New Coastal Crop
A new commercial crop has been found for the State’s waste coastal land. The crop, cannas, from which an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Coast · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1953
234 stories in South Coast's papers · page 10 of 12
Australians Eating Less Butter
It has been disclosed' that the Australian population ate 1.9 lb of butter, per head of population, less than in the previous similar…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Final Result of Farm Comp. Mr. E. H. Filmer’s Farm Placed Seventh
Mr. E. H. Filmer, of “Springvale,” Candelo, was placed seventh in the “Farmer and Settler” Dairy Farm Championship of New South Wales for 1953, the winner being a South Coast farmer, Mr. F. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers’ Taxation Questions
In the House of Representatives last week, a number of questions dealing with taxation allowances for dairy farmers were directed at the Federal Treasurer (Sir Arthur Fadden) by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Food Value Of Butter Stressed Expert Address To Dairy Society
Addressing members of the Australian Society of Dairy Technology at Busselton (W.A.) recently, Mr. R. A. Harvey stressed the high protein value of butter in comparison with other foods…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Production Committee Appointments President Explains Better Farming League’s Position
Reference was made by the President, Mr. F. A. McIntosh, at a meeting of the Advisory Committee, of the Better…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fat Cattle For Candelo Show
The Candelo Show Society has decided to include a Fat Cattle section at nest year’s exhibition, and will make the necessary allowances…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Govt. Anxious About Butter Margarine A Problem Says Minister
The Federal Government is seriously perturbed at the competition of margarine with Australian butter, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) told the House of Representatives,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Can’t Leave Their Farms Because of the Hopper Plague
The party of Upper Hunter farmers, who were coming to Berry to make a lour of the district and attend a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Yield Increased by Half Three Year’s Work on Grant Farm
In three years, production has been increased by more than 50 per cent, through pasture improvements carried out on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fears For Cooma Market Farmers Ask Questions On Butter Outlet
Fears that Cooma was being lost as a market for Bega butter were expressed by a number of suppliers at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Bega Co-operative Society last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Research in Wool
This picture [?]shows a research workers or tae Scores Wool Industries’ Research Association, 20-year-old Nancy Jamieson, examining a length of tartan dress fabric. Her work requires a thorough knowledge of wool from its earliest stages to the finished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Happens To Second Grade Butter?
At the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Bega Co-operative Society, a supplier, Mr. C. N. Squire, asked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Wool Industries' Research In Scotland
Scottish tartans, worn and ada[?]red all over the world, are one of the best known products of [?][?]ttish craftsmanship…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Star" Junior Farmers Of N.S.W.
Happy and successful! The four top placegetters in the “Star” Junior…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Congratulations .To President of Better. Farming League
During the course of the Better Farming Leagueâs meeting on Friday night last, great pleasure was expressed in a motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Wool Sold
A catalogue of over 9,000 bales was submitted at the wool sales by Farmers and Graziers Limited, drawn from a wide area, including…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cobargo Has New Butter Maker
Mr. Ray Kennedy, who has been a member of the staff of the Bega Butter Factory for some time, has accepted, the appointment as butter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Mistook Farms
A Numbugga farmer was fined by Mr. A. O. Chick, S.M., in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Survey Of Dairying Cost Structure
More than 250 farmers in the butter -producing districts of New South Wales will be interviewed by officers of the…
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