The First Hawkesbury Farmer
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Your issue of the 8th inst., gives a description of James Ruse, one of the early Campbelltown settlers. The following extract from the…
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Farming & the land, 1899
71 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 4
The Farmer
The chief purpose of an agricultural show is to afford a lot of persons an opportuniuy of meeting in a paddock and shaking hands with each other.---"Orange…
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Australian wines are to be taxed in England by a duty, of 6d per gallon. The prize fat bullock at the Metropolitan Show weighed, when dressed, 138olb…
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HAVING recently enjoyed a short sojourn in the wheat-country beyond Bathurst, and believing that the result of my observations may prove interesting to many of the GAZETTE readers, I…
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Mr. Saunders, of Nelson, has grown a sweet potato weighing 9 lbs. There were 844 applicants for 127 blocks of land in N.S.W. on Thursday last…
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The prize wheat at Gulgong She weighed 68lbs per bushel. On April 29 there were 34,069 sacks of wheat stacked at country railway stations…
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ON Thursday morning lest week a meeting convened by the above company was held at Collison's Hotel, Wissman's Ferry, when a goodly number of farmers and others assembled to hear an address from Mr. G. E. D…
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Most of the country north of Broken Hill has been swept of feed by the extended drought, but splendid showers have fallen, and at Mount Wood the Mitchell…
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It is not surprising, to learn that farmers are are not inclined to accept the Convention Bill. The farmer seems to have every prospect of getting hold of…
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Victoria produced 950 tons of raisins last year, valued at £40,000. 3000 tons of grapes were used. For Job Printing try the GAZETTE Office…
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Hawkesbury farmers are for the most part dead against the present Federal Bill. Maize is selling in Walcha at 5s per…
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Hawkesbury farmers have been materially assisted by the recent splendid rains. No less than 13 people guessed the…
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Over 200 tons of forage leaves Albury daily for the drought strickened districts. Owing to the drought prevailing round Bourke and in the West, rabbits have…
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At the Goulburn saleyards on Friday, a pet Shropshiredown ewe brought 43s. It weighed when killed and dressed 1451bs. At Maitland an anti-sparrow meeting…
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Speaking at Bourke Mr. Carruthers said not a single blade of grass was seen during the last 251 miles of his journey. One of the biggest poultry farms in the…
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In Melbourne on Saturday maize was quoted at 2/7 to 2/7½; in Sydney at 2/10. A Cassilis pastoralist recently receive £8 11s for the fleece of 23 sheep—an…
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Mr. Cook has resolved to encourage country agricultural societies in offering prizes for butter showing the best keeping qualities…
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For Asthmatical Coughs and Colds take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/6. The Agricultural Department are contemplating the publishing of the many…
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For Asthmatical Coughs and Colds take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/6. The council of the South Coast Agricultural Union recommends the adoption…
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Rusty machinery is bad; a rusty farmer is worse.—"American Judd Farmer." A large co-operative creamery is to be established at Singleton with a capital of…
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