Wheat Sown by Air
Continuing their experiments in the sowing of wheat from the air. East- West Airlines have made arrangements to sow grain in a 20-acre paddock at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1948
1,060 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 31 of 53
Sheep Shearing Competition Included in Gymkhana Programme
At a committee meeting of the Forbes P.A. and A. Association on Thursday, it was decided to run a sheep-shearing competition at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report Trade in Recess
The wool trade is now in recess and business generally will be very quiet until the new selling season commences on August 30…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Produce Not Up to Expectations District Dairy Officer's Report
Mr. J. Davison, dairy officer for the Department of Agriculture gives the following notes on dairy production in Western districts for the year ended…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forbes Special Store Sheep Sale
Winchcombe Carson Limited. Forbes, report having held their usual monthly special store sheep sale on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farms No Place For "Duds" Says Economist
Farming was now a skilled way of life and farms were no longer appropriate dumping grounds for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Up in Price At Tuesday's Forbes Sale Despite Drop in Quality
Edward Weaver & Co., auctioneers, Forbes, report that the Forbes Associated Agents yarded about 350 head of fat cattle and 200 store cattle at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Deleterious Substances in Wool
More or less reguarly each each year a general complaint is sent out from Bradford regarding the amount of foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Season's Wheat May Beat Old Wheat to Seaboard (By Wire) Sydney
Colonel Holborrow, Superintendent of the Wheat Board in New South Wales, said yesterday that million? of bushels of last season's bagged wheat in the country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Wool Sales Season 194849 Announcement
Wool sales for the 1947-48 season in the Sydney market closed Thursday, 17th June. Under, keen competition from the Continent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer's Ordeal At Young
A 57 year old farmer unyoked a team of horses and crawled halfa mile for help after be had been run over by a drill and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£18/15/- An Acre Greenthorpe Farm
The "Redbank" property at Greenthorpe was sold recently at auction, and brought the high price of £18 15s per acre…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SILAGE As Sheep Food Quantities Needed
Trials carried out by the Department of Agriculture have shown that, while silage will maintain life In sheep for fairly long periods, the annuls lose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Where Is Money Coming From? For Road Transort of Wheat
Molong branch of Hit Farmers and Settlers' Association wants to know where the money is coming from for the big road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →With the Progressive Farmers Abroad Canadian Trip Described Ottawa a Delightful Place
WRITING from Canada, en route to Washington, before sailing for Great Britain, Mr. Noel Griffiths, one of the Progressive Fanner team making a six months' tour abroad, talks entertainingly of Canada. In the course of his letter he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep and Wool; Ungarie Prospects
Following the recent rains Ungaric and all district crops are in the pink of condition. Given average seasonal conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Urgent Problem; Wheat Transport
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. R. G. Medcalf, M.L.A. for Lachlan, stressed the necessity for organising transport for the coming harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Prospects Still Bright
Trade abroad indicates a good volume of business at the mills, and confident feeling regarding markets ahead are reflected ed in Continental, futures markets, writes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter May Be Rationed For Five Years
According to experts in the dairying industry, there is little chance of butter rationing in Australia being lilted for at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →603/4d For Corriedale Wool
Wool sold on account of Mr. Alex McKenzie, "Wattle Flat," Corriedale Stud made up to 603/4d per lb…
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