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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

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

Through Farming Country Picturesque Motor Tour Kurrajong Heights Route

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 10

A PLEASANT drive through farming country between Blacktown and Richmond and a visit to Kurrajong Heights, are features of the week-end…

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Scheyville Farm Welfare Movement Lectures Good Influence on Boys

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 8

The influence of lectures and evening services at the Government Training Farm at Scheyville by Mr. P. J. L. Kenny, director of the Father and Son Welfare…

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The Davies Scheme Rehabilitating the Milk Industry Explained to Meeting of Dairymen in Windsor Producers to Be Paid One Shilling Per Gallon

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

AT a meeting of some sixty dairymen held at the School of Arts, Windbor, on Monday evening, Mr. D. J. Davies, of Pemrith, President of the Nepean Milk Producers' Association, explained his scheme for the improved sale and distribution of milk in the metropolitan area, and asked the support of the…

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Scheyville Training Farm Doing Splendid Work Unemployed Youth Problem Solved

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 10

CO far as the country districts of New South Wales are concerned, the unemployed youth problem, to judge from the experience of the Department of Labor, has…

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Hawkesbury Show Big Entry in Cattle Section Splendid Exhibition Promised Attractive Sporting Programme

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 March 1935 · page 3

MOST important among the present day topics is the Hawkesbury Show to be held at Clarendon next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 4, 5 and 6.. With the…

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Scheyville Farm Father and Son Welfare Work Appreciated

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 April 1935 · page 3

The director of the Father and Son Welfare Movement and League of Youth and Honor, Mr. Kenny, speaks very hopefully of the work being done at Scheyville, the…

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Standard Maintained Hawkesbury's 55Th Annual Show Widgiewa Cup — Magnificent Cattle Display Attendance Better on Three Days Than Last Year

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 April 1935 · page 1

APART from the fact that the 55th annual exhibition of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association held on the Hawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon, last week, maintained the high standard of its predecessors, there were a number of outstanding features, especially the keen competition for the…

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Show Society Smoke Social £2 Out Junior Farmers Commended Cattle to Parade on Saturdays

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 6

SEVERAL important suggestions for the improvement of the Hawkesbury Show were discussed at the regular monthly, meeting of the Council of…

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Kurrajong. Review of Crop Conditions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 2

In the Kurrajong district, Navel oranges generally are sizing satisfactorily, and some are showing color. Hail was responsible for damage to Valencias in some groves, but…

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Efficiency in Farming Hawkesbury College Students Diploma Day Celebration's

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 6

ALTHOUGH the present enrolment of 154 students at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College was below that of the previous year, it was sufficient to…

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Fire at Windsor Farm Untenanted Cottage Destroyed Sunday's Spectacular Blaze

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 3

LATE on Sunday afternoon last a fire which broke out in an untenanted fibro and weatherboard cottage at Windsor Farm, about a mile from Windsor, caused…

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Unlucky 13! Riverstone Dairyman Fined Trouble Over Watered Milk

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 3

THAT the Devil's Number proved unlucky for a Riverstone milk vendor when it was placed on a sample of his milk purchased by an inspector on April 10 was…

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Scheyville Training Farm Rendering Good Service

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 12

SITUATED about five miles from Mulgrave railway station, in the Windsor district, is the Scheyville Government Agricultural Training Farm, when has rendered…

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Furious Driving Cattle Dealer's Lapse Severe Penalty Imposed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 5

"I AM sorry about it, but it is far better for a man to lose his livelihood than for the public to lose their lives," said Mr. Scobie, S.M., at the…

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Facing a Crisis Hawkesbury Citrus Growers Crops Mat Be Ruined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 2

HAWKESBURY citrus growers are facing a crisis at the present time, due to the long dry spell, which will cause them heavy losses, even if substantial rainfalls…

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Fodder Conservation Hawkesbury Competition Won by Piti Town Farmer "High General Standard" Judges Pleasing Comments

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 July 1935 · page 6

"THE number of your competitors exceeds that of any of the other nine societies' competitions judged, and the general standard…

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Jerseys at Navua Dairy Farmers' Inspection Feeding for Production

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 August 1935 · page 12

Pedigreed stock, modern buildings and carefully tended pasture lands were among the main features of interest to a gathering of nearly 200 dairymen and breeders at…

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Another Successful Year Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society Funds of Company Now in Healthy Codition Levy on Suppliers to Be Discontinued

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 1

DISCLOSING another successful year's operations on the part of the Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society, the Directors' report and balance sheet pre-sented to the annual meeting of shareholders of the society held at the School of Arts, Windsor, on Monday evening, indicated that the funds of the company…

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The Scheyville Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 10

ON Sunday, 29th ult. Mr. J. P. L. Kenny, Director, of the Father and Son Welfare Movement, who visits the Government Agricultural Training Farm for Unemployed…

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Proposed Electricity Scheme for Scheyville Training Farm See Page 8. Scheyville Electricity Windsor Council Negotiations Department Dissatisfied

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 October 1935 · page 1

A further hitch in the negotiations between Windsor Council and the Public Works Department in the matter of the proposed supply of electricity by council to the…

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