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Southern Highlands · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

83 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 5

Cheap Fodder for Dairy Farmers Committee Getting to Work

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 4

The committee appointed to secure the adoption of the scheme outlined by Mr. C. Wills for the supply of cheaper fodder to dairy farmers in…

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Dairying Pays in New Zealand Record Prices for Jerseys

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 October 1943 · page 4

Hailed as the "world's record offering of Jersey cattle," the unreserved dispersal sale of Mr. A. E. Watkin's O.K. atud attracted a New Zealand…

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Superphosphate Rationing Rations Fob Growers of Non-priority Crops

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 October 1943 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Captain W. P. Dunn, M.L.A.), announces that for the 1943 44 rationing period, superphosphate…

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Superphosphate Rationing Supplies for Autumn-sown Crops

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 October 1943 · page 4

Farmers and graziers who are entitled to a quota of superphosphate for use in the autumn on crops other than…

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More Advice to the Dairy Farmers The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 4

Sir,—More advice is being inflicted on the long-suffering dairy-farmer— this time a rubber stamp has joined in the national pastime of "advising…

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Home Affairs Household Management, Cookery, and the Domestic Arts How Good Cooks Make Them Lemon Butter

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 October 1943 · page 4

Juice of 2 lemons, 1 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs 1 tablespoon butter, 1 teaspoon cornflour. Mix all ingredients together, place…

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Food Production Hampered Freight Concessions Withheld on Farm Machinery

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 October 1943 · page 4

A remarkable story of an instance in which the State Government had missed an opportunity to stimulate food production was related in the…

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Release of Soldiers for Farm Work Our Member Has a Better Plan

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 October 1943 · page 3

Speaking at the Exeter sports on Saturday, Mr. A. D. Fraser, member for Eden-Monsro, criticised the existing process by which men are released…

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Release of Dairy Hands Apply Through Butter Factory

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 4

In future, dairy-farmers seeking the release of soldiers for work on dairy-farms must make application through the butter-factories. To facilitate the…

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Release of Dairy Hands Apply Through Butter Factory

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 2

In future, dairy farmers seeking the release of soldiers for Work on dairy farms must make application, through the batter factories. To,…

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Wool Storage Difficulties in Country

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 2

The difficulty experienced by some producers in holding their wool in country districts through the shortage of storage facilities, was referred…

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Tractor Farming Contractors Work Eighty Hours a Week

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 November 1943 · page 3

it Has been suggested that the committee should be given control of private contractors. The Shoalhaven scheme of contract…

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Manpower for Dairy Farms

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 November 1943 · page 4

Action planned by the Federal Government to secure the return of labour for work on food producing farms was…

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Labor on Farms More Regulations to Be Observed by Employers

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 2

Employers of rural workers, when the period of employment is expected to exceed 28 days or has exceeded 28 days, must now provide certain…

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Labor on Farms More Regulation to Be Observed by Employers

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 November 1943 · page 2

Employers of rural workers, when the period of employment is expected to exceed 28 days or has exceeded 28 days, must now provide…

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Children on Farms Eight Per Cent. Under Fifteen

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 3

Mr. Churchill's reference to child labor on farms, before the Milk Board Inquiry, provoked the District Supervisor (Mr. Lionel Moreing) to…

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Farm Butter Transactions Return Required by Rationing Commission

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 December 1943 · page 4

All producers of farm butter who are registered with the Rationing Commission must send a quarterly return to the State Deputy-Director…

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How Farms are Held Fifty Percent Freehold

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 December 1943 · page 4

Giving evidence at the Milk' Board inquiry, Mr. L. G. Moreing gave tome interesting facts relating to local dairy-farms and their values…

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Hold-Up in Wool Transport Relief Asked for Owners' Interest Payments

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 December 1943 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly the Leader of the Country Party (Lt. Col. Bruxner) pointed out that many…

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Irrigation Farms for Soldiers Government Urged to Act

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 December 1943 · page 4

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly on the subject of land settlement, Mr. J. Lawson (C. P. Murray) said he could…

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