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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

103 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 5 of 6

Improved Pastures Field Day at Berry Farm

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

On Thursday next an important field day demonstration will be conducted at Berry Experiment Farm. For some time past the manager of…

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What They Did Local Representatives at Dairymen's Conference

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 3

From the official report of the proceedings at the Dairymen's Conference in Sydney on 4th August, we make the following extracts relating…

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Virtues of Wool

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 4

Of the [?]100,000,000 which in round figures it spent by Australia annually on clothes, only about [?]3,000,000 is spent on wool. If this…

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Wool Lorry Overturns

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 September 1931 · page 2

Two of three men, who were travelling from Ardlethan to Sydney with three tons of wool, Were injured early on Sunday morning when their motor…

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Work of P.P.U. Revelation to Coast Dairy Farmers

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 3

The recent meeting of the District Council of the P.P.U. at Berry was addressed by Mr. Shute, Assistant Secretary of the Union, who gave…

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Has Good Year Jamberoo Dairy Society

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 3

The annual turnover of the Jamberoo Dairy Society was £81,813, and the net profit £538. Milk treated totalled 1,109,371 gallons, of which…

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Price of Milk Farmers Work for Fair Return

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

As was agreed upon by a recent conference of interested parties, three gentlemen were appointed to assist the various distributing…

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More Butter Bigger Shipments Abroad

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 September 1931 · page 3

The dairy farmers of N.S.W. have been fortunate in being able to so maintain butter production that there has been the unusual experience of…

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Thinks He Knows Minuter Tells Farmers They Don't Know Their Own Business

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 3

On Thursday, the Minister for Health, Hr. W. T. Ely, told a deputation from the Country Milk Suppliers' Association that it was against the…

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The Children's Corner A Flock of Sheep

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 4

Did yoU ever watch the sheep When they're in the field ? They will walk along and eat What the earth does yield…

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Compulsory Testing Remedy for Farmers Apathy

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 4

Mr. George Rowe, dairy instructor on the North Coast, is of opinion that the apathy of farmers regarding herd testing makes compulsory…

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A.i.s. at Melbourne Show. Some Cattle Below Standard

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 3

There has been a good deal of talk about the quality of some of the Illawarra Shorthorns shown at Melbourne Show, and some Victorians…

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Dirty Dairy Utenslls Most Common of Second Grade Cream

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 4

Inefficlent washing of daley [?] is far the meet common cause of second grade cream: Such inefficiency may taks the following…

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The Milk Bill Huge Meeting of Northern Dairy Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 24 October 1931 · page 2

One of the largest meetings of dairy farmers ever held in the Maitland district took place on Tuesday evening last, when a motion was…

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A Formula for Profitable Dairying

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 4

Breed pins feed is a sound for mala in relation to profitable dairy-ing. Both are important —one cannot emphasise the one and…

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New Honey Crop Shortage in N S.W. Predicted

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 31 October 1931 · page 4

According to reports received by the Honey Marketing Board from most of the honey producing districts of the State, it is not…

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Sllage for Dairy Cows Ween to Cut the Crops

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 November 1931 · page 4

To produce good silage in is important that crops be cut at the right stage of growth. The following directions are given in a…

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Help the Farmers Help Themselves Mr. Sheil States Case for Co-operativei Monopoly The Editor. The. Mail

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 2

Sir,—In August, 1930, The Mail published the writer's letter advocating unified co-operative control of the Sydney milk trade as a means…

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Tales of the Old Days and Other Australianities Record Loads of Wool

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 4

Where did I meet Bob Walsh? Let me see, it was when I was making the stage from Moree to Inverell. The grand old veteran, W. C. Rouse, had…

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No Govt. Control Dairymen Uphold Legislative Council

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 2

Local members of the Country Milk Suppliers Association are opposed to Government control of the dairy industry and approve the…

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