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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1912

32 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 2

SCHEYVILLE. The "Dreadnought Scheme." Training City Lads for Farm Life. (Continued from last issue)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 May 1912 · page 12

For the "Dreadnought" lads there is a bonus of two pounds {£2) each, payable partly while under instruction, and the remainder at the end of their period of…

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Winter School for Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 4

In connection with the forthcoming Winter School for farmers, to be held at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College from the 17th June to 13th July next, the…

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Are You Going to Fallow? a Question for Wheat Growers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 12

For the wheat growers there is no question so urgent just now as this, for upon the reply given to it must depend largely the results of the harvest that is to be…

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The Farmer Lucerne v. the Silo. a Suggestive Discussion

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 12

The question whether lucerne for bay or maize for silage is the better crop for the dairyman to grow is being discussed by many dairy-farmers in different parts…

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Home Life on The Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 4

Mr. H. W. Potts, principal of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, struck the right nail on the head in his address to the Sanitary Inspectors' Conference, when…

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Farmers' Co-operation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 5

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association, which has a record of 31 years usefulness in selling and buying co-operatively for producers, made a profit of…

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APPRENTICES Vacancies at Government Farm Schools

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 6

The Department's new scheme for training farm apprentices is now in full going order, and apprentices are being trained at various Government Farms…

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Dairying

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 2

In the April Gazette the Dairy Experts points out that in developing a breed of dairy cattle from an unimproved race, a fair percentage of inferior beasts for a…

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Windsor District Court Monday:—Before His Honor Judge Docker. Share Farming

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 November 1912 · page 6

Emily White v Frederick Smith, claim for £75 rent of farm in the German Paddock estate on the share system. Mr R. B. Walker appeared for plaintiff…

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Dairying

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 23 November 1912 · page 7

At the request of the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon J. L. Trefle, M.L.A.), the milk and butter records of the stud cattle at Berry experiment farm have been…

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Up-to-date Farming an Example From Riverina

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 12

The irregular unforeseen attacks of the elements, to which farmers in this State are subject, are largely responsible for a state of mind which makes men hesitate…

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Farm Manure How the Value Diminishes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 14 December 1912 · page 8

In the course of an article on this subject an officer of the Minnesota Experiment Station (U.S.A ), points out the value of conserving farm manure, and of making…

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