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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
7
Advertising pays and the article urges persistent, visible promotion. It argues do not wait for customers, advertise where many eyes will see it, in a bright up to date newspaper. It emphasizes placing ads in widely read papers to attract steady business.
Agricultural notes discuss Department of Agriculture rations for livestock with minimal fodder, balancing nutrients, digestibility, and feed variety. It cites maize use for horses, molasses as substitute, bran versus pollard values, and the economics of feeding. also praises winter fallow as key for wheat in drought-prone regions and argues for its broader adoption in New South Wales and Victoria.
An article from the June Agricultural Gazette discusses economical wheat production and farm knowledge. It outlines inspector guidance for winter wheat terms, sowing timings after autumn and summer crops, and rotation with winter legumes. It covers rainfall suitability, fodder crops, and best practices for wheat followed by barley or fallow in a six-year cycle.
An old advertisement touts a domestic vacuum cleaner as a practical working machine. It claims to ease housework by sweeping dust, venting dirt, reducing cleaning costs, and removing dust, odors, and pests, in a period tone emphasizing sanitation.
Government correspondence outlines proposed mail exchanges between Melbourne Parkes and nearby towns with details on service days, fares, and trial periods. Debates include establishing receiving offices at Mount Tallabone and Eugowra, with routes to Walshs and Welshs, plus dates and officials cited.
June 19 Gigandra J and July 81 Peaw Win 1.0 appear in the W D R A fixtures list with dates and matching entries. The brief item lists two event names and two dates, indicating scheduled fixtures or results in a local sports column.
A compiled list shows station names in New South Wales with numbers of shearers, hand or machine work, and sheep shorn. Wingadee leads with 20,000 sheep, followed by Burrawang 100,000, Goonoa 100,000, Buttabone 80,100, and Mullatey 49,000 among many others, detailing locations from Coonamble to Warren and Narromine with varied crew counts and methods.
A dense OCR listing spans many places including Condobolin and Curlewis with farm names, locations, and large numbers likely representing acreage or values. Entries note coordinates such as Milby Valley and Mrowmore Park, various ages and sizes, plus multiple small communities and properties across the region.
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