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Central Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1916

16 stories in Central Coast's papers

Dairying in Argentina

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 5

During the last two months of the year 1915, an exhibition was held at Cordova, an important provincial town in the Argentina Republic. It…

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Wyong Dairy Co

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 12

Mr. F. R. Webb, manager of the Wyong Co-operative Dairy Co., reports for the month of June:—Supplies have fallen off considerably, and…

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Registration of Dairy Factories

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture has received information from the inspectors under the Dairy Industry Act that there are quite a large…

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Soldiers at Poultry Farming To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 5

Sir,—As a good deal is being done by way of settling returned soldiers on the land, and especially at poultry farming, I would like to try and…

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A Profitable Crop. a Quarter-acre of Tomatoes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 11

That tomatoes can be a profitable crop if handled so that the fruit is placed on the market before the bulk of that grown in New South Wales,…

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Boys and Agriculture. Boys' Training Farm at Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 11

[?]pite the tendency to drift citywards, it would seem that agriculture is an acceptable occupation for boys, even when it is a forced occupation…

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On The Farm

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 11

THE MIRAGE, a camp newspaper published by the troops at an Egyptian base depot, puts a tall one over an unnamed N.S.W. farmer. The writer…

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Sheep Chew Tobacco

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 14

Here's a story which will require some swallowing :— At Daroobalgie meat works, near Forbes, the decoy sheep, which…

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Australian Wheat

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 14

The city editor of the London TIMES in an article commenting on the British scheme of control of the wheat importations,…

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Area Under Wheat. Less Than Last Year

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 16

The area under wheat in New South Wales this year is, according to the preliminary estimate of Mr. John B. Trivett, which…

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A Farmer's Opinion. Know Each Cow

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 12

"It was not worth while dairying unless the cows were worthy of feeding, and the only way of telling whether the individual cow was worth…

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Summer Schools. Poultry Farming and Apiculture

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 16

A Summer School in Poultry Farming and another in Apiculture will be held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College in January of…

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On the Land. Lime on the Farm. Methods of Application

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 15

Lime may be applied in two ways— either as ground burnt-lime or as freshly slaked lime. As ground lime it is applied at the rate of 5 to 6…

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On the Land. Lime on the Farm. Value of Wood Ashes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 13

The value of wood ashes as a fertilising material is not as widely known as it deserves to be. In newly cleared country ashes are…

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Australia's Wheat Crop

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 9

In the House of Representatives on Wednesday the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) made an important announcement regarding the sale of the…

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Local Fruit Crops

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 12

Fruitgrowers in coastal districts have been delayed with the ordinary summer tillage operations. The continuous rainstorms upset…

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