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Farming & the land, 1951

234 stories in South Coast's papers · page 11 of 12

The Best Four Dairy Cows Production Yields Show Outstanding Quality

The Bega District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 2

Of the four cows which contributed the outstanding production yields during the 1950-51 herd-recording year in New South Wales, two were Ayrshires, one an Australian Illawarra Shorthorn, and the…

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Importance of Milk Veins “Overrated,” Claim U.s. Dairy Scientists

The Bega District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

The “milk veins” and “milk wells” on a dairy cow’s abdomen, and the network of surface veining on the udder, have…

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Threat To Dairymen By State Minister Action Will Be Taken Against “Strikers”

The Bega District News · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 1

Mr. Finnan said this week he would see what action the Government could take against “striking” butter producers. Mr. Finnan, Prices Minister,…

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Debate On Treatment Of Butter Industry Challenge Accepted By Federal Member

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

Arising from a passage at arms in the House of Representatives, a public debate on the Menzies Government’s treatment of the butter industry is scheduled for Bega…

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N.S.W. Factories’ Decision on Butter Queensland Producers Will Be Supported

The Bega District News · Tuesday 16 October 1951 · page 1

A meeting of New South Wales butter and cheese factory representatives’, producers’ representatives, and distributing organisations, in Sydney last week, decided to support the Queensland producers in their…

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Chairman’s Address Annual Meeting of Dairy Farmers’ Milk Company

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 October 1951 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Dairy Farmer’s Milk Company, was held at the company’s buildings. Ultimo, on Friday…

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Field Day Junior Farmers’ Visit Coolangatta

The South Coast Register · Thursday 18 October 1951 · page 2

A Field day at the property of Mr. [?] A. Bishop, at Coolangatta, yesterday, was a most successful and enjoyable outing…

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Butter Price Increase Announced “News” Poster Creates Pleasure In Carp St

The Bega District News · Friday 19 October 1951 · page 1

When a member of the “News” staff pasted a poster on the office window in Carp Street, on Tuesday day afternoon, announcing the increase in the price of butter to the consumers in this State, a crowd of…

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Sheep Die From Blackleg in Coonamble, Molong , Disticts

The Bega District News · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 4

“Two outbreaks of blackleg disease in sheep were reported recently—one from the Coonamble district, the…

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Tour of New Zealand Better Farming League’s Big Programme

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 1

The biggest programme yet undertaken by the Better Farming League, is the tour of New Zealand, details of which are…

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Forty Hour Week in Dairy Industry To the Editor

The South Coast Register · Thursday 25 October 1951 · page 2

Sir,—Much publicity has been given recently to the pros and cons of the proposed [?]hour week as applied to the dairying…

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Stock Feed Wheat Price Increase Primary Industries Cannot Meet It Says Graham

The Bega District News · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 5

“I have maintained for some considerable time that wheat growers are entitled to a greater return for wheat used for stock feed and that they should not be expected to grow cheap wheat for other primary…

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P.M. Will Make Good Farmers’ Losses Payment Dated Back To July 1

The Bega District News · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 1

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced in Canberra on Tuesday night that the Commonwealth Government will make good losses suffered by dairyfarmers through the delay in raising the price of…

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R.a.s. Dairy Produce Entries

The Bega District News · Friday 26 October 1951 · page 1

The Dairy Produce Section at next year’s Royal Easter Show will comprise classes for butter, dried milk, cheese, hams, bacon,…

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Experts Discuss Crop Protection

The Bega District News · Tuesday 30 October 1951 · page 1

The International Agricultural "Conference and Demonstration of Crop Spraying equipment took place recently at Fernhurst Research Station, near hal[?] s[?] [?]ore thsn one hunder of the world's leading agricultural scientists discussed methods of reducing…

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"Farmers Don't Need Price Rise" “No Poor Dairymen In Bega” Says Woman

The Bega District News · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 1

Mrs. Vivian Yolrke, secretary of the Housewives' Association, recently received an anonymous telephone call from a woman who said that she formerly in Bega, ridiculing the statement that farmers…

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Cobargo R.s.l. Cattle Drive Beasts Coming in Very Well

The Bega District News · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 5

A ready response has been received by the Cobargo B.S.L. to its drive for donations of cattle, and in addition to the cattle…

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Junior Farmers’ Field Day Very Successful Function

The Bega District News · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 2

The weather smiled kindly on a widely representative gathering of Junior Farmers, parents and friends which…

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Rise In Butter Price Debated “Why Was Decision Kept Secret?” Asks Fraser

The Bega District News · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 6

Decision by the Federal Government to pay retrospective subsidies on butter produced by N.S.W. and Queensland dairy-farmers, following the delayed decision this matter by the State Governments, was…

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Farmer Fined For Burning Off Clash Of Evidence On Circumstances

The Bega District News · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 1

A clash of evidence on circumstances of a fire at Bemboka, on September 3, was the feature of the case in Bega Petty Sessions Court on Wednesday, when dairy-farmer William Carpenter, of…

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