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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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Farm and Garden

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 January 1891 · page 10

A hole ia the stock shelter lets feed through just as truly as does a hole in the granary. The man that gives his animal no shelter is trying to warm up all outdoors by…

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Farm and Garden A [?] a F[?] [?]

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 9

When one farms on land that has never before [?] [?] the length, he dore [?] the [?] no from old [?] When the [?] he first [?]…

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Farm and Garden

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 12

Whitewash,, should be used in order [?] render the stable cheefrul. A light stable [?] more cheerful than,a dark one, and as the lime patially serves to disinfect the building…

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We are like Sheep

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 10

'If you think that people are not like sheep, watch me,' said a wan to the writer, on a New York ferry boat recently. The sky was overcast, and aa it looked like rain,…

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Rust in Wheat

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 6

A successful experiment has been made by Mr. John Broderick, J.P., of Loughfea, near Crookwell, in preventing rust attacking wheat by using the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's No. 3…

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Cured of Sheep Killing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 11

A lady had a valuable St. Bernard of excelient p[?] carfully trained and in all respects of well nigh ideal [?] [?]…

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Farm and Garden. A matter of Teste

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 12

Pineapple are more of a [?] in [?] than they are with us, and were once even more so than they are now. The poorer [?]…

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National Frizes for Farms

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 February 1891 · page 3

Messrs G. 8. Tee, E. P. Dowling (Sydney), and G. P. Kerrison (Bega), who were appointed judges in the South Coast District for the national prises offered by the Department of Agriculture for best…

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Freight on Farm Produce

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 3

To the Editor. Dear Sir,—I must differ with " Nic. Nubbles" in your last weeks issue, where he writes, " The alteration made in the freights for carrying agricultural produce by rail will be…

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Competitive Farming

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 3

To the Editor. DEAR SIR,—In your last—issue you gave the prize-winners of the best farms, and you stated that the man who got first prize must have had a superior farm to our local second…

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Farm and Garden

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 11

The Jerusalem corn which is becoming so popular in Western Kanses, was introduced by a Finney county farmer, who received two a grains of it frame a missionary from…

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The Best Butter

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 10

Prof. Cooke, of Vermont, says— 'The best butter is that which best suits the taste of the person for whom it is made. The keeping quality is no longer considered…

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Farm and Garden. Summer Pruning of Red Currants

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 10

As a rule the finest fruit of red currants is grown on plants which are annually subjected to summer pruning of the shoots. Of all bush fruit there is no kind which pays for…

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Farm and Garden

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 12

There is only one oorreot way to apply lime, in heavy dressings, to aaricultural land, be it pasture or parable. It ie to raise a quantity of soil where it can be conveniently…

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Farm and Garden. Fowls and Eggs for a Distance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 12

For long voyages a strong roomy wooden b x should be provided. Provision must be made to give the birds more shelter than is provided by a canvas top; and for this…

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Farmers—or What

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 7

Thus the Goulburn " Post ":—Mr. Sydney Smith, for whose preservation all should pray nightly, because ot his value as a typical representative of…

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Woman's Place on the Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 12

'Agricultural depression' and 'overproduction' often mean nothing but lack of adaptability to existing circumstances and neglect to look out in time for more then one…

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Sketcher. Tea and Tea Farming in Japan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 11

We have a great variety of climates, and the best of the teas of the Far East seem to be grown largely without reference to beat or cold. Splendid teas are, found along the…

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Farm and Garden

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 11

Brazilian grasa does bot came from Brazil: it does not even grow there, and it is not a grss either. It consists of strips of a palm leaf, and is chiefly imported from Cuba…

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Dairy Hints

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 11

Dr. Conn in a lecture before the Connecticut farmers, stated that butter milk, was caused by a distinct species of bacteria Another species render milk slimy, another…

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