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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

74 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 4

Happy Homes Boys Christmas Cheer at the Farm Homes

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

The boys at the Farm Home, Mittagong, spent a wonderful Christmas day. The Homes were beautifully decorated and every Home…

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Sheep and Wool Form, 1930

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

In the course of the next few days [?] coo forms for the supply of the sheep and wool returns for 1929 will be posted to sheepowners by the…

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Want Practical Men Farmers and the Milk Board

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

Tablelands Milk Suppliers want a practical man as Chairman of the Milk Board. They object…

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P.d.s. Column. Butter Stabilisation Scheme

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 4

With the heavy Export season in eight, the Stabilisation Committee very carefully considered the position as to whether with a levy of…

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The Boys like Them Moving Pictures at Farm Homes

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 4

Through the generosity of the Smith Family in providing a large up-to-date Gaumont machine, the weekly entertainments screened in…

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Old-time Stills New Chum Broached the "Butter."

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

Settlers in the Robertson district assert that there are illicit stills in the mountains but only rarely is one found…

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Bowral Butter Wins First Prize at Kiama Show

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

They used to say you couldn't make the best butter with Bowral water. It was a bogey, of course, for some of the finest butter made was…

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P.d.s. Column Australian Dairy Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 February 1930 · page 4

The Minister for Markets and Transport (the Hon. Parker Maloney) has announced that the Commonwealth Government has decided…

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P.d.s. Column. South African Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 February 1930 · page 4

Reference has previously been made in this column to the visit of a group of 18 South Africans to Australia and New Zealand on an…

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Dog That Counted Sheep

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 4

The R S P C A will launch their annual Be Kind To Animals Week" on 3rd March, making a special…

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Yellow Discolouration of Wool

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 4

During the past few weeks there have been submitted, to the Glengfield Veterinary Research Station several samples of wool showing a distinct…

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Nondescript Sheep Time to Take Stock

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 February 1930 · page 3

Sheep values are very low at present in the Goulburn district, according to a report by the stock inspector, Mr. F. F. Forster. More especially…

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Miscellaneous the Farm Vegetable Patch Values of Different Animal Manures

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 4

Of animal manures, each has its particular utility, but availability is a big consideration, and use must be made of whatever kind is handy, for…

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Chained to the Plough. Appeal to Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 March 1930 · page 4

"Produce mole," shouts the Federal Labour Government to the farmers. "Loan more," It whispers to the…

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Dairy Organisation Primary Producers' Association

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 March 1930 · page 4

The dairying industry had, with the help of organisation, maintained a fair measure of prosperity, said Mr. P. Grant (president), at the annual…

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Society Leader Slums The Way To "use More Wool"

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 4

At the Tirronna place races early in this year a leading hostess, the wife of a well known grazier, arrived wearing a knitted woollen dress. "Seo…

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Good News for Milk Suppliers Dairy Farmers Co-op. and Fresh Food Amalgamate

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 5

We hear upon excellent authority that arrangements for a mercer are almost completed between the Dairy Farmers Co-op and the Fresh Food…

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200 Guinea Dairy Bull

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 2

Mr. A. M. Cooper, of Pomons, offered at auction a number ol pedigreed Illawarra Milking Short horn cattle on behalf of Mr. F. O…

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"Use More Wool" Exhibition

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 April 1930 · page 2

The "Golden Fleece"exhibition was opened by the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair) on Monday, at David Jones, Ltd, Sydney, the…

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Twelve Sheep Kille[?] Russian Boarhound Suspected

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 April 1930 · page 2

Twelve sheep, are reported to have been killed on Caoura Station, the, property of Dr Burkitt, near Tallong. Mr. Mark Eirth, the manager, states…

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