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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

10 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Meeting of Dairymen

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 7

A meeting of mambers of the Hawkesbury branch of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association was held at the Fitzroy Hotel on Saturday night, when there were present:…

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Dairy Products. (Judge-Mr Robert Jones)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

Dairy butter, fresh, Mrs M Waters 1, J, Haynes 2 ; butter unsalted, J Haynes 1, Irwin Turnbull 2 ; lard, L Greentree 1, A J Daley 2 ; eggs, collection, Mrs R Farlow…

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Farm Produce. (Judge-Mr T. D. Clissold)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 8

L. Greentree obtained 1st and 2nd for sunflower seed, one bushel ; wheat, red, suitable for milling ; Tartarian oats ; Algerian oats; maire in cob, small white…

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Windsor Police Court. Monday, June 11 -Before F. Campbell, J P. Cattle Stealing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 6

George Peisley (43) and George Campton (15), arrested on warrant, were charged on suspicion with cattle and horse stealing. Mr McCauley appeared for Peisley…

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Chamberlain's Policy.-Preferential ism and a Tax on Wheat

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 9

As Australian Laborites seem to favour Joe Chamberlain's ideas of retaliation-or what they euphemistically call " reciprocity," I ask you to publish the opinion of a well known Conservative…

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Medal Presentation. A Meeting of Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 8

At the invitation of Mr George Shirley, principal of Geo. Shirley and Co,, the well-known manufacturers of fertilisers, of 81 Pitt - street, Sydney, a representative meeting…

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Potato Experiments carried out by Mr Hannabus, on his Farm at Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 8

In 1904, Mr A. C. Hannabus obtained from the College a number of varieties of potatoes for trial on his rich alluvial soil. Dry weather seriously interfered with the…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 9

For potato land in Victoria £7o per acre has been offered and refused. Initial steps for the establishment of a butter factory at St Albans have been…

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The Farmer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 12

Cootamundra Agricultural Society gave £5000 in prizes at its show a fortnight since. Forty-seven entries of Victorian…

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Dairy Expert at Sackville

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 September 1906 · page 11

UNDER the auspices of the Sackville Progress Association, a lecture on dairying was given in the School of Arts on Wednesday, September 12. Though news…

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