All farmers who registered for help through the Make It Bale Out have received hay from Casino, and those who have cattle penned up due to fire injuries will get more to help them out, organiser Carmel Higgins said. RSPCA Goulburn contributed $5500 to the fundraising effort which, along with the raffle tickets and donations organised by Ms Higgins and the Make It Tenterfield crew, amounted to $11,731, or 256 hay bales. The haul includes 44 bales donated by Casino grower Damien Macrae. READ MORE: Make It Bale Out project raises funds for 94 large bales of fodder Tenterfield Shire Council organised delivery, with the hay being distributed from a property on Mt Lindesay Road over the course of a week of so. Ms Higgins said those with a small number of livestock each received a bale, with those with larger numbers receiving two. In all, 90 local farmers were helped.
All farmers who registered for help through the Make It Bale Out have received hay from Casino, and those who have cattle penned up due to fire injuries will get more to help them out, organiser Carmel Higgins said.
RSPCA Goulburn contributed $5500 to the fundraising effort which, along with the raffle tickets and donations organised by Ms Higgins and the Make It Tenterfield crew, amounted to $11,731, or 256 hay bales. The haul includes 44 bales donated by Casino grower Damien Macrae.
Tenterfield Shire Council organised delivery, with the hay being distributed from a property on Mt Lindesay Road over the course of a week of so.
Ms Higgins said those with a small number of livestock each received a bale, with those with larger numbers receiving two. In all, 90 local farmers were helped.
