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Agricultural notes from Amos Hively in Toowoomba Queensland
Amos Hively writes from Toowoomba Queensland about quitting his feeder business on June 1 1971 to run a small export venture Queensland Serum Company producing serum from unborn calf blood for cancer research. He notes crops above average hay yields 12000 bales five cuttings and rising hay prices, strong Charolais cattle demand in auctions, growing beef and beef purchases by Japan and the U.S. increasing meat imports, wool price fluctuations, and a cautious Australian job migration and unemployment rate around 1.5 percent. He invites applications for good farming work from Lancaster York or Chester County and lists his Toowoomba address.
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Queensland Serum Company
Lancaster County
Washington, D.C
Scotland
Queensland
Japan
U.S
Australia
Toowoomba
Far West