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STOCK & PASTURE
CONDITIONS IN THE
GUNDAGAI P.P.
DISTRICT
' ? Useful i-ains fell, in, th^dlstrlct
tiuulng Jtiria'ftnd1, file' po-
sition continued, to firipfi've', gen-
erally, -although, c-jttlt'.feeifi is .a .
uttie; shorty, slates D.'Wy-tWocan; .
B .V, Sc.,''' - ^^-t-. i^oard '
'Stdbk'
pait of the;-month, -Voider c'bndl
tions dcvelopcd' und inany heayy ; ;
frosts were' experienced ;'' which . ;
would have retarded !
.q|' pasture;! yv. ,:
v The condlWon- .pf- £heep;;.pas-,,
tures is' gbo'd''aifd ;';ihe'v'e^''- Is '
ybung^and ;.' IusJ\ ^ ;fbr . thft rihost ,-
part. ,Some properties are stiU
handfeedlng, mbre'partlcularly
' in i th'e ' North . where,' 'the' -.tiiefia ? , ,
rains arrived later, la the season^
. Water supplies are excellent. '-.
The TjSJa'sV with scipect to
I?cd'anc(' water arc generally iti '
goodv cor.dttion and sheep feed
Is'ayaii^ble on aU'peciv^although
cattle feed is not to bs had on
the . more heavily used reserves.
-Jl roads. can be travelled with
out, difficulty.
Although marking , has com- ;
nienced.;, lambs are- still ; being ?
'dropped '^-.nd percentages are not '
yet Available. 1 - -
The general - condltioa of .
stock 'may pe .acscriDed ag. fair -
and in. some cases goop, .Not
withstanding this some Isolated
stock; seep' have -much -room' for
Improvement, although this, in
some , pases, is due to mandge
ment, ? Loss of approximately .20
sheep, of a mob of about.- 1100
v/as's'uspected to be diie to Black
Disease. . ? ,;t ?
Losses in lambs due to. eptero
tbxatemla,.and. lambing ewes due
to an undlagnosed condition was
investigated ' by the'. -. District
Veterinary 'Officer, ..during the
inonth,. In the district., : '
' Outbreak'. of' Black' Cisease oc
cuxred 1 as mentioned -above.
Sheep affected were ?'mainly' four
to six'; tooth and, had been vac
cinated' 18 moritte jure'vlously.
[j.r.No fi^sh; holdings, /'w^re^iuar- ..
antlned due to sheep lice during
I the 'month. ; Tltfee holdings -were ?
released. ; Two; suspects - were -
dealt with In the Adelong'-sale- :
yards on 13th- of iune. Suspects
weri consigned 'to FlemWgton
'during - the - month; v.j ? - ^ ^ '
Consignments of; stock to 'local
saleydrds would .'130; normal. - for. ,
the time' of : the year;-;rNumbers : ,
of fat . cattle: are ifaoving -to -Vic- , ,
toria.- - buyCrs ;' from: that Estate, :
operating 'at the localvsijles;
, , Restocking operations- are- ? ex-» ' . 1
tremely limited
.-Stock moving is- re^trictQd. te .
?.those moving- to local saleyords ,
with very few seeking grass duo
to extreme overstocking of -hold- .-
ings
The ? rabbit continues ? to breed. ?
and (half '. grown; ones' are ;? to: be .- - -
seen.-.. Most liindholdesr * are ' ?
working on.;: the?:pe^t,f although. :; I
some are stfll' not 'working and
are being prosecutedj '
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