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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Jobs for 300 Boys Chance to Go on the Land Scheyville Farm Scheme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 2

Three hundred boys wanted for farm work! "Three months' training, free of cost, will be given at Scheyville Farm," said the…

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Mr. A. S. Luchetti Meets Hawkesbury Farmers Government Policy Condemned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 15

MR. A. S. LUCHETTI, the selected and endorsed State Labor candidate for Macquarie, addressed meetings on Tuesday week at Pitt Town and Wilberforce and at…

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"Unwise Procedure" Wilberforce Building Area Poultry Farmers Affected

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 14

WITH a view to controlling the erection of buildings in Wilberforce, Colo Shire Council, at its monthly meeting in August, passed a resolution declaring the village a…

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Early Banking History a Governor Out-manoeuvred Hawkesbury Farmers to Rescue

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 September 1934 · page 12

Some of the financial history of early New South Wales was related last week by Mr. K. R. Cramp, in a lecture before the Manly Historical Society…

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Junior Farmers' Club Advisory Committee's Work

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 September 1934 · page 1

SPLENDID work is being carried out by the advisory committee of the Richmond Junior Farmers' Club, which held a well-attended meeting at the Richmond Rural…

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Stud Pig Farm Enterprise at Castlereagh Stimulus to the Industry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 2

Mr. F. Still, who recently advertised in the "Gazette" for maize of any quantity, has commenced a stud pig farm at "Kyalla," Castlereagh-road, Castlereagh, which…

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30,000 Sheep Riverstone's Record Kill

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 3

OPERATIONS at the Riverstone Meatworks are in full swing in every department, and business has never been so brisk. During the past week…

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Building Area Position at Wilberforce "Hardship on Poultry Farmers" Council Rescinds Resolution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 5

WITH a view to controlling the erection of buildings in Wilberforce, Colo Shire Council at a recent meeting passed a resolution…

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Electric Service on the Farm (Contributed by D. C. McVea, Resident Engineer of the Hawkesbury Development Company, Limited)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 10

Now that the weather is providing definite signs that the warm and hot times are in front of us, the dairy farmers will be faced with the old problem—and a very serious…

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Australian Record by Hawkesbury College Cow New Butter-fat Figures

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 12

Richmond Honour, one of the most promising Jerseys in the Hawkesbury Agricultural College dairy herd, has established a new Australian butter-fat record for junior…

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Boys for the Land Scheyville Training Farm Premier Presents a Bull

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 11

The Scheyville Government Training' Farm, near, Pitt Town, where boys are being taught elementary rural practices, had a visit recently from a party of…

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200 Eggs for 1/- Farmers Could Grumble Then Revelations From Mersham, Rapers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 12

OUR Maraylya correspondent sends us the following clipping from the "Kentish Express," England, of August 10, 1934, and it should prove of interest to~ our readers…

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Seeking Exerience on Farms and Stations HAWKESBiURY College Students

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 5

A number of students who will have completed the Hawkesbury Agricultural College diploma course in agriculture at the end ;of the year desire to gain further…

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Hawkesbury Dairymen Not Satisfied with Milk Board? (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 12

Sir,—Adverting to a paragraph which appeared in your paper recently wherein it was stated that resentment had been expressed by Hawkesbury dairymen because of the…

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Maize Crop Its Value on the Farm "Not Fully Appreciated"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 12

In New South Wales the area annually-sown to maize is about 110,000 acres, and the average yield 2,750,000 bushels. The grain is chiefly sold on the open market…

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New Ways for Old Modern North Richmond Farm (Contributed)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 11

THERE is nothing like the application of power for profit. In the fold of the hills near, North Richmond, the Phipps family have grazed their…

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Windsor Council Final Meeting of the Term £4,000 for Scheyville Farm Roads Department's Generous Offer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 7

THERE was a full attendance at the last regular fortnightly meeting of the present term of the Windsor Council, held on Tuesday, 20th instant, viz., The Mayor (Ald…

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The Quota System Hawkesbury Dairymen Discuss It Support for the Milk Board Mr. Charley Replies to Criticism

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 November 1934 · page 6

CONVENED for the purpose of discussing the individual quota system and how it will affect the milk industry in the Hawkesbury, a…

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Dairymen Fined Unstamped Milk Board Cheque

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 4

FOR neglecting to attach a duty stamp, to a cheque for £103/7/7 received from the Milk Board, William and Louis J. Dwyer, trading as Dwyer Bros., dairymen, of…

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Junior Farmers Hawkesbury District Clubs Report of Activities

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 7

MR. W. N. KITCHER, H.D.A., supervisor of Junior Farmer Clubs in the Hawkesbury district, kindly supplies us with a copy of his final report on the activities…

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