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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1948
Page
3
Peters Creameries Pty Ltd informs suppliers for year ending 30 April 1948 it will pay a rebate of lid per lb on all milk and cream received and manufactured, totaling about £34,000. The firm reports good seasonal conditions, exports Full Cream Powdered Milk, and plans factory extensions and housing to attract staff, including construction of three houses amid staff housing shortages.
A departmental leaflet outlines calf rearing steps to teach drinking from a bucket by guiding the calf to a milk source, with repeated practice. It recommends feeding twice daily for robust calves and three times for weaker or stressed calves, starting soon after milking.
Bereavement notices express thanks for sympathy and tributes across multiple families. Inserts honor mother Kathleen Rosina on October 16 1946 and Eliza May Saxby and Eliza May Saxby repeated in memory lines with family tributes dated 1947.
As calves reach about ten days, supplement milk with meals hay or grass. Farmers sometimes dilute whole milk with water or lime water, though this is rare unless the milk is very rich in butterfat. If butterfat is high, use the first milk for calf feeding and add later milk or strippings to the vat.
The BBC broadcaster Vaughan Thomas recounts a street interview mishap from Radio Times, describing how a passerby misidentified a woman as his wife. The piece notes a moment of miscommunication and the host’s quick pivot, followed by market reports from Sydney on rabbit skins and pelts with varied prices and a note that the next sale is scheduled for Wednesday in October.
Canadian dairy work in winter demands steady effort to feed cows indoors for four to five months, store feed, run barns, and transport fodder. Relentless cold, deep snow, and high fuel costs test farmers, yet winter scenes bring sleighing, skiing, ice skating, and curling as compensations noted by Dr. W C Hopper.
Farmers in Australia seek hornless dairy stock amid dehorning challenges. The article cites Red Poll as the only hornless dairy breed, calls for poll stock registration, and notes US Beef and Australian breeds influencing breeding trends. It urges dehorning reduction and crossbreeding to achieve profitable hornless milk production.
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