To Prevent Clashing Sheep Show Dates Altered Arrangements With F.J.C. Half-holiday Asked
Because the dates set down for the Forbes Sheep Show and Dog Trials in July, would clash with the local Jockey Club meeting,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1928
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Manufacturing Moisture The Limiting Factor Why Fallowing is Vital to Successful Wheat Growing
There is no phase in modern farming practice that deserves more at mention than the problem of how to maintain an adequate supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Better Farming Train. Busy Day at Grenfell. Hundreds Inspect
The Better Farming Train arrived at Grenfell early on Friday morning, and remained open to the public all day. The officials spent a very busy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Farming Train (Continued from 4th page.)
Friday was a regular gala day at Grenfell, when the place was thronged, visitors being in town from all parts of the district to inspect the Better Farming Train. Cars lined the streets and raiwlay approaches by the hundreds, and many country people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Visit Forbes Better Farming Tram. Definitely June 26th
The Better Farming Train will definitely visit Forbes on June 26, and will stay for one day only before continuing to Quandialla to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wyangala Dam W. H. Langwell' s Evidence Mention of 200 FARMS
When the big Wyangala scheme was mooted, and information on the subject was being called, W. H. Langwell,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Growing [E. S. Clayton]
One of the main considerations in preparing land for wheat is to get it ploughed early. It has been found that if land is fallowed in June, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Treatment of Wool Clip [A. K. Cantrill]
It is necessary that a certain amount of preparation should be given to the wool clip in order to meet as far as possible, the requirements…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage to Crops Visit of Instructor
As the result of urgent representations, made by the local branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, in connection with the damage to crop…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Better Farming Train Pays Its Long Looked Forward to Visit to Cowra Experts Tell What They Know
At an early hour on Saturday morning the imposing looking Better Farming Train steamed into Cowra, and very shortly after Its wonderful collection of exhibits and equipment, demonstrating the most up-to-date methods for the improvement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral. Scabby Mouth in Sheep. Results of Departmental Investigations
This disease is one that attacks principally lambs and young sheep, but sheep of all ages are susceptible. It is manifested by a scabby condition about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral Notes Graziers' Conference Fate of Recommendations Wool Marketing
It was because of the increasing amount of wool which is being sold privately in the country, and because of the fact that new wool firms are start…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brighter Wool Demand
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report : Judging by the hardening tendency seen in prices as wool sales progressed in London the recent downward…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miscellaneous. Farm Forestry. The Operation of Planting
Continuing the discussion in a series of articles now running through the Agricultural Gazette of forestry as applied to the needs of the farm, an officer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Better Farming Train
The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby) announces that arrangements are now in hand for a further tour of the Better Farming…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land. These Notes are issued every week, by direction of the Honorable the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. Agricultural Moisture Conservation. Importance of Working the Fallow
Getting the moisture into the soil is only the first step towards making the rains of the previous year available for crop growth, pointed out the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pastoral. Scabby Mouth in Sheep. Results of Departmental Investigations
This disease is one that attacks principally lambs and young sheep, but sheep of all ages are susceptible. It is manifested by a scabby ndi…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Forbes Wheat Grower. Narrow-minded Opinion of Better Farming Train
One of the biggest wheat-growers in the Forbes district, Mr. T. Thornton, stated at the P.A. and H. Association meeting at Forbes that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The State's Wheat. Final Harvest Returns. Nearly 27,000,000 Bushels
Final returns of the wheat harvest for the season 1927-28 have been received by the Government [?](Mr. T. Waites), and full details…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Better Farming Train
The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. H. V. C. Thorby) announces that arrangements are now in hand for a further tour of the Better Farming…
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