Gloucester Pastures Protection Board report details 1937 conditions
The Stock Inspector A H Moore reports on district conditions since August 5th. Fourty four holdings with about 1700 cattle and 762 pigs were inspected. Rainfall varied from eight days and 273 points in August to 68 points in September, with better results in October. Pastures improved with clover and paspalum, sown pastures praised, reliance on mineral nutrients noted. Stock movements remain brisk since the 1936 drought break, with busy sale yards at Gloucester, Wingham, Krambach, Taree, and Stroud, prices strong across fats and stores. The reserve improvement fund remains buoyant.
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Gloucester P.P
Callaghan's Creek
Gloucester
New South Wales
Nce
Wingham
Krambach
Taree
Stroud
P.P
Reserve Improvement Fund
Health and disease among Gloucester stock noted in 1937
The article reports a record stock count in Gloucester for 1937 at 208000 head with 2000–3000 ratepayers. It cites district vet Mr Webster on inspection limits, notes notifiable diseases, and describes unusual mortality among 599 weaners from Bakewell Bros. dipping, arsenic involvement, post mortems, and broad stock health conditions with TB and actinomycosis cases, mineral deficiencies, and bone chewing among cattle.
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Gloucester
Webster
Grafton PP
Messrs
Bakewell Bros
Callanghan
Bundock
Lismore
Takewell Bros
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