Big Drop in August Wool Prices
Wool prices in August were 61 per cent below the 1950-51 season's average. The National Council of Wool…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1951
960 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 37 of 48
Minister Lifts Ban on Shorn Wool Export
Acting Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Senator McLeay), has announced the lifting of the prohibition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Sales Topped £635 Million in 1950-51
Wool sales in Australia soared to the huge total of £635 million for the season just ended. Only two years ago Australia was congratulating itself on its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Agronomist Reports Great Improvement in District Crops
Mr. T. Adams, District Agronomist (with headquarters at West Wyalong) in his report for September, states that recent rains have ensured cereal yield…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Interest In Story Of Kelpie Sheep Dog
A full-page illustrated article in the "Australian Women's Weekly" on the Kelpie sheepdog was of more than passing interest to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat The Farmers Never See
Every year dozens of new varieties of wheat and also oats and barley, are discarded by the Department of Agriculture's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bulk-Handling' Wheat on the Farm
"There is a growing trend in many New South Wales wheat growing areas towards wheat being bulk handled and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Rise in State's Sheep, Lambs
The number of sheep and lambs in New South Wales at March 31 was 54.111,000. an increase of 813,600 compared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Exports May Fall Short
Australia might not be able to fulfil its commitments under the International Wheat Agreement, said Mr. Anthony,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Average Monthly Clean Wool Values
Opening values at this season's wool sales are well below last June's closing levels, as this graph, prepared by Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd., shows. It also clearly shows how the market fluctuated last sea son, rising sharply between January and March, and dropping away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Govt. Farm to Spray Weedy Cereal Crops
Condobolin Experiment Farm this month will spray its weedinfested cereal crops with Triethanolamine salt of 2. 4-1), at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Praise For British Farmers
The British farmer is a better husbandman than the American according to the report on "Productivity in Agriculture" issued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Minister's Statement on Soldier Farms Infested by Rabbits
Government policy on soldier settlement farms that are rabbit infested has been clearly stated on many occasions, said the Minister for Lands, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →1942 Level of Costs for Dairyfarmers
Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, the leader of the State Country party said that, in refusing to raise the retail price of butter by 11½d per lb., the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bulk-handling Wheat on the Farm
"There is a growing trend in many New South Wales wheat-growing areas towards wheat being bulk-handled and stored on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Factory Prices Questioned
AT the annual meeting of shareholders of Forbes Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd., Mr. V. Killenbeck, Jemalong, asked how it was that a Parke, man could cometo Forbes and pay 5d. per gallon more for milk than the local Society. All the speakers at that day's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Wool Sales
The following was received by wire from Dalgetys last night: New Australasian record for present season was made by Dalgetys when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weethalee Pig And Cattle Sale
Winchcombe, Carson Limited, Forbes, in conjunction with Mr. B. Camm, conducted their opening monthly market at Weethalee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lake Cargelligo Cattle
Consignments of Lake Cargelligo cattle Included in Winchcombe, Carson's Homebush auction were J. Mclnnes,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Wool
The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. secured the following prices for district wool at their last Sydney sales:—…
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