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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1966

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

Jnr. Farmers Hold Christmas Social

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 12 January 1966 · page 5

Junior farmers from as far away as Canberra enjoyed the Christmas social held recently by…

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Farmers Get More Competition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 19 January 1966 · page 11

A total of 465 tons of Tasmanian vegetables reached Sydney last week in the first full trainload…

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Valencia Orange Crop Down by Third

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 26 January 1966 · page 13

The 1965-66 main crop of Valencia oranges in New South Wales is expected to be…

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[?]Nior Farmers Six Clubs Combine

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 February 1966 · page 9

About 550 entries from Junior Farmers clubs [?] received for the [?]ievement day held…

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Junior Farmers Good Start to Year

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 March 1966 · page 14

A very successful beginning to the year’s activities is being enjoyed by members of Hawkesbury Junior…

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Junior Farmers Display Will Predominate

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 April 1966 · page 22

Nine display exhibits will be the main attraction in the Agriculture Pavilion at the Show. Six Junior Farmers clubs…

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Judges Impressed with Cattle

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 8

Judges in the dairy cattle sections at the Hawkesbury Show were unanimous that entries were in top class condition considering the prevailing…

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Junior Farmer Open Glasses

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 4

The judge in the junior farmer open classes (Mr Roger Roberts) of the H.A.C., said he would like…

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Farmer Killed In Tractor Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 1

A 71-year-old farmer was killed when his tractor fell on top of him at Central Colo…

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Farmers Being “Kicked Around,” Says Mr Deane

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 2

Farmers’ requests for a release of water from Warragamba Dam to arrest the salinity of the…

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Hawkesbury Show Junior Farmers’ Exhibits Were Most Attractive

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 April 1966 · page 22

All the entries in the Junior Farmers Club exhibits were generally most attractive and reflected great credit on the clubs…

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Cattle May Save Money For Council

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 June 1966 · page 19

Cattle might soon be doings the work of motor mowers in keeping down the grass on Freeman’s…

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Farmers Rolled Up To Hear About Fertilisers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 June 1966 · page 18

The response by Hawkesbury farmers to an invitation to attend a talk on fertilisers last week surprised even the organisers…

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Farmers Struggle Against Salt and Silt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1966 · page 4

Some vegetable farmers face a grim season if heavy rain doesn’t fall in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment by the end o the winter…

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This Is Heart Week Farm To Your Heart’s Conten[?]

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 July 1966 · page 14

Statistics show that farmers and other active workers have a mortality from coronary heart disease about half that of professional men…

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“Farmers 50% Efficient Says Professor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 13 July 1966 · page 19

Because the average farmer was only half as efficient as he might be, he was getting from his farm only half production he could get, said…

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Farmers And Wives Learn More of Potatoes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 July 1966 · page 5

About 80 farmers and their wives travelled from as far away as Colo and Wallacia to attend a film…

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M.I.A. Navel Orange Crop Marketing

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 August 1966 · page 4

A “fair proportion” of the navel orange crop in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area has been…

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Farmers’ Bar Will Be Meeting Place

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 17 August 1966 · page 13

Although the Hawkesbury farmer is notoriously conservative, in the few short weeks since the opening he has already made the…

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Dogs Take Heavy Toll of Sheep

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 August 1966 · page 17

In savage attacks last week, dogs killed nine and badly mauled 20 sheep and lambs in…

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