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Blue Mountains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

10 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Garden Notes. Rotation of Crops

The Record of the Blue Mountains · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 46

Experienced vegetable growers long have recognised the fact that the same kind of crop cannot be grown successfully for lengthy periods on the same…

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Back Yard Farms Katoomba's Scope an Expert's View

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 February 1924 · page 1

A fair audience listened attentively to an address, given on Wednesday night at the Katoomba Council Chambers, by Mr. Pinn, an…

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Frank's Farm Ka-oed by Council

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 7

Frank Hannell, squire of "The Pines" at Blackheath, asked permission to graze his milker on Whitley Park, pointing out that…

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Items of Interest WHEAT-EATERS

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 8

Miss Portin Geach, a great grain cater and food specialist, forwards with pride a message from Benarr MacFadden, the great authority on…

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Protection for the Farmer

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 8

Australians as a whole are staunch supporters of a Protecionist policy but the average famer usuall inclines to Free Trade, or is at least…

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Down on the Farm Chance for Boys

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 8

The immigration Section of the Department of Labor and industry has requested the Mountains press to bring to the notice of district…

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The Wool Trade

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 3

A letter from Fogland includes the following Item:—"Great activity in raw materials continues in the wool trade. There is very little wool left…

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Below Standard Milk How the Dairyman Scored

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 September 1924 · page 8

Shire Health Inspector J. Lendster scored one and last one in two cases of understand milk he brought before P.M. Helm on…

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Straying Cattle Cyclists Injured by Horse at Echo Point

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 20 November 1924 · page 2

While three cyclists, Jim, Hector and Jack Muir, were proceeding along Panorama Drive at Echo Point on Tuesday night, a horse, which…

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The Whole Herd Middle Cattle Show

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 2

Daisy, Violet, Browale, Brindle, Darky, Tulip, Baldy, Frisky and Maggie were the picturesque names of a herd of milkers that was found…

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