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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

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Use Farmyard Manure to Compensate for Super-phosphate Shortage

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 4

"Dairy farmers would be well advised to make the best use of farmyard manure now that restrictions have been placed on the use of…

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Seed Growing Guarantees Inducement to Farmers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 4

Because of the urgent need for large quantities of vegetable seeds in Australia, the Department of Agriculture is…

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Vegetable Share Farmers Required for Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture advises that on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area there are at present about fifty vacancies for share…

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Quality of Eggs Influence of Handling on the Farm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 4

Many farmers in country districts who send eggs to the Egg Marketing Board's Depots, complains of the grading down of their products…

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Sheep Must Have lime If Fed on Grain

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 4

The results of recent work carried out by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research with the financial assistance of The Australian…

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Add Lime to Cereal Ration for Sheep

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 4

A ration consisting mainly of cereals and their by-products is inadequate for sheep feeding. In an experiment carried oat by the Council…

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No Need to Strip Dairy Farmers May Save Labor

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 6

Mass stripping has been widely practised in New Zealand during the war period, which makes the following article in a New Zealand paper the…

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Wednesday, Thursday Swamp Water and the Farmer's Daughter

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 4

On Wednesday and Thursday we shall see "Swamp Water," the first American production of the famous French director, Jean Renoir, and a…

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Junior Farmers' War Effort

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 April 1942 · page 2

Inquiries made revealed the extent to which junior farmers' clubs are assisting the war effort. There are now 380 clubs with a membership of…

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High Dairying Costs Southern Highland Conditions

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 2

"There is a disposition to blame the drought for most of the troubles that have overtaken the dairying industry on the Southern Highlands,"…

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Milk and Wheat ? [To The Editor]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 2

Sir,—Why all this trouble about our bread and milk? According to statistics, millions of bushels of wheat, also millions of…

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Farming Aided

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 4

Even within the last five years abjections have been heard in many quarters to the production in the Commonwealth of agricultural…

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Junior Farmers Moss Vale Club

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 22 April 1942 · page 2

The Moss Vale Junior Farmers' Club held its monthly meeting on April 9 at the Public School, when there was on attendance of 15…

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Protection of Farm Machinery

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 6

When the question of adequate proaction of farm machinery is raised, many farmers contend that such provision is precluded by its cost, but…

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Local Shorts Farmers Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 April 1942 · page 3

A meeting of farmer ratepayers in Nattai Shire will be held in Glenquarry Hall on Wednesday to consider what steps shall be taken in…

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Licks for Cattle Importance of Mineral deficient country

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 4

Although the average sheep man realises the necessity for a stook lick, it is apparent that very many cattle men on…

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Worm Parasites of Sheep the Problems of War Time Control

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 April 1942 · page 4

Two, serious difficulties have arisen in regard to control of worm ' parasites of sheep stace the war. First, many drugs are in short…

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Dairy Company Defended

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 4

Mr. Fowles member for illawarra, spoke in defence of the Dairy Farmers Cooperative Company in the debate on the Milk Bill. He said:—…

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Dairy Company Defended

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 2

Mr, Fowles, member for Illawarra, spoke in defence of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Company in the debate on the Milk Bill. He said :—We…

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Dairy Science Schools, 1942 Applications Close 31st MAY

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 2

Persons wishing to attend dairy science schools during the winter months should make written application, accompanied by a fee of…

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