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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

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Bowral Relief Workers. Must Go to Moss Vale. Pressure to Make Men Work on Farms

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

At the meeting of Bowral Council on Thursday night a letter was received from the Department of Labor and Industry stating that all the…

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Brief Mention. Dairy Herd

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

An important ule of choice dairy stock will be held at Jamberoo on Monday next when Mr. A. Tate's herd will be submitted to auction…

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The Farm Home Cheddar Cheese. How to Make It od the Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 4

Cheese suitable for home use can be made on the farm with very little plant, and the following paragraphs describe the making of cheddar in…

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Butter and Egg Exports Drop

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 4

Exports of butter and eggs from Australia during the period July 1 to December 28, 1935, according to a report…

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Threat to Evict Wheat Farmers Strong Opposition by Settlers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 2

Throughout the country the Wheatgrowers' Union of New South Wales has signified its determination to fight the threatened…

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Earmarking of Sheep Owners' Obligations Under New Act

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) invites the attention of all sheepowners to the fact that, in towns of the 1934 Pastures Protection Act…

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Zebu Cattle

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

The Zebu cattle recently introduced into Northern Queensland have proved successful, and the State Government intends to import further…

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Farmers Preparing to Resist

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 4

The disclosure in Friday's issue of the Government Gazette that two stary orders. On farmers at Geurie and…

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Wheat Farmers Protest

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 4

To-day (Saturday) a meeting of farmers will be held at Ranki's Springs to protest against the action of…

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Tuberculosis. Testing of Dairy Cows

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

The Secretary of the local branch of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association has supplied us with the following report of the business…

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Farmers in Debate. Subsidised Immigration

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 2

Keen interest in the debates between Robertson and Glenquarry-Kangaloon Agricultural Bureaus is still maintained, and there was a…

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How to Make Whitewash. Many Uses on the Farm

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 4

Obtain, if possible, large piece of fresh lump lime place them in a very large bucket or other suitable con[?] and into this pour hot water…

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Camden Park. a Modern Dairy Farm

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 3

At the invitation of General Macarthur Onslow, who is President of Camden Show Society, a number of district farmer and city [?]tors were…

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First Cheese Factory in the Southern Highlands. Red-Letter Day for Robertson. Major King Speaks Cheerfully of Dairying Industry. Value of Co-operative Enterprises

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 2

Saturday was a Red-Letter Day in the history of Robertson. It saw the realisation of a dream of the most progressive farmers of the district who had banded together to establish the first co-operative…

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Poultry-Farming Reminders for February

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 4

On account of the humid weather conditions usually experienced during Februarys the pullets should not be overcrowded, and large numbers…

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Junior Farmers at the Royal Show

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 2

With a view to furthering the interest in the growing lads of the country in progressive agricultural methods and modern ideas of animal…

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Brief Mention. Best Butter

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 3

Berrima District Cooperative Society, Bowral, won first prize at Berry Show for butter for local consumption, the Berry Company taking…

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Tableland Wool

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 2

Mr. J. I. Toobey's Mandemar clip from Berrima, was among the offerings at Winchcombe, Carson's last Sydney auction. The hoggets' made 21¼d,…

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Dairy Farm Competition

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 4

The Milk Board announces having set aside 25 guineas as prize money for a Dairy Farm Competition. The objects are…

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Primary Producers. Export Butter

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 3

Primary to a suggestion of the primary Producers Association [?] steps be taken to confine the distrabution of inferior grades of export…

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