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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

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A Point in Farm Planning

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 4

It is not always possible to lay out the farm on lines which will last for all time, but if a definite plan is made…

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The Four Mails Turf Budget Caulfield Cup Prospects. Outsider with a Great Chance. Warwick Farm on

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 October 1933 · page 6

Have you ever noticed that battling trainers and poor men seldom win big races? Really rich events I mean. It is not altogether that the…

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Ideal Pasture for Dairy Cattle. Importance of Leguminous Plants

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 3

The ideal pasture should contain an admixture of grasses and clovers. A leguminous content is important in any pasture—it is essential in…

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Hand-feed All the Year, Round. Northern Dairy Farmer Says It Would Pay

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 3

Many dairy farmers erred in their methods of management in that they allowed good cultivation laid to grow pasture, said Mr. A. J…

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Dairy Farmers and Cost Reduction Two Companies Join Forces

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 2

At an extraordinary general meeting of the Singleton Waratah Milk Company, Ltd., the shareholders unanimously approved of an…

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Better Pastures Subterranean Clover As Pioneer Crop

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 3

One of the most valuable uses of subterranean clover is as a pioneer pasture on country of low fertility on the coast, tablelands, and parts of…

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Moss Vale Milk Suppliers Annual Meeting Denounces Criticism of Board by Member for Rockdale. Board Representative and Dairy Farmers' Manager Fail to Attend

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 2

Enthusiastic support of the Milk Board and condemnation of the remarks in Parliament of Mr. Ross, M.L.A., regarding the head of the…

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Sales Tax on Floor. for Forgotten Farmer. Country Party Pressing

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 4

"For the past four years the Country Party has been pressing for a sales tax on flour as a means of enabling the wheat industry to…

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Worms In Sheep Value of Drenching

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 November 1933 · page 4

Although the occurrence of worms in sheep has been fairly widespread, it has not assumed the seriousness noted…

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Poultry Farming. Some Facts for the Prospective Beginner

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 November 1933 · page 4

In a recent address on the poultry industry, the Poultry Expert of the Department of Agriculture drew attention to some facts which…

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Dairy Farmers' Difficulties. Problems of the Milk Board. Frank Discussion at Moss Vale Sweet Cream Milk Not Sold of Rother Uses

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 2

Mr. Martin, consumers' representative on the Milk Board, assured a meeting of dairy farmers at Moss Vale on Thursday, that the Board did…

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Butter Fat Content How to Increase It

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 November 1933 · page 2

A combined meeting of Bowral and Moss Vale branches of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association at Moss Vale on Thursday was addressed by…

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Armistice Day at Farm Homes

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 2

An impressive Armistice Service was held at the Farm Homes Boys' Hall, Mittagong, on Sunday last. The Union Jack was displayed in…

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Testing of Dairy Herds, T.B.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 November 1933 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hugh Main) has replied to the P.P. Union Central Executive, on the Proposal that the testing of dairy…

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Wheat Industry Co-operation With Government

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 4

The Australian Country Party is asking for a grant to wheat-growars of not ess than £3,500,000. It has proposed…

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Butter Marketing Federal Legislation C.P. APPROVES

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 December 1933 · page 4

The need for the butter marketing legislation introduced by the Commonwealth Government is illustrated by a…

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More Butter Pasture Improvement at Berry Farm

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 2

If any further evidence were required of the value of pasture improvement on coastal dairy farms it was provided by the past season's…

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Narrow Escapes Explosion at Butter Factory

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 2

The manager of the Berrima Rural Cooperative Society (Mr. Burgin) and his secretary (Miss Lees) had remarkable escapes from serious injury…

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