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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

27 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

ITALIAN-DESIGNED Dress in Featherweight Wool

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 9

[?] This beautiful wool afternoon dress is a striking example of extensive use of pleating and stitching. It stresses the cool summery look of cobweb-thin wool. (This dress was shown at the International Wool Secretoriat's…

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EDITORIAL New Hope For Dairymen

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

AFTER many years of wandering in the economic wilderness of drought, flood and poor prices, dairymen of the milk zone, like the Israelites of old, have been given at least a…

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Drainage of Farms is Problem

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

DRAINAGE of certain farms adjoining Wilberforce Road, as part of a scheme for keeping water…

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Inconsiderate Farmers "Few"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 3

When it was reported that portions of the surface of Pitt Town Bottoms Road had again been damaged by…

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British Tractors Help New Zealand Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 4

At Te Paka, New Zealand, fanner Harold G. Richardson expressed his intention of reclaiming most of the steep scrub-infested slopes on his 943-acre farm and the neighbouring farmers said it was impossible. Mr…

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Booklet On Income Tax For Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 7

THE Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, announced last week that the first…

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Show Cattle, Entries Must Be on Time

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 7

ALL, cattle entries for the Hawkesbury Show this year must be in on time, or they would be excluded, it…

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Dairy Award Hearing Soon

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

The Milk Zone. Dairymen's Council advises that a sitting of the Dairying Employees (State) Conciliation…

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All Dairymen Asked To Join M.Z.D.C.

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

An appeal to all district suppliers to make 'the Hawkesbury membership of the Milk Zone Dairy men's Council "100 per cent" this year was…

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Dresses in Wool

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 4

FB 10/6 Australian Wool Board Photograph Rust coloured wool-muslin makes this interesting afternoon model…

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Dairymen Do Well At Royal Show

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 8

WHO says the Hawkesbury district is not suitable for dairying? Awards gained at the Royal Show…

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Competition Poor in Farm Produce

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 12

THOUGH one might expect the farm produce subsection to be one of the glories of the Hawkesbury…

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Praise For Dairymen At Show Opening

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 April 1953 · page 7

Efforts being made by dairymen of this district to increase production and being the standard of their herds were praised by the Chairman…

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Warning On Stealing From Farms

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 3

"SOME people get the impression, because they see vegetables and fruit growing beside the road…

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Short-team Schools for Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) announces that the undermentioned short-term schools are to be…

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Lad Seriously Hurt In Farm Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

EXTENSIVE and serious injuries were sustained by a young Webb's Creek resident in a farm accident on…

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Farm Tractors Using Roads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 9

Stating that he understood the police in future were going to take action against persons detected driving…

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Scheme to Improve Local Dairy Herds

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 3

In an effort to improve further the breed of Hawkesbury dairy herds, a request has been made for establishment of an artificial insemination…

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Dairy Award Will Raise Milk Price

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 7

HOLDING that the new dairying award will in-crease milk costs to the consumer, and so reduce…

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Film Evening For Dairymen

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 7

Through the good offices of Mr. C. O'Dea, of North Richmond, and Mr. Grafton Smith, of the H.A. College…

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