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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
4
A clipping urges readers to participate in free £100 prizes while detailing butter production tips. It emphasizes cleaning, cooling skimmed cream in cold water tanks, avoiding warm handling, and keeping equipment clean to produce high quality tainted free cream. It claims higher returns from extra fancy butter and invites reader cooperation.
Fragmentary report notes a Jersey Island feris depend cattle imported December 1914 by the SW Dept of Agriculture and record of eleven years service with forty eight daughters. Mentions cream quality, butter standards, and cleaning of dishes and separators.
The article discusses sweet potatoes as a valuable but underused crop. It notes demand depends on variety, moisture content, and consumer preference, with advice on suitable types, planting methods, and nursery cuttings. It cites Australian classifications and recommended table varieties such as Gold Coin, Seeding No. 3, Brook's Gem, and Snow Queen.
Beef cattle exhibit includes about 1.90 head of fat livestock with 385 steers. The grand championship goes to a pure Aberdeen Angus steer shown by Wayne Thordyke of Lambert Oklahoma, with Edna Mae Brown's Aberdeenne Angus steer as reserve grand champion.
The article explains how off flavours in milk arise from cow diet and lactation, including copper contact causing metallic tastes, rancid flavours from extended milking and lipase activity, and the role of mastitis pathogens. It notes the need to inspect utensils for copper exposure and describes how flavours evolve after milking, especially in cows milked for over a year.
A four day escorted goodwill tour links Western Australian and South Australian farmers. The program covers agricultural and pastoral sites, irrigation areas, research centres, vineyards and orchards with social events and a return visit proposal. Interested parties should contact the South Australian representative at the West Australian Government Tourist Holiday offices in Perth.
A report from New Zealand outlines a national dairy instruction plan funded by industry with government support. The dominion will be divided into seventy districts, each served by a district dairy station under the control of the dairy department.
Boogardie mining district shows varied yields with 2387.79 fine ounces of gold and 10.0 tons crushed at several mines including Neptune GM and Makesure G.M. Large shipments of gold and silver recorded, with numerous prospectors active across the Boogardie group and surrounding mills.
The text discusses milk flavour issues linked to feeding during lactation and timing of milking, plus an unrelated fragment about ore processing and fines. It mentions adjusting feed five bows before milking and whether flavour appears at silking or after standing.
The Pastoral Review warns lamb producers about rising internal parasitism in lambs due to heavy stocking and long grazing on contaminated pastures. It outlines two main parasite groups, remedies including dog worm treatment, pasture clean‑up, and rotational grazing, and notes public health stakes. Also reports gold production data from Mt Magner and surrounding mines with figures on tonnage, fineness, and company contributions.
The text reports on ore and mineral yields across districts including Calculli North and Lake Austin, with figures such as 33 tons and 1773 units, plus prices like 429 fine oz. It mentions alluvial wells, operations at Cuddling Wars and Golden Gate, and a district-wide return referencing Nivenaher in 1938.
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