Avenel Demonstration Area Transformed by Erosion Reclamation
The Soil Conservation Authority reports dramatic recovery of 83 acres near the Hume Highway once eroded to bare hills with tunnels and gullies. After fencing and rabbit control, 60 acres were reclaimed with contour features and new vegetation. A field day is set for Friday November 10 at 2 30 pm inviting ministers, MPs, and local landholders.
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Avenel
Hume Highway
Country Roads Board
Victorian Railways
Soil Conservation Authority
How to Tell a Horse's Age Through Dentition
A poem describes aging horses by tooth development and wear. It outlines tooth stages from the first weeks to twenty years, noting nippers, corners, grooves, and spots in upper and lower jaws. The verse links tooth loss and growth to age milestones in a traditional rider’s lore.
Internal parasites of sheep and control measures
A. R. Grayson of the Victorian Department of Agriculture urges early drenching and feeding to combat worm infestation in sheep. He endorses phenotinazine for stomach and intestinal worms, and copper sulphate with nicotine sulphate as alternates, plus pasture rotation to reduce infective larvae buildup.
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A. R. Grayson
Vittorian Department of Agriculture
Grayson
Woolmen Taxation Compared to Income Tax Effects
The article explains how woolmen taxation works versus income tax with examples from 1958 and 1957 incomes, showing gross receipts, expenses, net income, and tax due. It notes a refund of about 200 on pre payments and a 7 percent wool levy funding a stabilisation fund, highlighting heavier charges on gross wool cheques and no allowance for property costs.
Higher Wages Raise Production Costs for Farm Goods
W F Weigall president of the Chamber of Agriculture warned in Melbourne that a £1 basic wage rise would lift farm production costs and push prices to consumers. Dairy farmers would gain from higher costs, but shoppers would face higher prices or subsidies, while bread prices would vary with a wage index.
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The
Chamber of Agriculture
W. F. Weigall
Melbourne
Paper Towels for Cows Aid Clean Milking Practice
The article discusses washing udders before milking and introduces individual disposable paper towels for each dairy cow. These one use towels, highlighted by Successful Farming, reduce infection risk as they are discarded after use, helping produce germ-free milk.
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America
Bonus for Draught Foals in Victoria Extended
Mr George Moss M L A Minister of Agriculture said the governments plan to halt decline in horse breeding in Victoria includes extending the draught foal bonus scheme to June 30. Under the scheme owners of foals sired by approved draught stallions and registered under the Act receive a £4 bonus on or before June following birth. The department monitors breeding standards. unsound stallions or those below type and confirmation are not registered. The Horse Breeding Act now allows registration of two year old colts intended for service. Owners may apply using forms from the Live Department of Agriculture Melbourne with a £1 fee. Last year 24 costae were examined and certificated. The department also offers a voluntary stud book mate examination for soundness with a £1 fee and certificates for yearlings and four year olds, and lifetime certificates for mares over five.
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George Moss
M.L.A
Vietoria
Victoria
Moss
Department of Agriculture
Melbourne
C.C
Department
Oriental Peach Moth Grubs Threaten Peach Crops
The text discusses damage from oriental peach moth grubs and mentions DDT as a promising control option for protecting peach orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.D.T
Rabbit Menace in Catchment Area Contracts
The Benalla Water Works Trust approves payment of 62 pounds for rabbit eradication on acquired properties in the catchment area at Toom Bullup. A letter from H A Brock of Archerton requests 22 pounds balance for work and 31 days claimed. The chairman notes extra funds were paid without instruction and the balance is approved.
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Toombullup
Benalla Waterworks Trust
H. A. Brock
Archertor
Comr. Baynald
Brock
Australia urges price rise, urges bargaining remedy
The Australian Dairy Produce Board officials Mr. G. C. Howey and Mr. R. C. Gibson report to Parliament from London that Britain refused a price increase. They condemn the standstill on prices and urge a formula to avoid deadlocks based on UK import costs and Australian production costs for butter and cheese.
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Britain
G. C. Howey
R. C. Gibson
Australian Dairy Produce Board
London
Australia
Paria
Canberra
Ministry of Pood
United Kingdom
Girl Nominated as Show Judge at Sydney Royal Show
An 18 year old Clare Langmerr, daughter of Prospect cattle wind farm owners near Jen daryan Q, is nominated as a show judge at the Sydney Royal Show. Registrar N H Sarina calls it a historic first for Australia, noting Clare has won junior cattle judging awards at Sydney and Brisbane Royal Shows and runs her own registered Ceonil stud with about £3000 of cattle.
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Clare Langmerr
Cate
Jendaryan
Sydney
N. H. Sarina
Australia
A Langmore
Clare
Brisbane
Victorian growers resist broad wheat policy challenge
In Melbourne the secretary of the Victorian Wheat and Wool growers Association Mr J B Bryant said his group had not been invited to join a legal challenge. He noted initial objections to the scheme as sectional and undemocratic but conceded the current plan resembles the pay‑to‑you earn system used for thousands of Australian workers.
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Melbourne
Victorian Wheat and Woolgrowers’ Association
J. B. Bryant
Bryant
Becaus
Cooling moth and pear pests controlled by DDT sprays
A Victorian Department of Agriculture expert reports that two to three half strength DDT sprays with lead arsenate effectively control cooling moths and light brown apple moths on pears and apples. Late season sprays for late maturing fruit, and a third full strength spray in late Jan or Feb, are advised, with parathion added if bryoblamite or red spider moves. Manufacturers’ dilution guidance from the August Journal of Agriculture should be followed.
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G. W. Crawford
Department of Agriculture
Goulburn Valley
Journal of Agriculture
Precocious Chicken Rearing Advice From Victorian Poultry Expert
D Mall of the Victorian Department of Agriculture urges using the cooler period to boost development with ample food. Early laying is key for large egg output, but breeders should cull small underperforming birds and maintain high quality stock with a rich mash mix including wheatmeal bran maize oats buttermilk meat meal and salt.
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D. Mall
Department of Agriculture
Hense
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Hereford Hociety
Queensland Selectors’ Association
Association
G. E. Humphreys
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