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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1948
Page
2
A collision near Albury about 17 miles from Wagga involved a senior trailer with buckjumpers returning from a Wagga rodeo and a lorry with 400 turkeys. The vehicles did not collide, but crate clearance failed and crates spilled. Drivers were uninjured.
Veterinary officers note large roundworm as a major swine parasite. It causes abdominal pain fever cough and rapid breathing, with possible pneumonia and death. Treatments evolved from oil of ethenopodium to sodium aueride, given in medicated feed, with sanitation and age separation key to prevention.
Victorian Agriculture officers report this season's fodder conservation contest sponsored by the Royal Agricultural Society across 34 organisations, up from 29. Entries were fewer than expected but quality rose, aided by efficient equipment like the pick-up baler, though some modern gear reduced fodder quality due to timing. Dairy farms intensify conservation boosting carrying capacity and stock returns as district reports near completion.
The report shows 54 562 more females in metropolitan NSW and 50 512 more males in rural NSW. NSW population rose 13.8 percent since 1933, with metropolitan growth 20.1 percent, provincial 17.1 percent, and rural only 4.6 percent. The overall state distribution remains near equal.
The Goulburn Valley and district of Tstura show strong support for the Presbyterian Rural Training scheme at Churringile. Dr W R Ponting and Rev A Boag direct field work with tractors as land is prepared and seed sown. Plans include a brick cottage with two acres plus land to total about 120 acres irrigable. A city firm donates a year’s pasture valued at about £60 and donations flood in. Architect Keith Reid surveys repairs and alterations as immigration efforts advance in this mid northern state region. Donations from Godhur Valley district total £750.
An NSW NS Forestry Commission report notes mechanized logging and pneumatic tyres boost timber output in Australia. Straddle car ets cut handling costs by about 80 percent while barlow and wauchope regions push production for housing. Experts stress timber as a renewable resource with vast potential in textiles plastics fuels and wood chemistry.
The article explains milk fever in dairy cows, noting it often shows 12 to 72 hours after calving but can occur before or months later. It details symptoms such as reluctance to move, hind limb paralysis, difficulty standing, loss of appetite, dry muzzle, and cool extremities, and outlines treatment with calcium borogluconate injections and supportive measures, plus prevention around calving.
Entomological Branch warns farmers against indiscriminate DDT use as stream contamination could destroy fish. Cites possible crayfish control, urges caution with orchard washings and mosquito campaigns. Notes 5 percent DDT kerosene mixes deemed unsafe for routine use and calls for reformulations that resist water.
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