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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 20, 1930
Page
5
Should be one of the main concerns of everyone. Write to Webster Ack and McDonald Opticians of Pittst and Martin Place Sydney for advice if your sight is defective. Send us your repairs. We specialise in repair work. Watch this paper for date of next visit.
The article discusses the impact of co operative marketing on distribution and farmer income, notes a British government move to ease loan terms for co operatives, and recounts Mr Wigan’s Denmark brief with details on Danish farm size, cultivation, and dairy concentrate imports. It highlights Denmark’s fertile lands, farm sizes, and fertilizer use, including manure management and imported nutrients.
Canada remains a net butter importer with 17 000 tons imported in the year to February, up from 11 000 tons. February 1930 alone brought 3 855 tons mainly from New Zealand and Australia. Tariff revisions aim to boost local production, with Canada previously exporting to Britain but now selling milk products to the United States. Trade shifts and anticipated duties drive expectations as New Zealand butter arrives ahead of higher taxation.
About 1120 cattle yarded on Monday with mixed quality throughout the yarding. Lightweight cows and heifers were abundant. medium quality dealers well supplied. Wholesale and retail buyers attended, market opening brisk with values 10/ to 20/ head higher for all descriptions. Prime heavy bullocks sold to £15 11s, good to £12 10s, plain and light to £8. prime heavy cows to £13 16s, good £7 10s, plain and light £4 10s. best venters to £8 1s, medium and light £2 15s. pigs about 560 penned, mostly porkers and light pigs, with a few prime bacon pigs, prices firm at last day’s rates.
Irregular and cheap prices noted for light pork and suckers. Heavy pigs topped at 73 shillings 6 pence, prime baconets reached 66 shillings 6 pence, others to 60. Largest hogs to 57 shillings 6 pence, charity weights 32 shillings 4 pence to 35 shillings 6 pence, large pigs to 28 shillings, good to 22. Best suckers up to 17 shillings 6 pence, small hogs from 7 shillings.
Notable sales at Homebush included a draft of 11 bullocks from Mrs F N Laurie Gloucester reaching £15 1s with average £14 6s 9d at Winchcombe Cargon's auction. Good to prime beef sold 37 to 45 per 100, with prime yearling beef 46 to 58. Secondham pianos rebuilt and guaranteed with easy terms. Woods Great Penpermint Cure for coughs and colds touted.
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