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Central Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

29 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

DAIRYING. The "Average Cow." Raising Its Value by Tests

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 12

"The cost of keeping a dairy cow has been variously estimated from time to time, but with the high costs now operating in the prices of labour,…

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A Dairy Record

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1919 · page 8

Mr. John Smith, jun., of Brush Creek, Yarramalong, writes :—Just a line to Bay I think I have put up a district record with dairy returns for…

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The Farmer's Candidate. F. B. S. Falkiner for the Senate

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 12

Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner, M.P., has decided to accept the nomination of the Farmers and Settlers' Association as the Farmers' Candidate for the…

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Free to the Farmer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 15

Farmers may obtain the following publications, free of cost, on application to the Under-Secretary ana Director, Department of Agriculture,…

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The Orchard. Feeding the Orchard Soil. Value of Leguminous Cover Crops

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 17

The policy of systematically adding organic matter and nitrogen to orchard soil by ploughing in green legume cover crops was only recently touched…

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The Farmer's "Bank."

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 16

An acre of maize drinks up and sweats (or transpires) through its leaves about 24 tons of water daily during a mid-summer month, or about…

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Gosford Fruit Crop

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1919 · page 6

There is a splendid setting of fruit following on the bountiful blossoming of all varieties of citrus trees in the Gosford district. The trees generally,…

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Yarramalong. a Successful Dairy Herd

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1919 · page 20

Mr. Harry Sternbeck, one of the most up-to-date and successful dairymen of this locality, is to he highly congratulated on the success which he…

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Coastal Farmers' Society. Co-operation's Rapid Advance

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1919 · page 17

The thirty-ninth half-yearly meeting of the Coastal Fanners' Cooperative Society, held at Bega, was attended by representative dairymen…

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