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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

44 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Pastoral Pasture Improvement on Coast Conservation of Animal Manure

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 12

It was one job to prepare land for pasture and another to maintain that pasture in profitable condition, observed the Senior Agrostologist of the Department of Agriculture in…

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Farmer Acquitted Serious Traffic Act Charge Lengthy Court Proceedings

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 6

FOLLOWING an alleged collision involving two vehicles proceeding in the same direction on the Pitt Town-road on the evening of March 29, a Pitt…

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Agricultural Farm Management Some Common Points of Weakness

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 3

There are many possible causes and combinations of causes of failure to derive the maximum profit from the farm. The following guide for determining weaknesses is…

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Agricultural Memo. for Farmers "Call at Department Whilst in Town"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 10

It has well been said that the Department of Agriculture has two prime functions to acquire information and to pass it on to those concerned. To make contact with…

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Citrus Review Crop Conditions on June 2 Departmental Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 8

THE following is an extract from a State-wide review of citrus crop conditions as at June 2, issued by the Division of Marketing of the Department of Agriculture…

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Rising Costs Poultry Farmers Express Concern Association Statement

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 10

STEADY increase in cost of production of eggs was causing disquiet amongst N.S. Wales poultry farmers, especially as there was no corresponding increase in egg prices…

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Interesting Idea to Solve Labor Shortage Community Farming

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 6

THE growing seriousness of the shortage of farm labor in this district, in common with the remainder of the State, gives added importance to any suggestion for a…

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Agricultural "A Good Way of Living" Compensations of the Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 8

That he should entertain any sentiment for the medium from which he wrests a livelihood may be regarded doubtfully by the average Australian farmer—such…

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Interesting Experience in Practical Co-operation Farmers Group Achievement

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

INTERESTING possibilities in the voluntary cooperation of groups of district farmers supplying a particular product are opened up by the experiences, related below…

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Useful Hint for Farm Water Supply Retarding Growth of Algae

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 6

The greenish or red scum which sometimes occurs in the water supply is due to the presence of minute forms of plant life (algae). The growth of this material in…

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The Farm Home Asparagus in Home Garden One of Easiest Crops to Grow

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 August 1941 · page 10

Asparagus is one of the easiest of all crops to grow in the home garden. It is not subject to any serious diseases or insect pests, and once a trench or bed is…

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Agricultural Rural Tenancy Conditions Influence on Farming Practice

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 2

The more thoughtful farmer recognises that the prodigal methods of the pioneeringera are no longer practicable, and that he is more and more being forced to the…

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Poultry Farmers' Assn Advocates "Yes" Vote

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 August 1941 · page 2

THE N.S.W. Poultry. Farmers' Association in an organisation which has criticised the Egg Board on several occasions but on the occasion of: the present poll for…

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District Dairymen Warned Prices Position and Government's Promise Only Four Weeks Remain United Stand Necessary

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 September 1941 · page 1

THE fact that only five weeks (now only four) remained for the Government to honor its promise to reorganise the milk industry, within the time for which the…

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Soldier's Letters Experiment Farm Visit

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 September 1941 · page 6

EVERY clay the Red Cross runs free bus trips for those men in "C" group, who are unable to walk very far, and are thus unable to take leave. Yesterday I went on…

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The Farm Home Labor-saving in Kitchen Points in Lay-out

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1941 · page 2

Much unnecessary walking and labor could be saved by giving consideration to the lay-out of the kitchen furniture and to the design and dimensions of these articles, said…

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Registration Concessions for Various Farm Implements Minister's Announcement

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1941 · page 12

AGRICULTURAL and farming implements, other than tractors, chaffcutters and threshers, have been exempted from registration under the…

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Damages Claim by Grose Vale Farmer Against Former Tenant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 October 1941 · page 10

CERTAIN minor damage to property alleged to have been caused by a tenant of a North Richmond property during his occupancy, together with the…

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Labor Faces Test Dairymen Present United Case Justice — or Political Expediency? Milk Price Decision Is Vital Issue

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 1

Two months ago the Minister for Health asked milk suppliers to hold their hand for that period, in their agitation for the 1/4 per gallon which the Milk Board had long before fixed as a living wage, to enable the Government to reorganise the milk industry, promising some relief to the suppliers as a result. That period having now elapsed, the suppliers presented to the Minister on…

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Pastoral Feed Goes to Waste Neglect to Conserve Surplus

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 November 1941 · page 3

The need for the elimination of waste in agriculture applied more to pasture growth than to any other type of farm or station product, said Mr. J. N. Whittet, Chief…

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