Potato Marketing Board Maintains Regulated Delivery Policy
Chairman A C Boustead says no immediate rise in wholesale potato prices as the Potato Marketing Board resumes operations on December 19. The board will continue regulated deliveries with price changes only after full consideration, noting a 24 percent price rise over 15 months since decontrol. In harvest season DDT applications may be used to curb pest activity, with options including spray and dust. Also announced are two new agriculture scholarships, awarded to Charles A Bevan and Russell I Howey, who will depart for New Zealand soon.
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The
Potato Marketing Board
A. C. Boustead
Department of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture
Charles Alexander Bevan
Tecoma
Russell Ian Howey
Colac
New Zealand
Potato Storage Methods and Dusting Procedures
Mr G H Mattingley notes best potato storage in pits in a sheltered cool dry spot with light and wind excluded. Six foot wide pits use straw layers, with bags filled and dusted with 10 lbs per ton of potatoes using DDT at 2 percent tops. Handle grub by lifting tubers promptly into sewn bags, dusting as the bag is filled and sealed.
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G. H. Mattingley
Stabilising the Dairying Industry for Ten Years
The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture Mr McEwen assured a dairy producers deputation that the government would pursue a policy to stabilise the dairying industry for at least ten years. He cited ongoing reviews of cost of production and stated any changes to tribunals would not delay annual reviews, ensuring guaranteed prices are set before the next financial year.
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Commerce and Agriculture
McEwen
Dairy Scholarships Open for Massey College Course
The Victorian Government offers scholarships to promising students for the full degree in dairying at Massey Agricultural College New Zealand. Open to those who finish first year at Melbourne University with selected candidates proceeding directly to Massey College for the remaining three years. A condition of the scholarships is that the program proceeds as specified.
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Dustry
Massey Agricultural College
New Zealand
Melbourne University
Massey College
Agricultural College Scholarships Winners Named
The Minister of Agriculture Col Dennett MLA announced three year scholarships for Dookle and Longerenong Agricultural Colleges. Recipients include G C Edwards of Tatura and D L Warren of Mt Dandenong.
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Col
A. H. Dennett
M.L.A
Dookle and
Longerenong Agricultural Colleges
G. C. Edwards
Tatura
D. L. Warren
Mt. Dandenong
Disease control alerts sheep owners on vaccination drive
The Department of Agriculture notes that widespread vaccination by Commonwealth Serum Laboratories has nearly eradicated black disease. Annual inoculation of all sheep is urged to prevent future losses as immunity develops within two weeks and remains high for several weeks.
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McQueen
Vomatnen Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
Seyv
Black disease in sheep linked to liver fluke and immunity limits
The article explains that black disease arises when immature liver flukes from infested pastures attach to sheep livers during Jan to March. It notes that a soil inhabitant bacterium associated with vaccines is harmless to healthy animals, stresses control of liver fluke through drenching and pasture treatment, and states cattle can be vaccinated with higher doses though seldom die from black disease.
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Benalla West Motors
Boundary Road
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