Cattle Dearer Sheep Market Unaltered Flemington Quotes
Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd., report as follows in regard to the Flemington stock sales yesterday:-- 51,000 sheep and lambs were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1930
2,583 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 130
Can Sheep Swim?
The popular theory that sheep cannot swim is no longer held by a party of Junee motorists. They saw a sheep fall about 12 feet into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Report
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd, report under date Monday, 6th. January, 1930. We have just received the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rock Fern Effect on Sheep
Rock fern has long been suspected as a cause of shivers in sheep, and experiments made recenty by the Stock Branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rock Fern Dangerous to Sheep
On more than one occasion specimens of rock fern (Cheilanthes tenuifolia) have been brought under notice as possibly the cause of shivers or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Lost Wind Responsible
A farmer never feels safe in a year like this until the last bag of wheat is under cover or sold. Messrs F. C. Rowlands and Sons, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Anthrax Out Break 500 Sheep Die
The outbreak of antnmx 011 Mr. Fielding Jones' station, Oakland, Ravensworth, near Singleton, has caused very heavy mortality. Of 1500 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Important Decision Butter Bounty Remains MELBOURNE
The Australian Stabilisation Committee, sitting in Melbourne, has decided that the export bounty on butter for 1930 should remain unaltered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Top Dressing Results Nullified Sheep and Pastures
The dry conditions in the pastoral areas since early autumn have rather nullified results in the elaborate scheme of top-dressing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tariff and Wool a Striking Illustration "Creating a Vicious Circle"
It is not generally recognised how high or heavy the tariff has now become on imported woollens. It will come as a surprise, if not a shock, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Crops Orchardists Happy Young Prospects
Orchards throughout the Young district are carrying wonderful crops, besides those on the settlements. The prunes are going…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer's Loss Disastrous Fire £400 Damage
A fire occurred at the Welcome near Parkes, on Sunday night, when Mr. J. Barker's machinery shed, with its contents, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Injured Missed Death by Inches Tank Bursts
Although he is in the Sacred Heart Hospital at Young, with a broken ankle bone and severe abrasions to the leg, Charles Day,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Scope Fat Lamb Raising Mixed Farming Safest Overseas Demand
Of considerable interest to Forbes district farmers is an article in the booklet, "Pasture Improvement in Australia," by H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Wool Sales
The Secretary of the Farmers arid Graziers' Co-operative Coy writes:-- For five seasons in succession (up to last year) the Sydney clearances…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Market
Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. wired this morning as follows: "We sold 5900 bales of wool at our sale on Wednesday. Demand was strong…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Shortage Letter From Overseas
New South Wales will ship little wheat overseas this year, according to present indications. According to the Department of Agriculture, no vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Agricultural & 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. Should any farmer desire information relevant to his work on the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →PASTORAL. Quality in Rams. Essential for a Profitable Flock
Discussing recently the subject of mating, the Sheep and Wool Expert of the Department of Agriculture laid special emphasis on the need for…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Riverina Wheat Yields. Railway Estimate Reduced
The Railway Department expected a wheat, yield for the Riverina district of 3,395,027 bags; but late frosts resulted in a decrease of 623,627 bags…
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