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Farming & the land, 1953

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Better Farming League’s Annual Presentation Night Minister for Agriculture Presents Prizes to Pasture Improvement Competition Winners

The South Coast Register · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 1

THE BETTER FARMING LEAGUE scored another triumph on Thursday ni[?] last. when [?]ve 200 representatives of the…

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Review of Maize Crop Conditions As at February 20 on the South Coast

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

Upper South Const.— Conditions for the most part have been favourable although at times rainfall has been excessive…

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U.s. Farm Radio Man to Visit Australia

The Bega District News · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 1

Mr. Everett Mitchell, one of America's best known farm radio commentators, will arrive in Sydney on March. 26…

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Illawarra Young Farmers’ Club

The South Coast Register · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 2

Following recent criticism by members of the Illawarra and Southern branch of the A.I.S. Society, that judges at…

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[?]Ocal Butter Sales Dropping Squire Uses Figures To Hit Back At Bate

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

Although Mr. Cecil Squire, President of the [?]ega Branch of the Australian Primary Producers' Union, was told that his facts were wrong when he [?]ecently stated that there was a buyer's resistance to…

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Local Wool Sold

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 6

On Monday, March 23, New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling…

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Local Wool Sold at Goulburn

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

A feature of the sixth series of Goulburn Wool Sales, conducted by Farmers’ and Graziers, at the end of last…

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Dairy Cattle at R.a.s. Champion Jersey Cow to “Austral Park” Similar Honors in A.i.s. Go to G. E. Chittick

The South Coast Register · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Monday was dairy cattle day at the RAS Show, and as usual South Coast exhibitors won their share of prizes in all classes…

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New Aid for Dairy Farmers

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

Big Improvement in Treating Mastitis in Dairy Cows:— Within recent times the treatment of bovine Mastitis has taken [?]dous st[?]den. First the use…

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Rabbits on Roads; Shire Problem Attempt To Have Farmers Made Responsible

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 6

A Motion “that landowners on each side of a road be made responsible for the eradication of noxious animals, as far as the centre of the road fronting, their properties,” intended for inclusion in the…

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Farmers Wait on Mumbulla

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 5

Two Wandella farmers, Mr. A. W. Ferguson, and Mr. G. Smithers, met the Mumbulla Shire Council at its last…

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Farmers’ Bodies Affiliate

The Bega District News · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 7

The Central Council of the Transmission Farmers’ Federation, at its meeting, formally ratified an agreement of affiliation…

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Dairy Farmers Impressed

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

Dairy farmers on the South Coast are impressed with the advantages of dehorning carried out on several Dairy…

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Dairy Science Schools

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 4

Persons wishing to attend Dairy Science Schools during the winter months should make written application to…

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Rabbits Bring Fine Court Told Cobargo Farm Heavily Infested

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

A Cobargo property owner, Joseph J. Heffernan, was fined at the Bega Court of Petty Sessions last week, for…

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Tractor Overturns Young Farmer’s Experience

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

Doing a “Good Neighbour’s” action, a young farmer of Woodhill overturned a tractor and suffered a most unenviable…

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New Aid for Dairy Farmers Big Improvement in Treating Mastitis in Dairy Cows:—

The Bega District News · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 7

Within recent times the treatment of Mastitis has taken tremendous strides. First the use of Sulphur Drugs, then came…

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Simple Method Saves Stock In Transport Not All Cattle Down In Trucks Are Doomed

The Bega District News · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 8

Prompt action by the drover in charge of travelling stock may save quite a number of those falling in railway trucks. The Division of Animal Industry…

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Molybdenum Lack More Widespread Evidence Recently In Dignam’s Creek Crop

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 5

Evidence is accumulating that molybdenum deficiency in N.S.W. soils is more widespread than was previously thought. A few weeks ago evidence of this…

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Farmer Fined for Having Rabbits on Land

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 2

A Mogilla farmer, Arthur Edward Bodycott, was fined in the Bega Court of Petty Sessions, last week, when he was…

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