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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

65 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 4

The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 10

The GAZETTE is 2/6 Quarterly in advance. The bee was introduced into N.S.W. by Captain Wallis in 1821…

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The Pitt Town Butter Factory

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

ON Saturday last the curtain was practically rung down on the Pitt Town Butter Company, the last act in a long and tedious drama being brought to a close. The Company was formed some few years…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 10

The GAZETTE is 2/6 Quarterly in vance. Byron Bay creamery slaughtered 115 pigs last week. At pork will average 3¾d…

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The Farmer and the Bicycle

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 9

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—I cannot understand how those people who send thousands of pounds out of the colony to import the bicycle and those who use them claim to be the champion supporters of…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 10

Owing to the operation of the Vegetation Diseases Act, bananas have been rendered a regular luxury, and are retailed at a penny each in town…

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The Farmer and the Bicycle

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 9

To the Editor Sir,—I am amused—indeed I am! Amused to see an old acquaintance in the GA[?]TTE, for, strange as it may appear, "Farmer's" [?]…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 10

The date contains 48 per sent of sugar. Flour has gone up in price, as a result of the war. Last week the Sydney fruit inspecors…

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Protection and Wool

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 6

To the Editor. Sir,—Speaking at Wiseman's Ferry last week, Mr B Hall is reported to have said that wool was sent out of this country, made into clothes, and returned again, to be sold to users…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 12

Six inches of rain fell in 24 hours in Sydney last Thursday week. The Wollongbar experimental farm, in the Lismore disctrict, is growing…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 10

The GAZETTE is 2/6 Quarterly in advance. Flour is selling at £14 per ton at Wellington. Bakers believe it will yet fetch…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 10

The GAZETTE is 2/6 Quarterly in advance. One consignment of cattle from Bathampton (Q[?]) realised £9 8s per head in…

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Pitt Town Casual Labor Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 12

THE Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr Garrard) has just returned from a visit to the Pitt Town Labor Farm. He is enthusiastic about the result of the operations there. Everything, he…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 10

The GAZETTE is 2/6 Quarterly in advance. It is proposed to established meat extract works in the Queensland…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 10

The GAZETTE is 2/6 Quarterly in advance. Does Australia handle peaches? asks a Paris correspondent. If so,let her…

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Big Corn Crop

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 4

To the Editor. Sir,—In your issue of the 11th you report a yield of 519 bushels of corn from 3¾ acres—close upon 140 bushels per acre. I know that some of…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 10

The late potato crop on the Clarence is turning out well. Shippers have received as high as £6 a ton for the tubers. The harrows and roller are also much…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 10

There are five hundred and sixty-two ostriches on the South Australian Ostrich Company's farm. Some gardeners in Melborne were…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 10

THE GAZETTE is 2/6 pet quarter, paid in advance. In Hungary whiskey is distilled fromn turnips, maize, and potatoes. A thirty…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 10

The GAZETTE is the Local News paper, 2/6 per quarter in Advance. Mrs. Jamieson, of Walcha, received £105 in one cheque for potatoes, the…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 July 1898 · page 10

[?] bales of wool were exported [?] N.S.W. during the past season, Great Britain, France and Germany being the largest purchasers…

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