VOLUME 18 - ISSUE 10
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14 -28 JUNE 2023
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End of an era...Pages 1-4
New Chef...Page 10
Techy Pets...Page 15
Pictured: Gary Small and Nadine Goody on the final day of egg production.
End of an era for Small’s Trading Company Many Mount Morgan residents have been raised on Country Living or Country Fresh eggs. While this may seem inconsequential, the amazing fact is that these eggs were produced in Mount Morgan by Kevin and Doreen Small and their family. For over 60 years the Small family has provided eggs for, not only
Mount Morgan, but many areas throughout Central and Western Queensland, either through delivering themselves or through the auspices of wholesalers. Unfortunately, after this lengthy involvement in the “egg business” siblings Nadine Goody and Gary Small (the last remaining shareholders in Smalls Trading Company) have sold the family-
owned Smalls Road egg and poultry farm to Peacefield Egg Farms ending an era that first started with a plan to purchase chickens to rid the family’s James Street home of nut grass. This purchase soon became a money earner for Kevin and Doreen Small and the demand and supply of eggs soon outgrew the Continued on Page 2