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Farming & the land, 1950

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Bemboka Wool Sold

The Bega District News · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

At the wool sale conducted by Pitt, Son and Badgery. Ltd., on March 13, top price of 106 pence, was secured for 6 bales of AAAW of the L. G./Tuross clip…

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Closing Date for Dairy Farm Comp

The Bega District News · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.), said today that in response to numerous requests, it has been decided to…

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Zebu Cattle Producer of Meat, Milk

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 5

Speaking at the Better Farming League’s annual meeting, the Chairman of the Meat Board, Mr. J. L. Shute, told the…

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Better Farming League the Annual Meeting

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Better Farming League, held at the Berry School of Arts on Monday night of last week, was,…

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N. S.w. Butter Quality Affected by Recent Humid Weather

The Bega District News · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 6

N.S.W. butter quality has been disappointing recently, owing to the hot, humid weather having adversely affected cream quality, points out…

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Increased Dairy Production Holland Still Going Ahead

The Bega District News · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 9

A survey published by the Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics in The Hague shows that milk production in the Netherlands is still increasing—…

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Farmers Want Something Done Tired of Monaro Highway Deathtraps

The Bega District News · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 2

Those farmers who reside adjacent to that part of the Monaro Highway where the late Jack Salway forced to halt his truck on the…

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R.a.s. Show Dairy Cattle Awards Come to South Coast

The South Coast Register · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 2

As usual cattle from the South Coast scored many prizes on Monday last, at the Royal Show, which opened on…

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Local Breeders Sell Cattle Prominent at Sydney Sales

The Bega District News · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 9

Local Jersey breeders figured prominently in the dairy cattle sales, in Sydney, after the judging ay the Royal Show…

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N.z. Dairy Production

The Bega District News · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 9

Diary Factories in New Zealand handled about 60,295,000 pounds in butterfat in November, a record for a single month…

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Imported Fencing For Flood Relief Minister To Seek Payment Of Subsidy To Farmers

The Bega District News · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said in the Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday, April 12, that an approach would be made to the Commonwealth Government to waive customs duty on all imported…

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Dairy Science Schools, 1950 to Be Held at Various Country Centres

The Bega District News · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 1

Dairy Science Schools, organised by the Department of Agriculture, are to be conducted this winter at country centres where there is a…

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Farming Community Isolated Since Flood Brogo’s Glen Oaks Crossing Approach An Impassable Gully

The Bega District News · Friday 28 April 1950 · page 5

The farming community situated over the river from Brogo has experienced a wretched summer for access to the highway, with a succession of floods that have deepened the gully through the approach to the Glen Oaks Bridge…

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Dairy Grant Experiments Field Day at Springvale

The Bega District News · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 2

Points of great interest to local farmers are promised at Mr Cecil Squire’s farm, Springvale, at the field day to allow observation of the…

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Tractor and Machinery School for Farmers at Hawkesbury College

The Bega District News · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced today that a five days school on Tractor Maintenance and Farm Implements…

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Butter Figures Down All Factories Show Drop

The Bega District News · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

The district butter factory figures in March were still a long way above of those for the same month last year, but a definite falling of…

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New Control Of Dairy Produce Factories Protection Of Co-operative Interests

The Bega District News · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

The Dairy Industry (Amendment) Bill which, among other things, sets up a new system of control of the licerising of factories for the handling of dairy products, was supported?; in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. S. T. Stephens (C.P…

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Farm Competition Entries Record Number of Farmers Interested

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., has announced that the 1949/50 Dairy Farm Competition had closed with a…

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Local & General Better Farming League

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 2

An important meeting of the Better Farming League will be held on this Friday night at 8 o’clock. It will deal with the…

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Champion Junior Farmers

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

Among the winners of the State championships organised by the Junior Farmers’ Club movement in NSW, it is noted that…

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