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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Local & General Berry Cattle Sale

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 2

Messrs A. J. Campbell and Son report a yarding of 80 head sold at their Berry sale yesterday. Calved hel[?]vis made to…

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A Most Interesting Outing litter Farming League Members Visit tie McGarvie Smith Station

The South Coast Register · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 1

Between 30 and 40 members of the Better Farming League, including two ladies, visited the McGarvie Smith Research Station…

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Local Wool Sold At Auction

The Bega District News · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 1

Wool auctions were resumed in Sydney last Monday when 7,459 bales were submitted. Values for practically all merinos were fully…

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Bloat Worries Farmers

The Bega District News · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 6

Farmers have experienced considerable difficulty recently with bloat In their cattle, declares Mr. Ken Flemons,…

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Fine Bega Farmlands Change Hands

The Bega District News · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 1

The “Eastwood” property, at Tarraganda, offered by auction by Messrs. William Rixon, and E. I. Pell, Bega auctioneers in conjunction, recently, brought a bid of £40…

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Govt. Organises School For Farmers At Bathurst

The Bega District News · Friday 13 November 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced today that, in…

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‘Wee’ Howard’s Farm Sold

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 2

Mr. George Burgess, off “Dundindi,” Bega, has purchased Mr. H. “Wee” Howard’s 204 acre property on the…

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Film On Dairy Cleanliness

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 2

A feature of the Film Evening to be given in the Bega School of Arts on Wednesday night this week is a film on…

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Dairy Survey

The Bega District News · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 8

Field work on a new survey of the cost structure of the dairying industry in N.S.W. has been commenced by…

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Better Farming League Report of Judge in the Pasture Improvement Competitions

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 November 1953 · page 1

The judge of the Better Farming League’s pasture improvement competitions, Mr. M. A. k. McDonald, of Kiama. who IS…

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Imlay Argument on Farmers and Rating

The Bega District News · Friday 27 November 1953 · page 1

The capacity—or lack of it—the primary producers possess to pay rates was discussed with some energy at the Imlay Shire Council, on Friday last week, when the debate…

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Trouble for Farmers P.P. Board To Issue Prosecutions

The Bega District News · Friday 27 November 1953 · page 8

A number of prosecutions and several warnings will be issued by the Eden Pastures Protection Board against landholders who, the Board contends, have failed to…

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Change In Sale Of Sheep Skins

The Bega District News · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 6

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said today that the Sale of Goods…

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“The News Light” Neville Guthrey; J. Farmer Find

The Bega District News · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 3

Mr. Neville Guthrey, secretary of the Bega District Council of Junior Farmer Clubs, has proved a “find” for the movement. Although he kept in the background at the field day on Wednesday, the President, Mr. Peterswald, struck the nail…

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Questions on Board for Farmworkers

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 8

District farmers have complained for years to Commonwealth authorities about the alleged small deductions allowed for a farmworker’s board, and the last to take up…

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Junior Farmers’ Regeneration

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 2

The Bega District Council of Junior Farmer Clubs has once again shown lusty signs of developing into an organisation…

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Star Junior Farmer Receives Rural Bank Trophy

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 1

The trophy awarded by the Rural Bank for the star Junior Farmer of the South Coast District of Junior…

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Dairy Officer Retires Tomorrow

The Bega District News · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 2

After 35 years’ service with the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, Mr. R. Melbourne Marsh, District…

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Butter Production Down by

The Bega District News · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 1

District butter production during the month of November was 20 per cent, below the figures for the corresponding month last year, and will decline rapidly should the…

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Wyndham Farmer’s Lapse After Impressive

The Bega District News · Friday 11 December 1953 · page 11

A Wyndham farmer, whose record in World War H covered landings in Hollandia, Biak Island, Morotai, Saipan, Okinawa, and two in the Philippines, suffered a lapse recently,…

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