MAITLAND STOCK SALES CATTLE AND PIGS REPORT
Commercial. Homebush stock sales Sydney market mostly unchanged with best weaners to 26s steers 29s heifers 26s 7d per 300 lb. Pitt Son and Badgery note 8950 cattle forward, medium quality, market unaltered. Maitland cattle yarding about 600 fat cattle, light weights predominate, prime quality slightly dearer, best bullocks around £9 10s to £10 8s 5d, cows £5 15s to £7 10s, calves lighter due to rain. Pigs: large yarding, buyers present but dull. bacon pigs 63s-70s, porkers 25s-29s6d, slips 5s6d-16s6d.
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Homebush
Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd
Maitland
Pigs for Show Exhibition Guide and Training Tips
Exhibition pigs must be well fed but not fat and should be exercised daily. Handle them quietly and train them to be calm when paraded before judges. Keep show pigs apart from the herd and provide good green pasture and drinking water for best results.
Manure Spreading Boosts Dairy Farm Profits
Article observes manure spread via harrowing increases pasture yield and fertility. It notes that without regular harrowing, patches of rank growth reduce grazing area and future usefulness. Calculations compare annual manure fertility to £200 worth of commercial fertilizers for thirty cows, advocating the grass harrow method.
Mosquitoes Force Men to Stop Work in State Forests
Mosquito swarms in Gibberagee Camira Creek Myrtle Creek forests drove ten Forestry Department workers to abandon the sites for several days last week. The insects proved ferocious, preventing sleep at night and making continued work impossible as stings and bites intensified.
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Gibberagee Camira Creek
Myrtle Creek
Forestry Department
Nigkt
McIntosh plans 500 milk bars in Britain by 1930s
Australian pioneer Hugh D. McIntosh predicts Britain will see 500 milk bars within five years. He already operates 15 in London and will open the world’s largest milk bar in the West End next week. He cites 2,000,000 weekly customers and 100 flavorings as key to the trend.
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Hugh D. McIntosh
Pioneer
England
Britain
McIntosh
London
West End
New Zealand
Conflagration in Egypt Kafr Shoubac destroys houses
News in brief reports that two hundred houses were burnt and villagers killed or injured when a woman's cooking fire caused a major fire at Kafr Shoubac in Egypt last month. Other items note journalism, education aid, a 102nd birthday, tariff changes, and social notices.
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Egypt
Berlin
M. Bing
Paris Soir
Alsare
Aden
Stephen Salter
Ryde
Tate
Oxford University
Gloria Vanderbilt
New York
Vanderbilt
Madame Bombaron
Rheims
Legion of Honour
Cairo
Italy
Assadi el Fayel
Hadramat
Gulf of Aden
Den
Virginia Field
Prince Donatanine
Liechtenstein
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