…

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“Guns Before Butter ”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 3

Corowa Rot[?] Club members adopting Ge[?] slogan of “Guns Before Butter, have decided that in future their weekly dinner shall…

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Bega Butter. Well Up in Silver Shield Competition

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 2

Gracing results of the competition for the Silver Challenge Shield for the 1939-40 season Save been issued by the Australian Dairy Produce…

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Farmyard Manure Urgen Need on Coastal Grasslands

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 3

In the production of milk, and the sale of cattle for slaughtering, major plant foods to the value of over £800,000 are annually lost to coastal soils…

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Winter Dairying. , Stored Fodders Essential

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 6

The Australian dairy industry would not heed to find new capital for more plant and buildings to meet the extra war demand for dairy…

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Field Bay AT Mr Os. Guthrey’s Farm, Elm Grove, Bega

The Bega District News · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 2

A field day will be held at Mr Os Guthrey’s “Elmgrove” property on Monday, 29th July. It was recently announced that this property was the…

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Frost Damages Pea Crop

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 5

The frosts of last week caused serious damage to pea crops in the Berry . district, especially in the northern end, and one farmer in the…

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A.I.S. Committee Report on Berry Farm

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 5

At a committee meeting of the Illawarra and Southern New South Wales branch of the A.I.S. Society last week, Mr. George Grey…

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Kangaroo Valley Junior Farmers’ Club’s Annual Meeting

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 6

The club members of Kangaroo Valley began an innovation this month by holding the meeting at night instead of daring the…

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Junior Farmer’s Clubs Annual Meeting of District Council

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 6

The annual meeting of the District Council of the Junior Farmers’ Clubs was held it Jamberoo on Thursday last, when delegate…

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Sultana Diet for Cattle

The Bega District News · Monday 29 July 1940 · page 1

Cattle and pigs are being fed experimentally in Britain on sound sultanas and figs, supplied by the Ministry of Food…

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