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Central Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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

Order For Second Crop Who Supplied Oranges?

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 August 1930 · page 2

At the Gosford Bulk Loaders' meeting on Saturday, Mr. V. T. Williams asked what the Board had been doing re disposing of second crop oranges…

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Review of Citrus Crops Details From Districts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 14

The following report of citrus crop conditions has been received from the State Marketing Bureau, Dept. of Agriculture, N.S.W. Though the…

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Weeds on the Farm. a Free Pamphlet on Their Control

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 7

That weeds are a cause of seriously diminished farm profits is generally admitted, but that their eradication often presents a very difficult problem…

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The Farm Home Some Principles of Beautification

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 September 1930 · page 10

"A home is something more than a place in which to live—it is what both men and women work for and long for, and the place where children receive…

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Government v. The Farmers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1930 · page 15

The common, but speedily delivered judgment in farming communities on Government control, intervention, or assistance to the man on the land is…

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Wise Business Principles Farm Power and Farm Profits

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 3

Power ami plant might make or break a credit balance, and this department of the farming business needed ever careful watching, observed the…

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Poultry Farmers' Silver Lining Lower Costs Are Aid to Stability

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 6

This is not the time to get out Of poultry farming; rather should operations be carried on, at least on a normal scale…

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Second Crop Oranges Sales at 7/ Per Bag

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 14

We are informed that "the Gosford Bulk Loading Rural Co-operative Society, in its quiet way, has been looking after the interests of the…

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Fine Crop of Peas at Terrigal

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 5

D.T. Pictorial has another note:— Small farmers in the Terrigal district have grown some exceptionally good crops of green peas this winter…

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Sales on Second Crop (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 11

Sir,—I noticed that in the last issue of your paper you published the prices the Gosford Bulk Loading Society obtained for second crop oranges. This…

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Wyong Co-op. Dairy Society

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Wyong Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., there were seven nominations for the three vacancies on the Directorate…

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Bone-Chewing How to Treat Affected Cattle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 3

Bone-chewing is not in itself a disease, but is a symptom of a diseased condition brought about by a shortage of mineral constituents (chiefly…

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Blacksmithing on the Farm

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 14

A knowledge of blacksmithing means a considerable saving and is very important in keeping the farm plant up to its highest efficiency, contended Mr…

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The Farm Garden How to Raise Plants From Seed

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 14

A number of useful hints on plant propagation were given by Mrs. C. W. Brebner in the course of an address at the State Conference of the New…

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Pest that is Fond of Vegetables Brown Weevil Busy Among Crops

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 16

During the past three weeks the brown vegetable weevil has attacked potato, tomato, carrot, bean, and lettuce crops in many districts…

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N.S.W. Mandarin Production Yield Exceeds Gross Victorian Citrus Crop

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 12

The extent of citrus cultivation in New South Wales can be gauged from the fact that in mandarins alone the Mother State produced, in 1928-29, a…

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