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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land
40 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Herd testing is on the move as a progressive element in dairying in New Zealand. The Dairy-produce Division of the Department of Agriculture has been conducting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Much useful work, instructive to the district and profitable to the farm, has been done in the growth of potatoes at Grafton experiment farm. One the demonstration area, which covers [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reporting on the trials of green fodders which were made on the farmers' plots on the South Coast last year, the inspector for the district remarked particularly on the increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Replying to a question on the subject of the crossing of cattle for the production of butter, the dairy expert staled that experiments which the Department carried out with Guernsey cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A case possessing peculiar features was before the Wellington (N.S,W.) court last week, when Inspector Collins, under instructions from the Municipal Council, prosecuted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bull, 3 years and over—Major P. Charley's Acton Ajax (imp.) 1 and champion; Major. P. Charley's Melton, 2 and reserve champion. Bull 2 years and under 3—Major P…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Short courses are provided at Hawkesbury Agricultural College at the slack period of the year for busy farmers and stock owners, who can devote only a limited time to study and intensive…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →If a cow is producing milk, Professor Campbell, of Minnesota, U. S. A., advises, watering twice a day, because if forced to take all she needs once a day she will have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the opinion of the dairy expert, dairy heifers should never bo fattened, but should be kept in a good growing condition from the time they are weaned until they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The training of city lads to be useful to farmers was commenced about six years ago, and has been very successful, the only regrettable feature being that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Blacksmith's Shop contains a good forge, anvil, hand drilling machine, stocks iand dies, and a full line of tools of all necessary sorts. Here all horseshoes are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At Gridley, Illinois, which ig the centre of a fertile and populous farming community, I he co-operative plan id being given a thorough and apparently successful trial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Before Messrs J. B. Johnston and A. Matheson, Js.P. Nellie Eugene Wilkinson, of Currency Creek, made application to have Mrs. John Ellis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Read at a meeting of Sackville Agricultural Bureau:— Poultry keeping has advanced in New South Wales at an enormous rate during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dealing recently with the results of the Experiments at the Utah Agricultural College (U.S.A.), figures were quoted which went to show that the increase of irrigation water…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Department of Agriculture is in receipt of entry forms and particulars of the prizes to be offered for colonial butter and cheese at the dairy show to be held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Minister of Agriculture has had a return prepared, showing the disposition of youths who enter the various agricultural institutions conducted by the Department…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The winter school for farmers at Hawkesbury Agricultuaral College is provided at the slack period of the year for busy farmers and stock -ownera who can devote only a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fertiliser for wheat invariably gives best results when drilled in with the seed, said the Under-Secretary in answering a recent enquiry. The quantity best applied is about…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An agricultural authority of wide repute in England (Mr. Primrose McConnell, B.Sc), recently sketched the past and present status of that once dreaded disease—milk fever…
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