First Wheat Receivals at Forbes
Wheat receivals at Forbes silos, have started off with about 450 tons up till Wednesday. Over 400 tons arrived from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1953
744 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 36 of 38
WIRRINYA First Of The Season's Wheat Deliveries
The first of this season's wheat was received at Wirrinya silos on Monday. Only a few carriers were operating, and with a good…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Menace Of Summer Locusts How Farmers Can Win Next Round Too
FORBES P.P. Board officials and the district farmers did a fine job with the local locust hatchings in this area. If other districts had done only half as well, the summer locust hatchings wouldn't amount to much. That…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Wool
The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co. Ltd. secured the following prices for district wool at their last Sydney auctions:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Report
The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited report on 27th November, 1953:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Draft Allowance on Sheep Skins Abolished
The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production, the Hon. E. H. Graham M.L.A., said that the Sale of Goods (Amendment)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Harvesting Begins: Wheat Yields Above Expectations
The District Agronomist, Mr. H. A. Woodward, of Parkes, in his report for November declares that the wheat harvest, now in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Coming in to Forbes Silos
Wheat is coming forward steadily into the Forbes silos, but the bulk so far received is coming by rail…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Millet Is Useful Forage Crop
Japanese millet can provide valuable green feed for dairy cattle during the summer months when normal paddock feed is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm & Station Super, Lime Raise Production 300 P.C.
CARRYING capacity of country once considered doubtful for economic pasture development has been increased by a Marulan soldier settler from 800 mixed sheep with 30 per cent, winter losses in 1949, to 2000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool and Wheat Prospects Good
A promising outlook for Australia's wool and wheat is revealed in the latest of the interesting fortnightly "News…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Values Firm
With Britain, the Continent, Japan and Russia competing keenly tor all lots, and American orders more pronounced, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gifts of Wool For Far West
Mr. Reg. Carr, president of the West Wyalong branch of the Far West Scheme, informed the "Advocate" to-day that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roberton's Reason for Opposing the Wheat Bill
When the Bill for an act to approve the acceptance by Australia of the agreement revising and renewing the International Wheat Agreement was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →2 Men Charged With Stealing Wheat at ungarie
Two men have been charged with stealing 54 bags of wheat from an Ungarie property The two men appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmlet Available Near Oberon
A fifty acre Crown land farmlet near Norway, about seven miles from Oberon, would be open for application early in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Story Of The Merino Wool Growers Of 3000 Years Ago
ONCE again Australia's Merino flocks have brought millions of money into the country. They have been doing that--not always in Australia, of course--since about 700 or 800 B.C…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Junior Farmer Dinner
Over one hundred Junior Farmers and guests will dine at the Forbes Intermediate High School on Saturday evening before the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cropping Notes
The local silos opened on Tuesday of last week and in the first week 68,000 bushels were received. Another 12,000 were received last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Fires 100 Acres Of Crop Destroyed
A fire broke out in a crop on the "Fairfield" property of Mr. A. F. Herbert while stripping was in progress last Saturday morning…
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