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Farming & the land, 1954

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Mechanised Farming

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 8

With the comparatively high cost of labor, landholders are looking more and more to labour-saving devices, and machinery is…

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Big Yarding Of .Cattle

The Bega District News · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 2

Messrs. William Rixon, Auctioneers, report a big yarding cattle at the Bega Saleyards Tuesday last…

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Young Man Fined For Having F’arm On

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 September 1954 · page 4

Barry Peters P[?]eo, a young man who went with a 22 rifte with four youths to Blackfellow’s Lake, Tathra, was Fined £1 with…

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Unsalted Butter Sold Daily

The Bega District News · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 1

Unsalted butter is being used daily in Sydney in increasing quantities and is being commercially produced to meet the…

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Cattfe Saks Help District Farmers

The Bega District News · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 2

One compensation that is helping the local dairy farmers during this very dry season is the ready sale that has continued for Jersey herd stock in Victoria,…

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"Farmers Must Mechanise"

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 1

The President of the Australian Irrigation Development Association, Mr, j. G. Beale M. L. A., A. M. L. E. (Aust), said in Sydney on Wednesday that the future of Australian agree…

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Heard on the Radio This Week ... Veterinary Surgeon explains mineral deficiency in cattle

The Bega District News · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 9

The first three programmes of the informative new "SCIENCE IN FEEDING" series were heard over 2BE at 7.55 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week. The compare of the programme,…

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District Farmers Facing VeryTrying Spring

The Bega District News · Tuesday 28 September 1954 · page 2

With butter production unsteady, with a tendency to falling, and now about 40 per cent, below average, dairy farmers on the Far South Coast are faced with every prospect of…

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Tilba Learned About Junior Farmers

The Bega District News · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 5

The residents of Tilba had an opportunity of seeing and hearing just what the members of the local Junior Farmer Club…

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Jnr. Farmer Club At Nimmitabel

The Bega District News · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 5

A junior Farmer Club was formed at Nimmitabel on Wednesday night, September 15, and the formation of an advisory committee…

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Drought Gets More Serious Farmers Tell “News” Of Dist. Tragedy

The Bega District News · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 1

By all accounts the continued dry weather on the Far South Coast has brought about a situation even more serious and menacing than previously imagined, according to the information…

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Butter Is the Safest Says Bate Comments At Cheese Factory Opening

The Bega District News · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 1

Butter at the moment is the safest product for the dairying industry, declared Mr. Harry J. Bate, at the official opening of the new cheese factory operated by the Bodalla…

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Farmers And Visitors See Opening Of Bodalla Factory

The Bega District News · Wednesday 6 October 1954 · page 4

Mr. George McGillivray, Chief of the Division of Animal Husbandry of the Dept. of Agriculture of N.S.W., officially declared the new Bodalla cheese factory open before a large…

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Mixed Cattle At Bega Sales

The Bega District News · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 2

Me[?] William Rixon, Bega Auctioneers repot[?] yarding of 360 [?] mixed cattle at the Bega Sales and on Tuesday last…

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Another Side Of Story Told By A Drouin Farmer

The Bega District News · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 5

A farmer of Drouin, Victoria, has submitted statement in reply to the recent article in the “News” covering the sale of Bega district cattle Victoria, “to correct the implications…

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Butter Figures For Sept

The Bega District News · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 1

Butter production remains low the Bega District's factories, due the contineud drought conditions, and most factories report…

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Silage Assisted Bega Farmer During Drought

The Bega District News · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 9

Whoever the farmer may be, the drought has made his task exceedingly difficulty but the men who have conserved fodder have, been able to withstand much of the effects of the…

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Dairy Inspection Officer’s Visit

The Bega District News · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 2

Following the Mumbulla Shire Council’s application to the Department of Local Government to proclaimed the local authority…

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Glen Innes Farmer’s Butter Increase

The Bega District News · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 1

In four years a Glen Innes dairy farmer has lifted his butter production by 169 per cent. —71 lb. per cow in 1951 to 197 lb. this year. He is Mr. J. M. Biddle, of Glen…

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Butter Output Up

The Bega District News · Friday 22 October 1954 · page 10

The output from factories in coastal areas north of Sydney is increasing rapidly, the Dairying Division of the Department of…

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