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Central Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

25 stories in Central Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Reforming Young Men. Prisoners As Tree-farmers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1927 · page 12

An indiscreet man who ran away recently from the Prisoners' Afforestation Camp at Tuncurry has got himself into general disfavor. Apart from the…

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Tips for Farmers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1927 · page 5

Coudy's crystals and good old washing soda are two valuable items to have always at hand. Sores, scabs and all open wounds on men, horses, or…

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Linking Farm.& Factory

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 2

No more interesting event has happened in the industrial history of Australia than the recent purchase by the Australian cotton-spinners of the whole…

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Sateguarding Farm Stock. The Value of an Isolation Paddock

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1927 · page 2

Every dairy-farmer should have a email paddock where he can keep a beast absolutely away from all other cattle. Then, every time he buysy new…

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Joys of Farming

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 17

The yarn is going the rounds that a certain M.L.A. received the following letter from a farming constituent of his:—…

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Poultry Farmers and the P.F.A. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 10

Sir,—In a recent issue there appears a statement by Mrs. P. A. Rose, referring to the "huge joke" about the Poultry Farmers' Association, and advising…

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Better Farming Train. Successful Southern Tour

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1927 · page 11

The first tour of the Better Farming Train is considered by Mr. A. H. E. McDonald, Superintendent of Agriclture, to have been an unqualified…

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As a Cattle Food Dried Orange and Raisin Pulp

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 8

Members of the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station staff have been studying the digestibility of certain fruit by-products…

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Farm Produce Agents. First Prosecution U[?]der the Act

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1927 · page 2

The first prosecution initiated by the Department of Agriculture under the Farm Produce Agents Act, 1926, was heard on April 21, at the Central…

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For The Farm Fruit Preserving. a Free Booklet for the Housewife

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1927 · page 5

The Department of Agriculture lias just issued a nineteen-page booklet on the canning aud bottling of fruit. It in no way claims to deal with the…

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Winter Schools for Farmers, 1927

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 3

Arrangements have been made for the annual Winter School for Farmers to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from 28th June to 22nd…

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Ourimbah Creek Meeting of Poultry Farmers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 June 1927 · page 11

A meeting of poultry farmers, held at Mr. Hall's residence, Ourimbah, last Saturday night, was addressed by Mr. Turner, Gen. Sec. of the P.F.A., who…

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Protection Benefits Farmers (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1927 · page 16

Sir,—Letters bearing initials, not a signature, are constantly appearing in the important country papers, deploring the fact that Australia is…

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Convenience on the Farm. New Oil Container

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 3

This is an age of mechauical transport, and machinery plays a dominant part in the daily work of the primary producer…

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Make the Farm Attractive. What the Men Can Do

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 15

Advice from the Better Farming Train:— (1) Regard the farm home and those in it as being worthy of primary…

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Bracing Fruit Trees. Help Trees to Support Heavy Crops

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 5

Many and varied are the methods adopted by the fruitgrower as a means of preventing the breaking of limbs of fruit trees during years of heavy crops…

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Crescent Poultry Farm Up-to-date Methods and Fine Results

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 August 1927 · page 11

"Some people say poultry farming is a slave's game; but it needn't be. There are dozens of ways of saving work, and they are not expensive,…

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Poultry Farmers Confer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 7

The Poultry Farmers' Conference was held in the Education Building, Sydney, on August 4. Mr. P. V. Stokes, Minister for Agriculture, for…

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Wyong's Loss on Larger Dairy Turnover

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 2

The Wyong Co-operative Dairy Society, after providing fully for depreciation and repairs, made a net loss of £297 on the operations for the…

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Painting on the Farm Adding Years of Life to Buildings

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1927 · page 13

One golden rule must be observed in painting, and that is never to put it off to long. If wood has begun to rot or iron to rust, it is little use…

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