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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land
60 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 3
Apart from the fact that tomato leaves give a certain amount of protection to the fruit from the sun, they act as the stomach of the plant and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A farm paper from England tells how farmers there took steps to prevent enemy aeroplanes landing on their fields when the invasion of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A COPY of a very able letter to the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) drawing his attention in no uncertain terms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carrot seed ripens unevenly and with small areas it is the practice to 'harvest the seed; clusters as they ripen. With this method harvesting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE Minister for Agriculture and Forests (Captain the Hon. W. (F. Dunn, M.L.A.), has announced that Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The process of cleaning milk buckets and other equipment should be one which will remove all traces of milk substances from the surfaces of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Assuming that housing conditions are satisfactory, the prevention of heavy mortality among poultry during heat waves depends largely…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Addressing a recent conference of farmers on the subject of educating the boy on the farm to take his place in the community as a citizen,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rations for dairy cows must not only be "balanced" (contain the elements of nutrition in desirable proportions), but they must be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Agricultural Holdings Act, 1941, has now passed through all stages in Parliament and will be proclaimed in the near future. The need for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It is rather important that all farmers among our readers should read the article in this issue regarding the Agricultural Holdings Act, as this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following article, contributed by "Agricola" on behalf of the N.S.W. Aid Russia Committee, is published, for its general interest…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The shortage of potatoes throughout Australia is serious, inadequate supplies being available for civil and military needs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Most gardeners are familiar with the good results obtained from new land, but few pause to inquire into the reason. Such results are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Although the average annual rainfall (up to "60 or 70 inches or more in places, with daily registrations sometimes as high as 10 inches) in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"NO scheme has yet been finalised by the State Government for the evacuation of livestock and industry from coastal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ALTHOUGH good rains have fallen recently on the north coast they have come too late to be of much assistance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →OF particular interest to the Hawkesbury are recent departmental announcements regarding the necessity for increased…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The directors of the Grafton Co-op. Dairy Co. have decided to urge that the provisions of the new Commonwealth war-time insurance scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Those who do not know anything-about farming little realise that it is one of the most complex of businesses; but at the same time it can be…
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