Chap. Iii.—a Sheep" Fry," a Dog, and a Catastrophe
It was Saturday night, the hour being about 8, and a glorious full moon just beginning to show over the brow of Dangar's Hill, her first bright rays slanting down…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1909
15 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
The Farmer and Unionism
The New South Wales farmer has an idea that the question of unionism is no concern of his. He knows in a vague sort of way that Unionists fight for what…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lament of a Damaged Motor Car (On being, drawn behind a farmer's horse and dray)
I'm sick at heart; I cannot move Of my own will; My whirlwind speed I've tried to prove, And had a spill;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dingoes and Sheep—A Fable
Once upon a time, when the world was younger than it is now, a great flock of sheep were feeding on rich and abundant pastures spreading far and wide over hill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School for Farmers
DURING the last three years a winter school for farmers has been held ab the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, and in consequence of its success the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Horse Parade and Dairy Cattle Show at Sydney
THE Council of the Royal Agricultural Society has fixed the dates for the Horse Parade and Dairy Cattle Show and sales for August 3rd to August 7, inclusive: The show previously opened on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pitt Town Labour Farm
Conditions at the Pitt Town Casual Labour Farm are much the same as in all cultivation areas throughout the Hawesbury—not withstanding the mild nature of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Lads for Australian Farms
Dr. Richard Arthur, M.L.A., the President of the Immigration League of Australasia, who has recently returned from England, formed while there a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Dairy Manual Again
A MEETING of dairymen was held at St. Albans to protest against the new dairy manual in general, and to certain regulations in particular, Mr. Docking, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hawkesbury and Its Environments. Its Potentialities.—Its Representative Men.—Its Orchards and Farms. Its Industries and Trades and Its Picturesque Spots. Major John Jackson Paine, J.P., Ex-Mayor of Windsor
IN initiating a series of articles under the above headings, to appear from time to time in the columns of THE WINDSOR AND RICHMOND GAZETTE, I must perforce let it be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hawkesbury and Its Environments. Its Potentialities.—Its Representative Men.—Its Orchards and Farms. Its Industries and Trades and Its Picturesque Spots. George Matcham Pitt, J.P., of "Sannyside."
BEATTIE in his "Minstrel" sang:—'Tis hard to climb the steep, Where Fame's proud temple shines afar, and many and many an one who to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hawkesbury and Its Environments. Its Potentialities.—Its Representative Men.—Its Orchards and Farms. Its Picturesque Spots. Mr. William Dunston
IN a district so essentially devoted to fruit culture as the Hawkesbury basin, and particularly the Kurrajong, and whose interests all converge to one…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Hawkesbury and Its Environments. Its Potentialities.—Its Representative Men.—Its Orchards and Farms. Its Industries and Trades and Its Picturesque Spots. MR. W. T. CHARLEY. J.P.
WHEN the King of Brobdingnag laid down the axiom—" He who causes two ears of wheat to grow or two blades of grass to spring where only one grew before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hawkesbury and Its Environments. Its Potentialities.—Its Representative Men.—Its Orchards and Farms. Its Industries and Trades and Its Picturesque Spots. Mr. William Percival
AN adequate idea of the arduous labor entitled in the proper management of a dairy farm is scarcely to be gleaned by anyone who has not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Clarendon Farm.—Continued
Vation was immediately prosecuted. The Silo was erected and other operations commenced which gradually improved the property till its present efficient and…
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