Throughput - the answer for wheat
Farmers might not agree â but it is far better to have large seaboard board wheat storages…
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Farming & the land, 1977
148 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 8
Walk-in, walk-out prison farms
SIR â The increasing numbers of escapes from prisons are the inevitable result of our namby-pamby treatment of criminals. This is encouraged by a group of people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Elders G.m. Wool Sales
At the 12th Wool Sale of the season held on the 25th May, 1977, Elders G.M. realised the following prices on account of local graziers…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Up 17 ½ pc in Past Year
Wool prices were up 17.9 per cent at the Sydney Wool Sales on Thursday (26th May) compared with a year earlier. Average price at the Farmers and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Around the West New Sheep Yard Plan
Sheep producers thinking of building new or better yards will be interested in a new plan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sorghum crop reborn at Peak Hill
The ârebirthâ of a sorghum crop has astounded a Peak Hill farming family. The crop was thought to have perished, but several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Streamline wool plan
The high cost areas in handling wool for auction are being tackled by experts of the Grazcos Co-operative. It is based on the concept of the Jumbo bale, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Around and About Factory to make wool garments suggested for CWA
IN a country that has been said to live off the sheepâs back it is difficult to find a variety of woollen garments…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The latest farm machinery
The new Fieldspan John Shearer Cultivator recently released on the Australian market. The model incorporates a series connected hydraulic circuit…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farmers discuss silo plan
The United Farmers and Woolgrowers Association will look at the possibility of building a grain sub-terminal at Dubbo, as part of a grain storage facility upgrading…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lice in Sheep
Instances of sheep lice in the Bourke district are increasing alarmingly. The oldest excuse in the world is to blame the neighbour. When you read this article,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New sheep and cattle descriptions will give a much clearer picture
The new livestock market reporting service is based on specific livestock descriptions which will be standardised throughout New South Wales and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Exports of live sheep
SIR â Decent Australians should not condone nefarious export of live to the Middle East…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Changes for 1978 wheat sowings
Wheatfarmers, now sowing their 1977 crop, have been given early details of the additions and deletions to the NSW variety recommendation list for next year…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many advantages in half-circle sheep yards
Graziers contemplating new sheep yards or improving their present ones could do…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Emphasis now on farming
A rapid swing toward broadacre farming, particularly in the western parts of Gilgandra Shire in the past decade, proved the saviour for town and district when the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grain legume crops show great promise
Better yields, higher protein content, and more chance of diversification of production, are some of the probable advantages emerging from research into grain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dalgety Wool Report
The final series of Auctions concluded on 30/6/77 of sales held at Brisbane, Melbourne and Fremantle. Quotations for all categories remained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Profits in cattle fattening
Cattle fatteners continue to make good profit while cattle breeders battle to make ends…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Smaller world wheat harvest for 1977
A lower total world wheat output is expected for 1977, following the 1976 crop estimated to be 390 to 410 million tonnes, but this could be…
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