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Central Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

9 stories in Central Coast's papers

Big California Crop Forecast

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

The British Empire Marketing Board in its weekly notes reports that California is likely to have a large crop of oranges this season, from now…

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Farming-out Outlying Roads. (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 2

Sir,--I propose herewith, with your assistance, to put a few considerations before the public of this Shire, on the above and cognate matters…

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Power Farming

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 17

A deputation representing agricultural implement manufacturers, tractor importers and oil and petrol distributers waited on Mr. Thorby (Minister…

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Fruit Fly. To Protect Late-ripening Crops

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 14

Growers of late-ripening varieties of fruit may be reminded of the wisdom of taking precautions against the fruit fly, from which the greatest trouble is…

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Green Manure Crops. a Reminder Concerning Sowing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 6

Continued clean cultivation, such as is necessary in the orchard, has the effect of seriously depleting the organic content of the soil. Where it is…

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Early Potatoes Farmers' Experiments

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 16

The coastal districts between the Hunter and the upper reaches of the Hawkesbury have just experienced the driest spring on record. No useful…

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Citrus Crop Estimates

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 13

A survey of crop prospects made by the Fruit Branch, Department of Agriculture, fully confirms the view that the main crop of all varieties of citrus…

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The Orchard Work for the Autumn. Green Manure Crops and Cultivation

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 16

Where crops for green manure were sown in districts that have shared in the February rains, write officers of the Fruit Branch of the Department of…

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Egg Marketing Board Position of Poultry Farmers And All Persons Who Have Twenty or More Adult Female Fowls or Bucks

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1929 · page 10

Many poultry farmers and poultry keepers in a small way are in doubt as to how the operations of the new Egg Marketing Board will affect them…

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