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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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

Water on the Farm!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

The uses to which water is put on the farm are classified by the chemist Department of Agriculture under the following headings…

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The Yorkshire Hero Pea Case Farmer Douglass against Produce Merchant O'Brien New Trial Ordered O'Brien Ordered to Pay Douglass' Costs of the First Trial And the Application for a New Trial Judge Hamilton Makes some Strong Comment

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 1

On 17th, 18th and 19th December last, at the District Court, Parramatta, Judge Hamilton and a jury of four persons were engaged hearing the claim of D'Arey Douglas, an…

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Fencing the Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 February 1918 · page 9

Paper read by Mr. G. J. Mitchell at a meeting of the Lower Portland Agricultural Bureau:—It always pays to have a good fence around…

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Sale of a Dairy Herd

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 8

Mr. W. G. Magrath, who in recent years has spared no expense to get together his choice dairy herd, has gone out of the business, and on Saturday last the whole of his…

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The Yorkshire Hero Pea Case Farmer Douglass and Produce Merchant O'Brien The Farmer Scores Again O'Brien Fails to Toe the Mark And is Ordered to Pay Costs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 March 1918 · page 1

In the Supreme Court on Thursday, March 7th, before Sir William Cullen (Chief Justice), and Mr. Justice Pring and Mr. Justice Ferguson, the appeal of William Henry…

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Kurrajong Pea Crop

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 5

The pea crop on the Kurrajong Heights this year is proving fairly satisfactory. Rain is needed to bring the later sown crops to a fuller maturity. The industry appears to be…

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Farmers at Hawkesbury College

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 July 1918 · page 10

Seventy members of the Farmers and Settlers Association spent a day at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College On the 19th inst. Upon arrival they were taken in hand by…

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Poultry Farming

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 September 1918 · page 3

On the 23rd August Mr. James Hadlington. Government poultry expert, gave a lecture on "Poullry Fanning." The lecture was given under the auspices of the Windsor…

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The Growing Maize Crop

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 5

Almost every farmer know that less cultivation of the growing maize crop means a lower yield, but not every farmer applies the principles property. The details of…

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