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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 27, 1927
Page
4
Canadian dairy farmers are urged to breed feed and cull to reach an annual 300 lb butter fat per cow. Emphasis on testing, breeding campaigns, and rationed feeding to improve efficiency and profitability while reducing nonpaying cows.
The article argues dairy farmers must remove inferior cows and replace them with higher producers. It stresses careful bull selection using butterfat records and dam performance, warns about inferior sires, and notes that feeding quality completes the breeding program to raise productive heifers. It emphasizes genetic lineage, sire influence, and the impact of proper nutrition on herd profitability.
Mr B Harrison of Burrisher New South Wales extols Carpeter or Paspalum Compressum as a durable perennial grass. It tolerates drought and saline soils, covers ground quickly, feeds livestock, resists noxious ferns, and can be eradicated if needed, even on poor land near the sea.
Albany land agency lists several parcels for sale in Plantagenet and near Albany. Each location details acreage, price per acre, survey fees, and Crown rights to enter for drainage works without compensation. Some parcels include forfeited Crown plots and various part classifications under specific districts.
The article cites British reports that Germany bought 22 million pounds worth of textile machinery and uses long hours work data to argue Germany will expand textile output. It warns Germany will seek foreign markets, lowering local prices, increasing competition for Australian textile trade and potentially harming local producers.
The stationmaster at Albany Mr J P Beanson is notified of the new winter timetable in operation. Services list departures from Perth to Albany on Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays, with morning and evening runs, plus return trains from Albany to Perth on Sundays and Mondays and midweek services. A Denmark motorcoach service schedule is also published with departures from Albany and arrivals at Denmark on specific days and times.
The article explains paspalum as a resilient fodder grass that flourishes in swamps and hillsides, emphasizes careful management to avoid sod binding, and details mowing, top dressing, and silage for year round feed. It notes best growth in late summer and autumn, with care extending pasture life and preventing losses during dry periods.
The article reports Mr. K. W. Corringe urging Valley farmers on profitable pig raising. He notes pigs yield high returns, emphasizes constant feeding with skim milk, proper sow care, and land use. He cites Breckshire Tamworth crosses for export and warns minerals may reduce rooting instinct.
Dates listed for 1927 shows along the Great Southern include Wandering Wednesday October 20 Katanning October 27 and 24 Kojonup November 4 Cranbrook November 1 Albany November 11 and 17 Plus printed notice in Albany listing these events and locations.
Mr M Boot of Lincoln College notes there are low and high producing pigs. Danish feeding has cut feed to produce 1000 lb live weight from 400 tons to 825 lb in 20 30 years. Selection and breeding improved efficiency with 320 280 lb feed per 100 lb live weight.
Postal notices outline outward mails from Albany during the railway winter timetable. Times for port lines, loose bag clearances, and station departures are listed with days and cutoffs for different routes and private bag handling, including Monday to Thursday and weekend postings.
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