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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

164 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 9

Dairying Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 5

Because of the bounteous season in the cheese districts of New South Wales, it is not anticipated that there will be any shortage of cheese in this State this…

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Wool Consultant and Specialist

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 4

The quantity and quality are great factors in the use of wool throughout the world. We may have quantity, yet without quality of richness and…

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Cleansing of Dairy Premises An Ample Water Supply Essential

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 4

The provision of ample water supplies at at all times for the washing of dairy utensils as well as the floors of the milking shed, dairy and inner…

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The Farm Home Need Not Be Wasted How to Make Sour Milk Cheese

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 3

The housewife often finds that milk goes sour, but it need not be wasted, for it can be utilised in the making of sour-milk cheese. If it is not thick,…

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Farmers Declare Blackberry a Noxious Plant. Shire Asked to Take Action—Special Tax Advocated

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

At a public meeting at Kangaloon on Tuesday night it was decided to request the Nattai Shire Council to take steps to have the blackberry…

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Wool Consultant and Specialist

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 3

Time and tide wait for no man, neither will the evolution of clothing materials wait the convenience of wool growers. Staple Fibre end other…

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Fodder Competition. Broadcast Crop Wins

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 3

For the first time since the inception of a fodder competition amongst members of Glenquarry-Kangaloon Agricultural Bureau a crop sown…

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Dairying Quality in Cream How to Safeguard It

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 3

Of the various defects which result in cream being graded other than "choicest" it is surprising how many are due wholly or in part to…

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Poultry Poultry-Farming Reminders For April

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 4

Cut the spurs of all male birds over 12 months old which are to be used for breeding during the coming season. A…

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Winter Schools for Farmers at Hawkesbury College

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 3

The Minister for Mines, Forests, and Agriculture, Mr. Vincent, states that it is proposed to hold the usual winter schools at the Hawkesbury…

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Closer Settlement Premier's Diagnosis Advice to Junior Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 April 1938 · page 4

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, in an address to junior farmers at the Sydney Showground, stated a belief that the core of the closer settlement…

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Dairying Unsatisfactory Cream Stirrers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 4

As a Cause of Second-grade Cream A note in the current "Agricultural Gazette" draws attention to cases of second-grade cream which…

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Dairying Value of Recording In Building Up a Profitabe Herd There is a pressing economic need for dairy herd yields to

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 4

be placed on a profitable basis, This can best be accomplished by the individual farmer by continuous herd recording and…

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Strike Threat Moss Vale and District Farmers Not in Favour

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 2

Describing such a proposal as suicidal and obnoxious to the average producer, a meeting of members of the Moss Vale Suppliers' Association,…

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Sheep Classing As a Means of Increasing Profits

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 4

"However small your flock, closes it periodically," advise officers of the Sheep and Wool Branch of the Department of…

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Sydney's Milk Supply Dairymen Opposed to Strike

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 2

A largely-attended special meeting of the Bowral branch of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association was held to consider what steps should be…

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Junior Farmers' Club for Moss Vale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 May 1938 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Moss Vale Agriculture Bureau, which was held in the Soldiers' Memorial Rooms…

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Dairying Four Faults in Milking. Neglect that Endangers Cream Quality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 4

There are many points at which cream can be contaminated, and if his product is to be consistently graded "choicest" it is necessary…

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Historic Dairy

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 May 1938 · page 3

One of the largest auction gales of dairy cattle in the history of the State was held near Victoria Park Racecourse last week when the herds…

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Junior Farmers Important Changes

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 May 1938 · page 4

Several important changes in the constitution of the Junior Farmers' Clubs were made at the last quarterly…

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