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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

73 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 4

Farm and Dairy. a Trick of the Trade

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 7

Australian growers of produce sold in England have often complained of the "trick of the trade" practised by those who sell the pro…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 10

The GAZETTE is 2/6 per quarter, paid in advance. The Bombala Co-operative Dairy Company started with £200, and has now…

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Hints to Farmers

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 4

Mr. Valder, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, gives the following Mats which should be useful to farmers:…

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Dairy News

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 4

If there is any industry making headway in the district it is the Richmond Butter Factory, and the reason of such marked…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 10

The Berry Agricultural Association donated £50, the profits of its last show, to the Patriotic Fund. In the January number of the…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 10

The GAZETTE is the Local Newspaper. 2/6 per quarter in Advance. Italian bees are better workers and more easily controlled than black ones…

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Pitt Town Casual Labor Farm

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 10

On Saturday last we had the pleasure of being shown over the Government Casual Labor Farm, at Pitt Town Common, by Mr. A…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 10

Cattle are dying from anthrax in the Albury district. The "borer" is doing much damage to fruit trees throughout the Hawkesbury…

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An Extensive Bee-Farm

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 2

Mr. Harrison Ward's bee-farm on the Comleroy Road, which was briefly referred to in our last week's issue is the most extensive to be…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 10

Heavy rain has fallen in the Cumberland fruit district. America shipped no less than 17,456,000 bushels of oats to Europe during the…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 10

71 tons of blackberries were sent to Sydney from Bulli during last month. £6oo was cleared by the Bathurst A. H. and P. Association over its last show…

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"Prosper Farm."

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 16 February 1900 · page 6

We took advantage last week of accepting an invitation to visit Mr. "William Daley's" Prosoer Farm," at Cornwallis. This is without…

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Hawkesbury Dairy and Butter Company, Ltd

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 11

THE annual meeting of shareholders was held at the Factory on Wednesday afternoon. There were present:—Messrs J T Gosper (in the chair), B Conlon, S Cox, C Roberts, W H Hull, J. T…

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College Notes. College and Farm

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 9 March 1900 · page 11

The following notes are taken from the H.A. College Magazine, published by the Council of the Old Boys Union, H.A. College, Richmond:—For 1900: 37…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 10

Inquiries were made in Sydney this week for 1000 tons of flour for South Africa. Job Printing.—Our prices will compare…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 12

At Tenterfield Show the champion high jump was won by Napoleon, which cleared 6ft. 4in. Mr. Nancarrow, of Ryde, got 9d and…

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The Farmers' Crop

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 3

To sell any feed crop off che farm is generally a poor method of utilising the farm s resources. Live stock of all kinds should be kept…

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Passing Notes. An Ostrich Farm

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 1

ONE of the most interesting and instructive sights about Sydney is Mr. J. Barrachiff's ostrich farm, gituated on the South Head Hoad…

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Orchard & Farm. the Value of Fumigation

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 3

Considerable discussion has recently taken place in the press regarding the relative merits of spraying and fumigation for the…

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Farm and Dairy. a Corn Growers' Association

Hawkesbury Advocate · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 12

The following, from an American paper, tells about a corn growers' association. It may possibly interest our readers:…

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