The Farm. Onion Culture
Onions, like some other farm crops, require a large amount of labour to give the best results. But if given good cultivation and…
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Farming & the land, 1900
73 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 4 of 4
Colonial Bacon. (From the "Farmers' Co-operative News.")
The recent iuspecttoh if, Mr. C. Barnes' baconcuring establishment by the Minister for Agriculture and leading men in the produce trade has given a good deal of prominence to the question of…
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In England on June 4 the number of cows or heifers in milk or calf was 50,000. Taking an average of all the milk from these cows, something like 3260 tons of butter…
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Kerosene-soaked rags tied round the trunk of peach-trees have been found effective in checking the passage of aphis from the roots to the branches…
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Under the management of Mr. A. Hutchinson, the Pitt Town Labour Farm presents a busy appearance. This useful institution has lately been put under the…
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THE affairs of the Pitt Town Labour Farm are now being satisfactorily administered by the Public Works Department, and under the direction of Mr. A. Hutchison…
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The " Milthorpe Post" says:—Last week we called attention to the fact that farmers would have to strike out in some new direction if they wished to retain possession of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Potato Crop
What at first promised to ba an abundant crop of potatoes in the Hawkesbury District is threatened with partial if not total destruction. What is known as the potato…
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New Zealand farmers are co-operating with the Government in its efforts to open up a trade with London in frozen pork. From one farm alone 500 carcases have been…
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THE prospects of a decant yield this 30.1100 has bean blighted by the appearance of caterpillars and a potato bug known to entomologists as the…
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James H. Johnston, Alfred Hartley, James Wilbow, junr., James Colreavy, and James Davis were charged with supplying milk to Donald Munroe, of Pitt Town…
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The bullock that gained the first prize at the last Bega show was killed recently. When dressed it turned the scale at I480lbs…
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In view of the importance which is being attached to the pork-raising question, the following, taken from the "Lismore Star," should prove instructive to those who…
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