Stabilising Pig Industry Consensus Emerges in Sydney Conference
Mr M Dunlop head of the Primary Producers Union urged a general reorganisation of the pig industry at a Sydney conference. He proposed statutory pig meat boards in each state to coordinate export and home consumption, linking state committees with a central council to stabilize prices and boost export potential.
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Dlicuit
M. PcDunlop
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Htcon
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Mu Dunlop
Dunlop
Ata
Smithfield
Tinton
P.P
Pelley de Jena
Mr. Dunlop
Hat Pig Meats Products
Shania
Pig Council
Cheaper Tea Likely In Australia After World Price Shift
Tea prices in Australia may fall soon due to the averaging system of price fixing. Recent overseas reductions, including a drop in Ceylon prices, will influence domestic costs after shipments are redistributed. Changes in world prices typically lag by weeks before domestic tea prices adjust, possibly late February.
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Australia
Ceylon
Secret decoy to destroy rabbits by Casino Pastures Board
A new extermination scheme by the Casino Pastures Protection Board uses an expert rabbiter and a secret decoy to lay poison, supplied free by the board, at landholders’ cost of a shilling a day. Demonstrations have been conducted in Kyogle and Bonalbo areas with success, and interest spreads to Coraki and Back Creek as farmers seek ongoing eradication methods.
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Casino Pastures Protection Board
Kyogle
Bonalbo
Coraki
Back Creek
Bright Outlook for Jerseys in Published Breeder Volume
The Jersey Herd Society notes an improved outlook with volume 26 of the Jersey Ltd Book of Anatrafis. It lists 1119 animals across Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, and other regions, with champions and reserve winners from the 1939 Royal Show and judges' awards. The volume, issued in a compact form, preserves stud prefixes and breeder references while maintaining high registration levels amid a slight membership dip.
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Jersey
Col. Somerville
Astralian Jersey Herd Society
Jersey Ltd
Victoria
New South Wales
Sant Austrilia
Tastiania
Western Australia
Thewe
Plashett Rose Ltd tops NSW butter fat test
Plashett Rose Ltd of Jerry’s Plains Singleton NSW leads Australian 11 ha cows with a Dec test yielding 10,998 lb milk and 557.83 lb butter fat at 5.1 percent. The cow The site of Plashett Rose 8th., sired by Metha’s Heir of Berry, shows strong stock from Plashett herd. Plashett Lincoln 23rd, a three year old, recorded 545.091 yield. Dam Rose 2nd of Plashett remains the cow’s dam for Rose 8th.
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Lawarra
New South Wales
Plashett Rose Ltd
Plashett Rose
Metha
Plashett Pastoral Co. Pty. Ltd
Jerry's Plains
Singleton
N.S.W
Berry
Plashett Lincoln
Plashett
Rose
Review of Maize Crop Conditions Across Regions
The report notes variable maize prospects across New South Wales regions. North Coast shows promise while southern Hunter Valley districts face drought. South Coast stands require moisture for tasselling and cobbing. Macleay to Manning reports satisfactory progress though hot weather hinders growth. Sherwood early crops cobbing well. Wauchope areas suffer moisture shortages. Beechwood remains optimistic despite arid conditions. Camboyne early plantings largely Golden Superb and tasselling. area shows increased plantings vs last year. Manning to Hunter generally unfavorable due to dryness. some stands at tasselling need rain. Taree late varieties near tasselling require 2–3 inches of rain. Wingham saw delayed germination but subsequent sowings improved headway. Belbora early crops failing in places. late stands also poor. Overall outlook across Manning to Hunter is mixed to poor with rainfall needed soon.
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Hunter Valley
Sherwood
Frederickton
Temagog
Wauchope
Hastings River
Belmore
Camboyne
Manning
Taree
Fitzroy
Hogan
Wingham
Belbora
Hunter
East Gresford
Dungog
Weather outlook for Wellbrook and districts mixed prospects
Early plantings are satisfactory but overall balance is unsettled due to water shortage. Sixty percent of later sowing progressing, yet moisture deficiency affects the rest. Early rain could boost prospects. current outlook is unfavorable but early substantial falls could improve it. Recorded rain: Kempsey 68 points, Dunbog 108, Denman 48, Paterson aT.
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Wellbrook
Kempsey
Dungog
Denman
Paterson
Sawmillers form Manning Hastings branch at Wingham
A large gathering representing sawmills from Manning Wallamba Camden Haven and Hastings rivers districts created a Manning Hastings branch of the Associated Country Sawmillers of New South Wales. Officers elected were President S Bal Comboyne Vice Presidents Elliott Herons Creek Broadmeadow and M Machin Lands Secretary A R Bell Wingham Sawmilling Co. England noted the coastwide timber industry is now organised throughout coastal NSW.
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Manning, Wallamba
Camden Haven
Hastings Rivers
Associated Country Sawmillers
New South Wales
Manning- Hastings
3. W. England
Associated Country Bawmillers
Stroud-Bullahdelah
Bal
Comboyne
Elliott
Heron's Creek Timber ‘Mills Ltd
Broadmeadow
M. Machin
Messrs, Henry Machin and Sons, Lands
A’ R. Bell
Wingham Sawmilling Co
England
RAF safety tanks keep petrol from leaking in tests
Details of three British tank types used by the Royal Air Force show freproof crashproof and leakproof designs performing well in service. One tank pierced by 100 bullets did not leak at all, and tanks filled with hundreds of gallons of petrol withstood 60 foot drops onto a blazing road without bursting or catching fire. Tracer bullets fired into another tank failed to ignite the petrol.
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Royal Air Force
Internees Publish Paper in NSW Camp
A pamphlet titled Die Brucke is printed on roneo paper by German internees in New South Wales. The publication circulates within the internment camp and praises Hitler for fighting to win peace and honour for Germany.
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Roneo
New South Wales
Hitler
Germany
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