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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

228 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 12

New Butter Plan

The Bega District News · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 1

The new Commonwealth plan, under which the Government win acquire all second grade and pastry butter, is causing much concern in…

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Evacuation of Coastal Cattle

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

The police, in co-operation with the Federal authorities, are arranging for meetings of farmers in case of necessity, for the evacuation of…

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Bolong Junior Farmers’ Club

The South Coast Register · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 3

The suggestion of holding something in place of the annual show this year was the cause of a large gathering of Bolong Junior Farmers…

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Cobargo District Co-op Creamery Butter Coy Limited

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 1

Applicants are invited for nomination as candidates for election as Director of the above company to fill the vacancy…

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District Lands Parched Feed and Water Scarce Dairymen Up Against It

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 2

We knew that dairy lands throughout the district were suffering severely from lack of both feed and water. November to March the dairymen expects the highest return from his herd, but up to the present there has been a daily shrinkage and the…

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Evacuation of Cattle

The Bega District News · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 3

There was a large attendance at the meeting celled by the Mayor of Bega, in the School of Arts, on Thursday night last, to formulate a…

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British Dairy Herds Australia’s Duty

The Bega District News · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 1

Australian breeders of stud dairy cattle may be called upon to play an important part in the post-war reconstruction of the dairy herds of…

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Dairying Notes

The Bega District News · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

If each of us could have presented a bill for disease among- our live stock over a period of years we should probably have the shock of…

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The Farmer and the Crow

The Bega District News · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

A crow, which has “more lives than a cat,” so Farmer Jones says, had added insult to injury by building a nest at the top of a gum tree a…

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Dairy Decline Serious Trend Statistician’s Report

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 8

Summaries of the annual returns of landholders in this State, made available by the Government Statistician (Mr. S. K. Carver), show that since…

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Evacuation of the Dairying Industry

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 8

Should Australia find itself in the unhappy position of having to repel an attempted enemy invasion, one of the most urgent and vital tasks…

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Evacuation of Coastal Cattle in Case of Emergency Committees Formed at Berry

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 1

A meeting of about .evenly dairy farmers of the Berry district took place at the Berry Dairy Society’s office on Saturday morning last, when committee were formed for the purpose of evacuating cattle from this district in case of…

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5/10 for 30 doz. Eggs Back Forest Farmer’s Experience

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3

Another instance of how the recently established Egg Board is operating against the financial interests of the small poultry…

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The Agricultural Holdings Act. a Means to Better Farmning

The Bega District News · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 1

The Agricultural Holdings Act 1941, has passed through all stages in the N.S.W. Parliament and will be proclaimed in the near future. The need…

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5/10 for 30 Doz. Eggs Back Forest Farmer’s Experience

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 4

Another instance of how the recently established Egg Board is operating against the financial interests of the small poultry farmer is shown…

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A Few Notes on the Dairy Industry (From a Correspondent)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 11 February 1942 · page 10

Owing to the continued drought conditions, production in this district is at a very low ebb, and the Nowra Dairy Company is purchasing butter…

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Cattle Sale

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 2

At the cattle sale conducted by B. Stewart and A. J. Campbell on the 4th instant, springers brought up to £6/6/, fat cows…

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Bran And Pollard Mr. Beale presses for immediate supply of wheat

The Cobargo Chronicle · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

The following is a copy of a telegram sent by Mr. R. N. Beale M. L. A the Prime Minister. "Have had no further word…

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Dairy Farmers’ Meeting at Kangaroo Valley Address by Mr. H. T. FOW[?]ES, M.L.A., on the Milk Question (Per favor Mr. H. J. Connolly)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 3

A meeting of dairy farmers was held at the School of Arts, Kangaroo Valley, on Saturday night, under the auspices of the local branch of the…

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Evacuating Coastal Cattle. the West Sees It

The Bega District News · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 2

A public meeting was held at [?] [?] out West, the other night. to make arrangements for the [?] and care of dairy cattle from…

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