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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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

Another Win Mr. A. C. Dell's Performance Dairy Farm Competition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 August 1939 · page 4

YET another meritorious win in a farmers competition has come to the Hawkesfoury, per medium of Mr. A. .C. Dell, of Richmond Lowlands, who, in addition to…

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Live Stock Tuberculosis in Cattle Disposal of Affected Animals

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 September 1939 · page 10

"It would appear, judging from certain paragraphs which have appeared in the press, that some doubt exists regarding the disposal of tuberculous cattle," observes the…

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Nitrogen for Crops Significance to Dairying Industry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 14

One of the most conspicuous features connected with the use of fertilisers by growers in Australia is the almost spectacular increase in the demand for available nitrogen…

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Citrus Crop Review of Conditions As at 1st SEPTEMBER

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 12

Throughout the coastal citrusgrowing areas of the State the weather generally was unfavorable. Strong westerly winds were prevalent, and some heavy frosts…

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Agricultural Traditionalism in Farming Signs of Its Decline

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 12

Because of his isolation, the farmer has always been at a disadvantage so far as technical advancement is concerned, a factor further operating against his progress…

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Richmond Progress Farmers Installing Electricity Council, Gives Assistance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 12

FURTHER evidence of the increasing demand toy the local farming community for the modern and economical facilities offered by electricity for irrigation purposes…

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Interesting Lead Given by Show Council Breeding of Fat Sheep

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 2

SUGGESTED by one of its members who has, since joining its ranks, made quite a reputation for himself for alertness in devising new attractions to modernise the…

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Dairying Fodder That Goes to Waste Why Not Conserve It As Silage?

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 December 1939 · page 12

Whilst dairy farmers on the coast rarely have to contend with long droughty periods such as are experienced inland, seldom does a winter pass in which shortage of bulk…

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