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South Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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New Manager Nowra Dairy Coy. MR. J. R. Graham Appointed

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 2

Mr. S. R. Graham is the newly appointed manager of the Nowra Dairy Coy., in succession to Mr…

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Wool Sale

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain insurance and Agency Company Ltd. offered 7493 bales in the catalogue at the…

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Successful Dairy Grant Demonstrations Further Field Day Plans Outlined

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 4

“Dairy Production Grant demonstration in the Bega district are making excellent progress,” reports G. T. Dawson, Senior Agronomist, who has just returned from inspecting dairy grant projects in the…

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Candelo Farmers Convicted on Rabbit Charge

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 4

In the last Bega Court of Petty Sessions two Candelo property owners were prosecuted for failing to destroy…

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Farm Water Supply

The Bega District News · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 1

The Premier, Mr. Cahill, said today that two additional field engineers would be appointed to the Farm Water…

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Cobargo Cattle Well Up to Standard Entries Down, But Judge Praises Champions

The Bega District News · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 5

Mr. J. K. Taylor, of Bega, who judged the Jersey section at the Cobargo Show, said that although there were not enough exhibitors to create a great deal of interest, the champions were well up to the…

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Fat Cattle

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 4

The fat cattle section was a surprise to the judge, Mr. Charlie Stewart, of Bombala, who stated that he did not expect to see such…

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Buyer Resistance To Butter

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 1

Mr. C. N. Squire, president of the Bega Branch of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union, told the members at the annual meeting of the Branch that the dairying industry must view with concern…

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Junior Farmers’ Show Exhibits

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 7

Local members of the Junior Farmer Clubs again combined to stage an attractive display of produce and handiwork in the…

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Dairy Produce

The Bega District News · Tuesday 3 March 1953 · page 4

This was the most disappointing section of a poor pavilion display. There were 12 lonely jars of cream to represent nearly 200…

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The Maize Crop

The South Coast Register · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 2

There are some very fine maize crops in the Berry district this season, fanny of our farmers being of the opinion that they never…

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Monaro Sheep Sales

The Bega District News · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 9

The A.M.L. & F. Co. Ltd and Ken Martin Smith, selling agents in conjunction, report a very satisfactory clearance of sheep at their…

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Co-op Factories Combine Dairy Association Has Annual Meeting

The Bega District News · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Co-operative Dairy Association of N.S.W. Limited was held in the Amenities Block of the Manning River Co-operative Dairy Society Limited, at Taree, on…

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Bean Seed Crop Inspection

The Bega District News · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

Inspection of bean seed crops entered for the Department of Agriculture certification scheme is now in…

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Worked Hard to Beat Rabbits Candelo Farmer Tells S.M. Of Difficulties

The Bega District News · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 5

Despite a strong assertion that he had done everything possible to eradicate rabbits from his property, a Candelo farmer, Thomas Lucas, was fined in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions as the…

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Wool Sales

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

The farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited submitted a catalogue of 5624…

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District Needs More Rain Pastures And Crops In Need Of Freshening

The Bega District News · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 5

Although the 1952-1953 season has been made a bumper one from consistent rain through the winter of 1952, and again in the early summer, the rainfall for February has been well below average…

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Junior Farmers Further in the Doldrums

The Bega District News · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

Nothing revealed the weakening interest, as a district wide movement, in the Junior Farmer clubs…

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Comparison of Aust. N.Z. Pasture Costs Facts Given At Tilba Farm Demonstra&m

The Bega District News · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 5

Although the average cost of establishing pastures on the Dairy Production Grant Scheme farm, at Tilba Tilba, owned and operated by Mr. Keith Teague, was a little over £23 an acre, the…

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“Wanted” Man Comes to Berry Accepts Generous Hospitality, “Buys” Cattle, “Borrows” Truck and Clears Out!

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 2

What appears to be a clear case of fraud was imposed upon a well-known farmer of Berry, whose faith in human nature…

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