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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1932
Page
5
Reprinted from Successful Poultry Farming courtesy Stell Oil Company outlines signs of sickness in poultry and how to isolate diseased birds. Describes abdominal swelling, coughing, rales, diarrhoea, eye discharge, and other indicators. Advises proper ventilation, nutrition, and careful hygiene including antiseptic mouthwash for severe cases.
A discussion in the United Kingdom Agricultural Journal emphasizes butter grading as essential for dairy practice from producing to marketing. It outlines the role of grading in detecting defects, improving quality, and guiding investigations into causes of flaws in finished butter products.
Article discusses factors shaping butter flavour and texture, noting primary tastes and secondary flavours from volatile compounds and aftertastes. It links butter body to crystallization, fat composition, and cow diet, detailing how pasturage quality and nitrogenous versus cellulose content affect butter firmness and color.
The text explains how carotene from green forage influences butter colour across seasons, noting Jersey and Guernsey cattle produce deeper yellow fat than Holsteins and Ayrshires. It links feed carotene retention to butter shade, with seasonal variations from lush spring greens to paler winter butter, and mentions carotene’s chemical identity with plant pigment. It also covers broader industry context in Australia, tariff policy, and marketing bodies supporting dairy products through a national Equalisation Scheme and cooperative boards.
A chaotic report describes the bulk handling bill being defeated after a long debate. Members from Nat, Labour, and Ministry sides clashed as voting shifts produced an uncertain fate for the measure. Several MPs abstained or did not participate in the vote.
A statement from the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation outlines the emergency taxation plan affecting wages and income. The full details of the measure and its source deductions will appear in the next issue.
The Prime Minister Kyandt announced in Canberra on December 3 that under the Financial Relief Net 2,000,000 is available to assist wheat producers with a further sum for producers of primary produce. Funds would be paid to States for distribution to growers in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, and Tasmania. Payments to producers would be through State Governments, with proof of satisfactory evidence by Commonwealth officials.
Market report from Bolland Junction shows stock quotations with wethers strong and prices steady, fattening in the yarding, with demand for ewes remaining robust. Yard totals near prior levels, lambs and dairy figures noted, and overall quality reported as good with substantial activity across ranges and weights.
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