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Farming & the land, 1954

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Junior Farmer contest begins

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

Judging in connection with the "Star" Junior Farmer Competition is well under way throughout all districts,…

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American poultry farm described

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 6

Secretary of the Gosford Branch of the APFU, Mr Herbert Just, received to-day a tetter from the…

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Youth Stole From Farms

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 10

A story of thefts from an orchard was told in Gosford Court when a young man was convicted and…

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Farmers protest on lag in new 'phones

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1954 · page 1

The Lisarow Branch of the Agricultural Bureau has protested to Member for Robertson, Mr. Roger Dean, MP, about the lack of telephone facilities in rural districts. The branch told Mr Dean…

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Farmers seek place in town planning

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 1

Primary producers' organisations at a combined meeting in Gosford on Wednesday night, agreed to…

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Farmer injured by tractor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 5

A Mangrove Mountain farmer was seriously injured in a tractor accident on Tuesday…

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Medal for sheep judging

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 3

Terry O'Malley, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. O'Malley, of Mann Street, Gosford, won a valuable prize in the judging…

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Frost killed young crops

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 5

The unexpected frost on Saturday morning "nipped" some young crops of beans and tomatoes…

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Narromine farm sale

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 4

A Narromine firm of stock and station salesmen will, on September 29. auction a valuable Macquarie River frontage…

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Poultry Farmers' Enemies

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1954 · page 1

A fox and a crow, both trapped by Mr. Sid Gould on his farm at Kincumber. Bird and beast are enemies of the poultry farmer and in this district alone cause losses of tens of thousands…

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Farmer Fined for Negligent Driving

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 September 1954 · page 3

John Joseph Pickett, farmer, of Kincumber, was convicted, and fined £5 in Gosford Court on Thursday,…

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Litigation over sale of dairy settled

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 9

In the District Court on Friday, Alwyn Frederick Easey claimed £280 from Bromwell E. Taylor in…

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Town Planning C'tee. Farmers resent exclusion

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 September 1954 · page 1

The Primary Producers' Shire Planning Committee has accused Gosford Shire councillors of not fully realising the importance of primary producers to the town and district…

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Assessment of citrus crops indicates lower totals

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 5

Gosford District, in common with most other citrus areas, will record lower production in 1954…

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Farmers protest on shortages

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 1

Gosford vegetable growers are annoyed about the way Newcastle interests treated a reasonable complaint concerning produce being lost in transit…

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Wamberal Junior Farmers Are Keen

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 October 1954 · page 8

Wamberal Junior Farmers are showing keen interest in the movement which has recently been established in…

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Children study bee farming

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 2

Bee farming was studied at first hand on Saturday morning by pupils of Mangrove school…

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Hunter Valley Dairy Co. story told

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1954 · page 6

The amazing development of the Hunter Valley Co-op. Dairy Co. Ltd., of Hexham, (between Newcastle and…

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Valuable spring rain aids varied crops

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 1

Substantial rains in the wettest spring for years have waterlogged farms, swollen creeks and created risk of wet-weather crop pests in Gosford district…

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FARMERS and LANDOWNERS

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 7

Included in its 1954 logging season ending on the 24th December, Masonite Corporation, Raymond Terrace, will…

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