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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

18 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Dairy Contest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 9

Every dairy farmer will have a chance of winning at least a sectional prize in the big Dairy Farm…

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Farms Damaged

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 4

In reply to a letter form the Richmond branch of the A.P.P.U., asking Windsor Council's assistance…

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River Rises 30 Feet During Anxious Week Roads Blocked: Many Farms Inundated Flood Takes Heavy Toll of Vegetable Crops

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 1

KEPT in suspense for days while the river twice rose over 30 feet at Windsor Bridge (only two feet below general flood level) during the…

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Lowlands Drainage Rating Scheme Suggested Farmers Invited to Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 7

FORMATION of a River Improvement District, for more speedy draining of water from portion of the…

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College Column Feeding Cattle

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 6

Dairy cattle must be given supplementary feeding with grazing crops, conserved fodder and concentrates, if high…

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Unclean Dairy Windsor Court Fine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 6

FAILING to keep clean his dairy premises at Agnes Banks cost a defendant a total of £9/6/- at the…

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Steady Rain Unwelcome Farmers Have Anxious Time Minor Flooding Blocks Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 12

STEADY rain which has registered more than six inches at Windsor in the past week has caused…

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Problems Of Dairymen M.Z.D.C. CONCERNED

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 5

ONE or two problems viewed with special concern by the June 14 meeting of the executive…

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Criticism of Flood Relief Methods Emphatic Comment at Windsor Meeting Injustice To Owner-Farmers Claimed By Speakers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 July 1950 · page 4

EMPHATIC criticism of the charter by which the Flood Relief Committee was bound in affording relief to primary producers who had suffered flood losses, and particularly as concerning owner-farm-…

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Drainage of Farms Problem Put To Committee

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 August 1950 · page 3

THE greatest relief any Government could give the Cornwallis farmers would be to provide means of…

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Owner-Farmers' Plight Appeal by M.L.A.

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 4

AT the first meeting of the new State Parliament, the Deputy leader of the Opposition and Liberal…

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Society Helps Dairymen Purchase of Fodder

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 10

THE board of directors of the Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society Ltd. has decided to assist its…

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Many Leaving Farms Result of Floods

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 August 1950 · page 9

EFFECTS of repeated floods and lack of any constructive form of Government help for…

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Good News For Dairymen

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 2

The Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society has been advised that the Milk Board will accept all milk produced…

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Wins Farm Contest Best On Coast Richmond Producer's Achievement

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 11

WINNING the Coastal Division of the first Championship Farm and Fodder Competition conducted by…

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Top in State Two Successive Years Clarendon Dairy Herd

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 October 1950 · page 1

TOP in the State of all officially recorded A.I.S. herds, for both milk and butterfat production, two…

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£40 Per Ton Potato Price Granted Co-operative to Handle Crop

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 November 1950 · page 4

A TEMPORARY price of £40 per ton to the grower for early potatoes has been granted, and the…

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Bad Wheat, Says M.P. Questions in House

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 November 1950 · page 2

WHEAT of poor quality supplied to poultry farmers in his electorate was the subject of questions…

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