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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1934
Page
4
Market at Wagga held Thursday with short supply and mixed quality. Buyers from Sydney and district attended as prices showed little change from earlier. Prime cattle and stores varied in value across categories with overall dull sentiment and steady demand.
Dungety and Co Lid report a busy market with 51,600 sheep and lambs offered and overall fair quality. Cattle yarded about 4,860 with firmer prices though no quotations, wethers to 24d, ewes to 3d, prime suckers to 43d, and prime vealers around 26/9 to 28/ per 20 lbs. Prime weights and cow beef values listed with ranges across categories.
At Newmarket on Tuesday prices for sheep reached 18/ to 20/ for best wethers and 12/ to 14/5 for useful ewes, with prime quality scarce and ewes firm. Lambs sold at 1/ to 2/ per head, with higher notes for extra heavy. Thursday’s sale opened dull with thin demand and lower values, prime heavy cattle £10 10/ to £10 15, medium £9 to £9 15, calves weaker, and a large turnout of cows and calves showing limited activity. overall sentiment soft with no clear momentum.
Wool market in Sydney on Monday was 7 to 9 percent lower than November series, with weaker prices especially for better wools. Best price was 17d for eight bales branded A TYasa. A season's peak price set at Wednesday sales with 4 German buyers paying 20d for Barraba and Maryvale bales. another bale at 19d. Thursday saw a top of 15d for five bales PMG Burrow, with average for the first three May days around 9 60d or £12 27s.
The article argues pigs need shade during hot weather with a roofed or wooden shelter and a bathing area to cool down. It notes streams as a partial aid but warns against pollution spreading disease. Proper drainage and a clean mud wallow or concrete bath reduce contagion risk and improve comfort for swine.
Sordino finished last but won the Ballarat Cup on Thursday while Neille's Tip, among the hot favorites, took third. The card listed several races with top finishes and odds like 5/1 for Coghlan Handicap and 4/1 for the Cup, naming horses such as Nellie’s Tip and Wapho in varied placings.
A departmental bulletin shows that dairy cow productivity is best judged by actual tests rather than appearance. Recorders found owners failed to identify best or worst cows. the Babcock test proved superior in accuracy. The article notes practical options for far-flung farms, including self testing with a S ubson machine and guidance in the bulletin "Testing Milk and Cream" from the Department of Agriculture.
Overseas trade figures show Australia’s commodity balance in October adverse by £123,000, with last year ending October yielding a favourable £7,608,000. Bullion and specie surplus was £2,214,000, up from £2,018,000. Four month totals show an adverse £1,022,090 versus a £9,921,000 favorable last year, exports at £21,984,000 and imports £95,230,000 for the period.
Mrs E Renner from Rosebery reports a severe facial eruption on her young daughter that spread from the mouth to the chin and head, causing intense itching and sleepless nights. After trying many lotions, two weeks of Curicura Soap and Ointment healed the skin.
Fildho Vola, the Negro sprint champion from the Olimpe Games in Los Angeles, plans a professional run in Autaa this week, facing Australian pro Austin Jon Robertson and Englishman Billy McParlane. He is a university clerk, wears spectacles, and will debut in Melbourne on Christmas Day before racing in Sydney’s carnival at the Sydney Sports Grounds in February.
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