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Central Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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

Our Dairy Products Now at Head of Exports. Off the Sheep's Back

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 13

Every now and again a new champion arises in sport, industry, or commerce. Wool was for decades so tremendous a factor in our financial life that the…

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The Australian Farmer. (To the Editor.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 July 1932 · page 9

Sir,—Even the ranks of Tuscany can scarce forbear to cheer, and there is at least one who has the grace to blush and the courage to blush openly for…

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Storage of Farm-cured Bacon

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1932 · page 5

Farm-cured bacon often 'becomes reasty (rancid) through being hung in places where the temperature is variable, and it may also be attacked…

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Pollination of Orchards Bees Double the Fruit Crop

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 July 1932 · page 8

Mr. H. Willoughby Lance, apiculturist to the Western Australian Department of Agriculture, has gathered a number of testimonies to the Value…

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Wheat-Feeding for Pigs Successful Canberra Experiments

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 8

A feeding test recently completed at the Government Hog Farm, Canberra, under the supervision of the Director of Veterinary Hygiene (Dr. W. N…

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Rogilla's Epsom Prospects Warwick Farm Runners Precocious

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 12

You'll remember I was very definite three weeks ago on Rogilla Epsom change well. There was a rush to back Regilla for…

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Farm Produce Agents' Act N.s.w. Merchants Price Must Be Known to Growers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 13

In reporting to the annual conference of the Fruitgrowers' Federation of New South Wales, the secretary, Mr. Herrod, stated that the passage of the…

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The Farm Garden a Point for Flower Growers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1932 · page 8

As soon as garden seeds are sown it is advisable to shade the boxes or beds with hessian or a few light bushes such as tea-tree, to prevent the surface…

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Farmers' Debt Relief Scheme Preference to Soldiers Challenged. Dole and Other Outs. Gosford Unemployed's Chat With Mr. Walker, M.L.A.

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1932 · page 14

Mr. Ronald B. Walker, the recently-elected member for the Hawkesbury, attended a meeting of the Gosford branch of the Unemployed Workers'…

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Gosford Boys' Home Quarterly Visiting Day. Sale of Dairy Herd

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1932 · page 9

On Sunday last the quarterly visiting day again came round, when approximately 300 visitors again had their opportunity of spending the day…

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To Deal With Sparrows Use of Poisoned Wheat

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 2

Replying to a correspondent who asked for a formula for "birdlime" (property prepared from the inner bark of the holly), for the purpose of…

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Lyons Fiddles While Wool Burns. Enquiry Commission Commended

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 8

"The Premier of N.S.W., Mr. Stevens, who controls the largest industrial State of the Commonwealth, told the Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, at a recent…

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Making the Railways Pay Freight Reductions on Wool

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1932 · page 8

Whilst the 10 per cent, reduction on wool and livestock, conceded by Cr. Bruxner (Minister for Transport) to the deputation from the Graziers'…

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Poultry Notes Planning a Poultry Farm. Some Important Points

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 14

Although a feature of many of the new poultry farms which are springing up in almost every district is a tendency towards the adoption of a…

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Care of the Farm Horse Some Important Facts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 13

Discussing at a recent conference of the Agricultural Bureau the care and maintenance of the draught horse on the farm, and speaking more…

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Citrus Review Crop Conditions As at 29th AUGUST. Reduced Quantity of Valencias in Sight

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 10

Fruit Inspectors (field officers of the Department of Agriculture) and crop correspondents situated throughout the main citrus growing centres of the…

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Gosford Training School Sale of Dairy Cattle

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 4

On Tuesday, 13th, a draft of dairy cattle and two bulls went to Home-bush. On Wednesday, under the hammer of Mr. Reg Inglis, the consignment…

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Parliamentary Doings Farmers' Relief Bill

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 13

Members of the Country Party have been very actively at work on the Farmers' Relief Bill, and it is confidently anticipated, that as a result of their…

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Wyong Poultry Farmers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 14

Wyong Bulk Loading Association continues to do useful work for poultry farmers. A man is kept constantly in the railway yard, attending to full and…

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Farmers' Relief Bill Our Member's Views. Discusses Second Reading of Measure

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 14

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly last week on the second' reading of the Fanners' Relief Bill the member for Hawkesbury (Mr. Ronald B. Walker)…

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