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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

194 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 9 of 10

The Breeding of Dairy Cattle. More Care Is Needed

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 3

At the annual conference of the Illawarra Division of Agricultural Bureaux, at Moss Vale, on Tuesday, Mr. McGilvray, of the Department of…

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Judging of Dairy Cattle

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 2

At the conference of the Illawarra division of Agricultural Bureaux, at Moss Vale, on Tuesday, Mr. McGilvray, of the Department of…

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Dairying Four Functions of Food Scientific Feeding of Dairy Cows

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 4

Inadequate feeding of dairy cows is one of the chief causes of unprofitable dairying. This is made evident if the butter production of Kew South…

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Best Settlers Tribute to Junior Farmer Movement

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 4

"If we are going to hold this country we must continue to occupy our agricultural and pastoral land," said the Vic…

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Horses Should Come Back More Economic Farming

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 4

"If farmers will only go back to a greater use of horse in place of the mechanical power which is taking so much…

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The Potato Crop Care and Cutting of "Seed "

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 3

Before planting it is advisable to eliminate all seed tubers showing week growth, and particularly those with thready shoots. The rose end of the…

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the Breeding of Dairy of Cattle Moree Care Is Needed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 4

At the annual conference of the. Illawarra Division of Agricultural Bureaux, at Moss Vale last week, Mr. McGilvray, of…

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Junior Farmers Vegetable Culture

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 2

Douglas Blow, of Gerringong Junior Farmers, gave a most interesting address on vegetable growing to Junior Farmers at the Agricultural…

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District Show. Cattle Judging on First Day

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Berrima District Show Society was held at Moss Vale on Wednesday night. The principal matter under…

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Sheep Blowfly Dressings Zinc Sulphate and Boric Acid Compounds

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 4

The ideal blowfly dressing should possess the following, essentials:— 1. Should be a stable compound, not altering chemically or physically…

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B.D.A.H. and I. Society District Show Cattle Judging on First Day

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Berrima District Show Society was held at Moss Vale on Wednesday night. The principal matter under…

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A Dairying By-product a New Plastic From At WHEY

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 October 1939 · page 4

The Bureau of Dairy Industry, U.S.A., has announced the perfection of a process by which a new transparent…

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Grass Our Greatest Crop. Methods of Pasture Improvement

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 4

Grass is Australia's greatest crop, but farmers and graziers have come to realise in recent years that our grasslands are not as good as they…

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Importance of Farm Bookkeeping

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 October 1939 · page 4

Discussing the "costing" of pasture improvement, a speaker at a recent conference of farmers emphasised that no part of farming paid…

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Wheat, 1/9. Bread, 6d. ? [To The Editor]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 2

Sir,—Go on the land and produce foodstuffs, cry the war lords, office lords, rent lords, and financiers, and we will pay…

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Rabbits on Railway Line. Robertson Farmers' Effective Protest

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 November 1939 · page 2

At a meeting of Robertson Progress Association about six weeks ago the members were outspoken regarding the failure of the railway…

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Tell the World of High Food Value of Our Butter

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 4

Its high vitamin content and food [?]alue compared with butter produced [?]less sunny climes, constituted an excellent sales argument for the…

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Exeter Junior Farmers Meeting of Council

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 2

A council meeting of the Exeter Junior Farmers' Club was held in the public school, Exeter, recently, Mr. A. C. Brown, president,…

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Protecting Soldier Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 2

The Primary Producers' Union has evolved a scheme for protecting the owners of farms who are engaged in military service, and the…

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Junior Farmers. District Field Day

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 November 1939 · page 3

A Field Day will be held under the auspices of the Berrima District Junior Farmers' Advisory Council, at "Ottgo," the property of Messrs. S…

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