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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Dairying Be[?] Bega District “Cheesy Butter and Buttery Cheese”

The Bega District News · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 4

The early sixties saw the passing of Sir John Robertson’s Act and the introduction of Free Selection. That brought about vast changes in the…

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Agristologist at Berry Training Farm

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 2

The Minister for [?] made an [?] at the [?] meeting at [?]…

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Better Farming League Annual Meeting

The South Coast Register · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 2

There was an attendance of over eighty members und friends at the annual meeting of the Better Farming League, held at…

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Nimmitabel Cattle Sale

The Bega District News · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

R. B. CLARK, auctioneer reports a attendance of buyers. including representatives from Bairnsdale Orbost the South Coast and [?] centres when…

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Goulburn Valley Farming. Victorian Factory Manager Here

The Bega District News · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 4

Mr. R. W. Marshall, manager of the Merrigim butter factory in. the Goulbnrn Valley, and who, with his wife and daughter are holidaying…

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Dairy Furriers’ Drought Relief Scheme Method of Payment Announced

The Bega District News · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 3

The Hon E. H. Graham, Minister for Agri[?] has announced the method by which payments would be made under the Joint Commonwealth…

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Coat of Arms for Farmer’ Union

The Bega District News · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 3

The Rural Bank has just received from the National Framers’ Union of Great Britain a [?] reproduction of the union’s newly granted…

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Price of Butter

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 3

Writing to Mr. Allan Fr[?], our Federal Member, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. Pollard, says:—…

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South Coast Cattle Success at R.A.S.

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 2

It has for years been the proud boast of South Coasters that the cattle that win prizes at Berry Show, and other…

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South Coast Crops

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture recently issued a report concerning corn crops on the South Coast. from which we take the…

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Ramie Crop

The South Coast Register · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 3

Mr. O. H. Bennett, of Station Street, who has just returned to Berry after a holiday at Lismore, [?]with him a [?]…

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No Government Butter “Rake-off” Federal Minister’s Statement

The Bega District News · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 6

The Statement that dairy farmers are receiving 4d. a lb. less for butter than the Government receivers is untrue. Country Party members…

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Britain’s New Farm Policy Price Advances to Encourage Livestock Production

The Bega District News · Tuesday 15 April 1947 · page 6

The production of more milk, meat, eggs, and bacon is to be the aim of agricultural policy in the United Kingdom during the next…

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Bega Butter Production

The Bega District News · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 2

During March, 110 tons of butter were produced at the Bega butter factory, which compares with 108 tons during the corresponding month in 1946 and 90 tons…

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Dairy Bull —Three Main Buying Guides Practical Farmer’s View

The Bega District News · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 4

Mr. William Duncan, a farmer from Stirlingshire lays down three main principles in buying a bull These are : 1. The daughters of a bull may be as…

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Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council a Successful Year

The South Coast Register · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 5

The president (Mr. T. R. Thompson) presided at the annual meeting of the Berry branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen’s…

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What The Candidates Say Farmers Leave. Land

The Bega District News · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 3

Speaking to a large audience in the northern end of the electorate Mr R. B. Bush selected liberal candidate on Saturday morning last…

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Dodder a Menace Danger to Crops

The Bega District News · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

Dodder, a parasitic plant, has been observed affecting carrot crops this season and will have similar effect on Lucerne…

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Homes for U.k. Farm Workers

The Bega District News · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

A special housing programme for Britain’s rural areas has-now. been announced by the Government. of the United Kingdom and tenders…

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Cradle of Dairying Industry

The Bega District News · Tuesday 29 April 1947 · page 3

“Our distribution has grown at an outstanding rate. It has reached a stage beyond anticipation. The Bega Co-operative Society has become the largest organisation in the southern districts and there is no indication that it will not continue to grow,”…

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