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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
7
The Commonwealth Food Control outlines a flat rate subsidy of 34d per lb for butter plus 2d more for non flush production, totaling 44d per lb to raise output. The policy encourages longer milking, enhanced feeding, and features cheap feed and guaranteed minimum prices for oats barley grain sorghum and maize crops. The subsidy cost this year exceeds £1,000,600 funded by the Commonwealth.
The cabinet announced two key measures for dairying including lowering the Australian butter ration to 6 ounces and re examining dairy manpower releases. It directs re evaluation of Army restricted category releases and aims to prioritize dairy industry needs by arranging leave and returning former dairy workers from CCC munitions air craft and other services.
The Joint Blowfly Committee released Report No 7 in 1940 with prevention methods for sheep fly strike. A 1944 supplement No 174 explains the modified Mules operation to reduce crutch strike by enlarging the bare area and moving wool away from urine. It notes misconceptions about Mules and tail length and gives recommended docked tail length and timing for its use.
The best plan for heavy soil is to break it up firmly before winter fallow to avoid later clod smashing. If soil is sour lime it now. Victory gardeners prepare plots for spring planting and ask if soil sweetens from sun and air. a gardening expert says only time and drainage can improve sour soil, except in climates with severe frosts where slight action may help.
Guidance on protecting spray pump components when not in use. Wipe and oil moving parts, store under cover, rinse pump and hose nightly with clean water, treat water with soda if oil used, and keep hose dry when possible. Emphasis on extending hose life and avoiding heat exposure.
The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture Mr Scully says negotiations are under way to raise phosphate rock imports for 1944-45. Australia used over a million tons of superphosphate annually but war limits reduced supply to 480,000 tons last year, with a possible 30,000 ton increase later. Federal authorities hope to return to prewar levels, while Prime Minister Curtin may press for more supplies abroad. An increased ration could be made available to grain industries for 1945 sowings.
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