Modern Trends Seen In Machinery Row Bulk Wheat Handling; Labour Saving Devices
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 10
THE rapidity with which accepted arduous and expensive farming processes are being supplanted by machines was a feature of Machinery Row at the Show. Here were to be seen in greater…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dresses in Wool
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 1
FB10/6 Australian Wool Board Photograph Rust coloured wool-muslin makes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"West Plains" Annual Surplus Sheep Sale
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 1
Edward Weaver and Co., auctioneers, Forbes, report that they conducted the annual surplus sheep sale at "West Plains"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Excessive Wool Branding in N.Z.
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 2
New Zealand legislation requires all branding fluids to be approved by the Department of Agriculture before they can be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Prospects Sound
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 5
Wheat and oat prospects are sound. but recent frost damage in the north-west and central west has still to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plea For Co-op. Wheat Farming
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 4
A system of co-operative wheat growing as a means of boosting production was urged by Mr. Dan Ciyne (Labor, King) during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →4000 Cattle Vaccinated Against Pleuro
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 4
Special attention is being given by veterinary officers of the Department of Agriculture to pleuro-pneumonia outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Guessing Comp. At Show
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 1
The prize for the sheep guessing competition at Forbes Show lost week was divided by four competitors, who each estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat, Oats, Pastures Report of District Agronomist
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 4
The report of the District Agronomist, Mr. H. A. W. Woodword, on the condition of crops, pastures, etc., during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm & Station Improved Pastures Not Affected By Floods
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 4
"In spite of successive floodings, paddocks sown to improved pastures on a Daily Production Grant demonstration farm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£19 Million Left In Wheat Fund
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1952 · page 1
After collections of export tax were made from the 1951/52 wheat crop, there would be about £19 million in the Wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Market Dearer At Forbes
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 8
Edward Weaver & Company (Forbes) and the Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd., auctioneers In conjunction, report that about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Homebush Sale: Cattle £1 To £2 Cheaper
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 5
Dalgety's News Service reports: At Homebush sales on Thursday 25,186 sheep and lambs were yarded. Sheep were firm, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUANDIALLA Our Junior Farmer Well To Front Attractive Pigeon Shoot at Bimbi
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 8
The Rural Bank competition for the star Junior Farmer of N.S.W. was finalised last week, and our local man, Don Pollock, failed by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers Get Break: Oat Bag Prices Halved
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 3
Once in a while the farmer 'gets a break.' At the moment with a wonderful season for growth, what with the price of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burcher Sheep
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 2
Consignments of sheep from Burcher included in Winch combe Carson's Homebush auction last Thursday realised: A/c…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Sheep
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 3
At Winchcombe Carson's Homebush auction last Thursday Carnegie Bros., Lake Cowal secured 236 xbred suckers to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telling a Sheep's Age by Its Teeth
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 5
Sheepmen rely mainly on the number and condition of a sheep's teeth to indicate its age, but there are differences of opinion on the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bigger Fruit Crop
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 5
Fruit losses caused by floods in the roastal districts have been more than balanced by increased yields in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fat And Store Cattle Sale At Condobolin
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1952 · page 1
New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., in conjunction with Colin W. Lees, report having held a special fat and store…
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