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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
6
Dairy herd at Berry NSW experimental farm shows March income from milk and cream totaling L193 7s 1d for 70 cows and heifers, averaging L2 15s per cow. Early April saw 55 cows earning L139 2s 8d for the month, with two fresh cows added. Milking herd includes 20 tested cows receiving a wintering ration mix to maintain calving condition.
Speaking at the Lancashire Utility Poultry Society annual meeting in Preston, president Tom Barron urged greater farm focus on poultry to boost egg production and create a substantial subsidiary industry. He said poultry could yield as good a financial return as cows, lamenting farmers’ underutilization. He advocated proper field housing for fowls rather than keeping them around gardens.
At the National Cattle Breeders Association annual meeting in London a proposal from the English Aberdeen Angus group urged the board to study an official tuberculosis test for all cattle sold for export. Critics noted risks and costs, including incidents where tested animals arrived in South Africa ill and were destroyed. A special committee was empowered to approach the Board of Agriculture and breed societies to implement the resolution.
An advertisement touts Martin's Female Pills sold through chemists and storekeepers across Australia. It urges women to purchase genuine products from Martin Pharmaceutical Chemist in Southampt England for all female complaints.
All persons found trespassing on the Burlong Grove estate river pine and those cutting wood breaking fences or running cattle will be executed. P. W. Reidy.
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