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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

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

Has Precedent Farm Tenancy Regulation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 September 1943 · page 1

THE Agricultural Holdings Act, which is now in operation, has been generally approved in principle and its positive…

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Croup Use of Farm Machinery Public Meeting Suggested

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 September 1943 · page 1

THE calling of a public meeting of district primary producers to discuss the formation of a farmers co-operative group…

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Dairying "Stripping Out" Cows Is Not Necessary

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 September 1943 · page 4

Is "stripping out" cows necessary, and does it pay? In an article in the August "Agricultural Gazette," J. W. G. Smith, departmental dairy…

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Windsor and Richmond Gazette Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1943 Farm Labour

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 September 1943 · page 2

Once again the call goes out to the farmer to give the authorities concerned some idea in advance as to when he will require labour for…

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Labour for Food Production Farmers' Help Essential

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 September 1943 · page 1

THE solution of this season's labour problem is largely in the hands of the farmer, points out the "Agricultural Gazette."…

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Pool Farming Interesting Demonstration at West Maitland

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 1

IN view of the proposals to establish the Government pool farming machinery scheme in this district, the subjoined…

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Super. Ration for Non-priority Crops Amounts Stipulated

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 September 1943 · page 1

THE Minister for Agriculture (Captain W. F. Dunn, M.L.A.) announces that for the 1943-44 rationing period, superphosphate will be…

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Poor Farmer!

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 October 1943 · page 4

THE following jingle, culled by a reader from an American magazine, indicates that certain wartime handicaps suffered by the farmer are…

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1944 Crop of Sweet Potatoes Contracts Available

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 October 1943 · page 3

THE Department of Agriculture, acting on behalf of Defence Foodstuffs Control, is desirous of arranging contracts for the…

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Vital Question Manpower for Farms Emphasised by Member

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 October 1943 · page 3

THE vitally urgent need, in the national interest, for a large proportion of rural workers in the array to be returned to the…

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Getting Men Released to Work on Farms Method Explained

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 October 1943 · page 2

THE Director General of Manpower, Mr. Wurth, and the Controller General of Food, Mr. J. F. Murphy, have decided upon…

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Penrith Move Farm Machinery Scheme Meeting Prepares List

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 October 1943 · page 1

AT a meeting held at Penrith to decide the most necessary plant required for a district farm mechanisation scheme, a…

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Mechanised Farming Scheme Explanation What Is Required How System Operates

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 October 1943 · page 6

IN view of the many inquiries received from producers in this district regarding the State Government's mechanised…

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Adjourned Cattle Stealing Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 November 1943 · page 2

At Parramatta Police Court last Wednesday, Walter John Wearn, 44, dental surgeon, of North Rocks, Parramatta, pleaded not guilty to a…

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New Plant for Farmers' Use Minister's Assurance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 November 1943 · page 1

THE following letter, received by Mr. Frank Finnan, M.L.A., from the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully), will prove of vital interest to many…

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Growers Take Initiative. First Move Farm Mechanisation Scheme Public Meeting Called

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 November 1943 · page 1

FIRST definite move towards organising the farm mechanisation scheme in this district has been made by the Hawkesbury…

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First Crop of Unregistered Dogs Owners Are Fined

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 November 1943 · page 3

THE first crop of prosecutions this season for keeping unregistered dogs was garnered at the Windsor Police Court on Friday,…

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Tractor Parts Richmond Council Request Priority for Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 5

A REQUEST that farmers engaged in the production of food-stuffs be given an equal priority with the Allied Works Council…

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Must Come Farm Machinery Pools District Farmers Advised

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 December 1943 · page 3

THE inevitable trend towards machinery pools, opening up larger vegetable growing areas, was competent…

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Pool Plan for Farm Mechanisation Federal Scheme Explained

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 December 1943 · page 3

IN view of the recent decision, following a public meeting at Windsor, to embrace the Commonwealth machinery pool plan in…

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