Homebush Stock Sales Reported Poorer Prices
Dalgetys News Service notes Homebush yarded 3002 cattle on Thursday with prime descriptions weaker. Prices for bullocks, cows, yearlings and vealers varied with noted declines. mid day trucking for Mondaya market and Winchcombe Carson Ltd report 002 cattle yarded, prime bullocks scarce and market practically unchanged with vealers to 145 and cows around 110 per 100 pounds.
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Homebbugh
Dalgety’s
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Homebush
When Should Cows Freshen
Extension Dairyman G. Heebink discusses calving intervals and milk yield. Studies favor a 12 month interval for maximum lifetime production, while 10 month intervals reduce output. Falling into fall calving aligns with rising winter milk production. heifers should be grown to calve at about two years. Partial adherence with careful management remains profitable.
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G. Heebink
West Virgins
Maize Winners Dominate Gloucester 1952 Field Competition
J B Noonan reports that the Gloucester Agricultural Association judged four maize entries with J P Radford of Glen Ayr Barrington winning for Victory. Judges noted hybrid hybrids like Victory Standfast Ensign performed well under drought and wet conditions, with Radford's crop yielding about 110 bushels per acre and planted December 22 after irrigation.
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J. B. Noonan
Grafton Department Farm
Victory
Gloucester
Grafton
P. J. Radford
Barrington
C. G. Ritter
Bowman Ferm
Standfast
B. C. Perram
K. A. McIntosh
Radford
Ritter
Lucerne
Dignam and Stitt win Club Championship Pairs in tight final
The final saw Dignam and Stitt beat Carson by 25 to 22 after leading by four midgame. Ladies proved in good form as four players held their own against four New Zealanders, though the odds were steep. Social games and a July visit to Raymond Terrace are also noted.
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Champiionship
Dignam
Stitt
Carson
Successon
Chubb
Dare
Nichola
Page
Monro
Middlebrook
W. King
Carthew
Franks
A. Campbell
Chaplin
Holstein
Beattie
Carolan
F. Green
Bradley
W. West
Mesdamea Batez
Latimore
West
Fairfax
Sheldrick
Adams
D. Green
V. Gibson
Lyall
Cautionary Home Bar Advice Sparks Moral Question
A quip from Worcester Bishop Wright suggests a husband buys drink from his wife and saves £2, implying that after ten years delirium tremens could end in her financial gain and family stability. The remark ends by noting a potential catch in the final line.
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Bishop Wright
Worcester
U.S.A
H.a.mec
Street band entertains as town character heckles and commands
A street performance by a local band draws smiles as a town character, visibly impaired, swears at the musicians yet the band raises tempo. Gloucester Co operative Dairy notes 45 year history. first factory built near Mrs Abbott's home with early manager Claude Layis. First year's turnover £17,600. by 1985 turnover around £60,000. May payments to suppliers total £57,225. Poultry show quips critique “fine feathers” and small-plot anecdotes share bantam breeding and yard antics. A scene in a shop shows a mother and child selecting school supplies, with prices 2/6 and 6/-, amid a casual shopping moment.
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Gloucester
Co-operative Dairy Coy
H. A. Abbott
Claude Layis
John Lavin
Bowthorne
Hinton
Colf. Brorson
J. M. Wratten
Man narrowly survives throat pipe accident in Coff's Harbour
Robert McCabe, 58, of Coff's Harbour, was nearly bled to death when a pipe forced down his throat tore an artery. In a nearby car crash he was thrown against a windscreen, received a blood transfusion and underwent a tying procedure to close the tear, with doctors reporting a satisfactory outcome.
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Robert McCabe
Coffs Harbour
Coff's Harbour
McCabe
Lee Rake
Prolific Potato Patch Delights Stratford Grower
Mr. F. C. Williams of Edge Mount Park Stratford recently dug 120 pounds of potatoes from a four row patch. The early 64 small seed planted in February yielded over 21 tons per acre with strong top growth and few pests. Neighbors praised the crop while noting Gloucester's soil and climate as favorable for potato growing.
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Goarien
Edgemond Park
Stratford
F. C. Williama
Williams
Cattle Market Notes From New South Wales Week
Cattle auctions were thin in Central and Southern New South Wales with no suction quotations. Dalgety’s offers 3000 cattle but rail wagon shortages may affect values. Cootamundra saw 900 cattle yarding with firm prices. Hereford heifers, two years, £28 15s. Aberdeen Angus forward cattle £30. calves 6 months £12 4d to £15 per head. cows and calves demand rising. store bullocks £24-£28. Jersey heifers £8-£8 10s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Dalgety
Railway Department
Cootamundra
Dalgety's
Holman & Lindsay
Aberdeen Angus
Central
Riverina
Queensland
Shires Conference Sets Tax Plan And Regional Council Push
The Shires Conference endorsed continuing its campaign for a share of the common tax pool and the removal of rating exemptions. Delegates rejected paying aldermen and urged regional councils to advance economic development, noting administrative gaps.
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E. C. Millen
Killen
Dantareece
Dr. Killen
Automatic Bird Scaring Gun Trials in New South Wales
Senior entomologist L Allman of the Australian Department of Agriculture says a new automatic gun like device uses a mint mechanism to fire acetylene blasts and may deter birds and foxes from crops. Trials in Sydney Botanic Gardens show birds moving away. efficacy per five to ten acres is claimed. Earlier attempts in England for airfields failed. final value not yet assessed.
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New South Wales
5. L. Allman
Sydney
Sydney Botanic Gardens
Unit Ia
England
Bracing Fixtures Across Town on Summer Dates
The schedule lists games in Taree on July 12, Wingham on July 19, Gloucester on July 26, Wingham again on August 2 and August 16, with Kwae Be Gus Kempeey appearing August 23 in Gladstone.
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Taree
Wingham
Gloucesatr
Kwae Be
Gus
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