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Central Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

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Apprentices to Farm Work Proposal to Encourage Boy Migrants

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1924 · page 15

We have received from the Immigration Section of the Department of Labor and Industry a circular giving detailed particulars of the scheme…

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Football at the Farm Home

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 12

Two games of League football were-played by Farm Home teams yesterday, and in each of them the boys scored a victory. The first team played…

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Cattle Duffers and Horse Planters. in the Days of Old

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 7

The recently-discovered hidden valley, through which hundreds of head of stolen cattle were driven from Tenterfield district, and trucked for southern…

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Dairying. Wet Versus Dry Milking

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 2

In a recent issue of the "Journal" of the English Ministry of Agriculture is discussed the question of wet or day milking. Much of the criticism of…

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Down on the Farm. Chance for Boys

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 23

The Immigration Section of the Department of Labor and Industry has requested us to bring to the notice of district orchardists the opportunities…

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The Farmer's Son

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1924 · page 16

A Yankee doggerel dispenser, in a homely but striking manner, hits right home at the heart of the reason why many farm reared boys leave the land…

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Money in Tomatoes. to Produce Early Crops

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 21

The tomato has only been extensively cultivated in recent years, but it has advanced so rapidly in public estimation as a useful, wholesome, and…

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Dairyman's Liability

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 7

The question of a dairyman's liability for an offence committed by his servant in his absence was involved in a case in which Henry James Brown…

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Railway Cattle Yards

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1924 · page 21

At the request of those interested in the loading and unloading of cattle at Gosford, Shire Councillors on Monday inspected the new yard, now being…

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Assault at Farm Home

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 July 1924 · page 12

District residents who have warmly admired the good results achieved by the present management at the Gosford Farm Home, regretted to see in…

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Dairy Act. Important Provisions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1924 · page 20

Mr. Bocking, Inspector under the Dairy Act, has been visiting the factories at Dungog, and during a conversation with a representative of the…

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Wedding at Farm Home. GRIGG—BUTWELL

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 24

Major Parsonage uses a varied selection of attractions to occupy the minds of the sojourners at the Gosford Farm Home and stimulate their interest, but…

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Wyong Co-op. Dairy Co

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 August 1924 · page 24

At a meeting of shareholders of the Wyong Co-op. Dairy Co., the question of entering the city milk trade was discussed. The Chairman of Directors…

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Handling The Citrus Crop. Problems Large and Small. Discussed by Gosford Packing House Members

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1924 · page 7

A general meeting of members of Gosford District Citrus Packing House, Ltd., was held in the School of Arts on Thursday afternoon, 14th instant…

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The Cotton Crop. Points in Planting

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 3

Planting of cotton should take place in the Spring, when all danger of frost is over, and when the soil has warmed up sufficiently to maintain steady…

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Items of Interest. IF You Want Milk that is Milk, try Johnston's Gosford Dairy

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 August 1924 · page 18

Two men killed in tram smash near McMahon's Point Wharf, North Sydney. Hard-boiled eggs are used as small…

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Orchard & Farm. Fruit Fly

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 10

All our cultural efforts, spraying, &c., will be of little avail unless we realise ALL the time that this worst pest of the citrus grower has to be combated…

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The Farm Home. Boy Removed to Gaol

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1924 · page 24

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Quirk asked whether it was a fact that a boy, 14 years of age, who was serving a period at the Gosford…

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The Farm Garden. Staking and Pruning of Tomatoes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1924 · page 2

It is always advisable to stake tomato plants. In the first place it enables the grower to cultivate clo[?] the plant; in the second, it prevents…

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Prize Fat Cattle for Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1924 · page 12

Mr. John Ree informs us that having been at Singleton Show judging in the cattle sections, he was so struck with the quality shown that he…

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