Citrus Crop Prospects Surveyed Average Production Forecast
MOST classes of ctirus fruits appear to have shed heavily in many areas, states a report issued by the Division of Marketing and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1944
49 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3
Dairymen Growing Desperate Delay in Milk Price Increase Windsor Meeting Discussion
AFTER discussing the daily-growing urgency for the proclamation by the Prices Commissioner of the 3½d per gallon increase to producers as recently recommended by the Mills Board, a meeting of members of the Hawkesbury Milk Producers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Success Dairymen Given Increase Milk Stoppage Averted
DRIVEN to desperation by the Prices Commissioner's delay in proclaiming the 3½d increase recommended by the Milk Board, milk zone suppliers took action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Ration Cut by 2oz a Week
A cut of 2oz a week in the civilian butter ration, reducing the ration to 6oz, has been ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unregistered Pig Farm Man Fined £5 at Windsor
Proceeded against by Colo Shire Council for having carried on a noxious trade —pig keeping—in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appreciation of Dairymen's Support
THE General Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council (Mr. F. Sedgwick) has written to the Editor as follows…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Politics and Dairymen (To the Editor)
Sir,—It was certainly a very nice gesture on behalf of the dairymen inserting that political advertisement in the "Gazette" on the 24th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plant Service for Pitt Town Farmers Preparations Now Complete
PRODUCERS in the Pitt Town area are now in the fortunate position of having available for their use an up-to-the-minute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Stealing Alleged Court Theory Cause of Prosecution Four Farmers Fined
A THEORY that milk was being stolen from cans while they were awaiting collection by the carriers, and water added so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Modern Methods Reduce Drudgery on Farms
Under the impact of war. Australia has been forced to do things on the agricultural front that normally could only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mechanised Farming Launched Richmond Society Begins Operations
Mechanised farming was launched in the Richmond district on Monday when machinery secured by Richmond Rural Co-Operative Society, formed earlier in the year, commenced operations on the.property of Mr R. B. Tate,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Year s Notice of Dismissal tor Share Farmers
The State Government has decided that share farming agreements cannot be cancelled without…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Misunderstood Control and Rationing for Farmers' Supplies
A LACK of understanding of the fundamental differences in the objectives of control and rationing of certain requirements of the community…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Improves Prospects For Pea Crops
Following the good rain throughout the district, conditions have materially improved for the sowing of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Using Pool Machinery Interesting Advice to Farmers Practical Hints on Helpful Co-operation
IN view of the increasing number of farmers in this district who are availing themselves of the help of the agricultural machinery pool scheme, the following article, embodying the practical experience gained from one of the first of these…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Contract Crops Hints to Growers
IN the last few weeks, several consignments of contract crops have been rejected by Defence Foodstuffs, as not conforming to specifications…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"I Kill!" Tenant Threatens Farmer Placed on Bond
ADMITTING at the Richmond Police Court on July 7 that he had threatened to kill the complainant, the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interesting Windsor Demonstration Mechanised Farming Methods
MORE than 300 people, including a representative attendance of farmers from, all parts of the district, saw seme of the most modern cultivation and sowing machinery available to vegetable rs in action at a "field day" at Windsor en Wednesday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Subsidy For Dairy Heifers District Views Sought
THE views of dairy-farming areas, including this district have been sought regarding a proposal for Government subsidy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saving Labour Farm Machinery Types
THE mechanical experts are out to help the farmer after the war, and are already paving the way. The backaches involved in harvesting…
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