CONTINUING hot, dry weather is providing conditions that are making properties prone to bushfire damage across much of our state.
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Cranston’s Trucks at Kelso has weighed in with a convoy of trucks and donated hay for distribution in the Dunedoo and Cassilis area and hay donations are greatly appreciated.
Small fires in our local area have also caused heartbreak and the swift response from the Rural Fire Service has been a huge help.
Please be extra careful with everything we do in the open air until general rains fall.
Even the farm motorbikes or farm utes can quickly start a major fire during the present conditions.
Tuesday training
A REMINDER that training courses for using pest animal baits are now being held on the second Tuesday of each month at the Local Land Services office, Corporation Avenue, Bathurst.
The cost of the course is $55 and accreditation is valid for five years.
Without this certificate or a full Chemcert, it is not possible to purchase baits from LLS.
Phone 6333 2300 to book.
Director decision
COMMUNITY members who are interested in the many facets of agriculture should seriously consider selecting prospective candidates for the upcoming election for the board of directors of Central Tablelands Local Land Services.
Many producers are critical of LLS, but the work of the hands-on-staff at recent major bushfires is being greatly appreciated by affected farmers, and the assistance will continue for many months.
If there were no LLS who would go onto the devastated properties with advice, assistance and just to be a mate?
Girl power
A RURAL media item caught my eye, detailing the work of Skipton harvesting contractor Dan Bingham and his three daughters aged 20, 18 and 15.
The business involves 18 headers that have stripped 40,000 hectares from the Liverpool Plains to Skipton, Victoria.
The girls learnt to operate smaller machines and two of them now operate JD 690 headers with 60-foot fronts.
Of course, the girls are either studying at uni or senior school and their careers may be vastly different from header driving.
Father Dan makes a strong point when he insists that the girls are not involved on farms where the owner is a know-all type until they are widely experienced.
Many of us avoided working with these types if at all possible.
Laugh lines
DAD came home much earlier than expected and found his dear wife curled up in bed. Smoke wisped up from a cigar on the bedside table. “Where the hell did that come from?” yelled dad, and a quiet voice from the wardrobe answered: “Cuba, I think.”
