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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 21, 1930
Page
4
Saffron Thistle or false star thistle, Carthamus jana tus, is described as a prickly bushy plant reaching 2 to 3 feet with yellow flowers. It is noted to be called Chinese thistle in some districts and has clasping leaves and a slightly woolly upper stem.
The article describes identifying saffron thistle and offers control methods including hand cutting, cultivation, and fallow practices. It warns of seed contamination in wheat, suggests grazing land mowing, and discusses potential noxious weed declarations and fodder value debates. It also notes regional variations and nearby Cape Weed coverage.
At a P P Boards Council of Advice meeting a scheme to divide the eastern division was proposed with Cumberland added to the northern section and removed from the southern. Amended northern districts include Armidale Bathurst Casino Cumberland Denman Glen Innes Gloucester Grafton Inverell Maitland Merriwa Mudgee Port Macquarie Singleton Tamworth Tenterfield Upper Hunter Tweed Lismore. Revision to be addressed first at Sydney convention May 21-22. Preferential voting retained first past the post for durators under riding divisions.
An elderly Gloucester man credits Doan's Backache Kidney Pills with curing long standing kidney pain after rheumatic fever and says they keep him free from backache. The testimonial notes years of use, improved health, and continued vitality into age, with availability from chemists and storekeepers, Foster-McClellan Co. as sellers.
A South African dairy delegation visited Melbourne Sydney Canberra and the South Coast en route to discussions in Britain on Overseas Farmers Co operative Federations and Empire Cabies Ltd. Australian dairy leaders Meares and colleagues outlined co operative milk distribution gains and planned further overseas dairy development amid a shift toward dairying in NSW districts like Canowindra Forbes and Wellington as wool and sheep values weaken.
The Canadian Wheat Post reports the co operative pool handled 252 million bushels with a turnover of £57,600,000 in the just completed season. Grain shipped to ninety ports in nineteen countries. Pool run by producer members against proprietary interests. Also notes huge egg imports into England due to mild winter and high overseas arrivals in November. Government plans to widen North Coast railway bridges were discussed.
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