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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

23 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Making Australia Safe. Our Only Way. the Million Farms Proposal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 12

In reading the clippings from the Australian Press dealing with the Million Farms proposal, I am impressed by two outstanding features…

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The Farmers' Vote. It Should Go for the Coalition Party. (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 5

Sir,—Every day that passes makes it more and more apparent that if the Labor party is to be defeated at the coming election all who are opposed to its inquitous…

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Co-operation. the Right Spirit Abroad. Hawkesbury Dairymen Link Up. Co-operative Association Formed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 1

The sudden shutting down of the local condensed milk factory has been a rude shock to one of the staple industries of the Hawkesbury district. It has thrown…

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The Bait. Mr. McGIRR'S Half Guarantee. Farmers See the Hook

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 1

One of the most curious developments of the election campaign was Mr. McGirr's half promise to a Sydney audience that the Government would gaurantee the farmers…

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The Farmers' Friend or His Enemy. Labor's Record

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 6

Mr. Dooley's claim that his Government is the farmers' only friend is regarded by Sir George Fuller as an example of the audacity which so strikingly characterises…

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Nature Study with Maize. Pamphlets Designed for "Farmer Junior."

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 6

"Farmer Junior" is beginning to come into his own as a power in modern farming, and in some of our more progressive rural districts boys' and girls' clubs are being formed…

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Farmers, Hark Ye! Profiteering Prevention Court. Will Farmers Vote for Continuance of This Iniquitous Tribunal?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 6

If Messrs. Dooley and McGirr are returned to power on the 25th instant, will the Profiteering Prevention Court be continued? Hark to what Mr. Dooley said on…

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Hawkesbury Horses. Chesterwood's Cropper. a Good Thing Spoilt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 2

Before Huon and childe Harold arrived in the Richmond district Georg'e Kilduff, the secretary of the Richmond Trotting and Pony Club since its formation, owned…

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Poultry. Green Feed All the Year Round. a Poultry Farmers' Crop Calendar

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 10

The following list tells the poultry farmer what and when to sow in order to maintain a constant Supply of green feed for his birds throughout the year…

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"Slaves" in Dairying

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 6

Speaking at a meeting of dairy farmers at Derrinallum, near Camperdown (Vic), Mr. Walters, president of the Farmers" Union, said it would have been better to…

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Henry Ford As Farmer and Dreamer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 9

A leader of men such as Henry Ford is worth hearing on any subject—be it the making of a million cars or farming as it should be done…

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On the Farms. Treatment of Immigrant Boys. Not What They Expected

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 10

Charges of misrepresentation and mismanagement are made in regard to the Dreadnough scheme for placing immigrant lads on farms in Australia…

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Scheyville Farm. Conditions Criticised. Inspection by English Visitor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 8

Following upon statements which appeared in last week's "Gazettel" criticising the conditions at Scheyville Government Training Farm, near Pitt Town, where the…

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Farmers' Winter School. Hawkesbury College Course

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 11

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. R. T. Ball) has approved of the usual winter school for farmers being held at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, from Juno 27 to…

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Diggers' Home. "Sprayleigh" Farm Opened

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 11

Pleasantly situated on the bank of the Hawkesbury River is a farm of 108 acres, in the process of making. By the riverside, Jersey cattle feed; in the adjacent…

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Nepean Dairy Company. Supplies From McDONALD RIVER

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 8

During the previous week the manager and secretary of the Nepean Co-operative Dairy and Refrigerating Company spent a few days exploring the McDanald River,…

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Down on the Farm a Few Real Impressions. What Scheyville Is Doing!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 6

All city-dwellers get the call at some time or other. It is as inevitable as old age and measles. They must have at least a day with farm life and conditions, or they…

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Pastures Protection Board. Boundary Netting. Half Cost for Cattle-proof—not Sheep-proof

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 8

The regular monthly meeting of the Nepean-Hawkesbury Pastures Protection Board was held at the Stock Office, Penrith, on Friday, 7th instant, when there were…

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The Flood Heavy Loss for Farmers Big Area of Vegetables Gone

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 4

In the days when the Hawkesbury farmers "carried all their eggs in one basket"—when they grew little else but maize— a flood at this time of the year did the…

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H.a. College. Position Op Farm Manager

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Vol. Molesworthfc Labor M.L.A. for Cumberland, asked the Minister for Agriculture the following questions…

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