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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
1
The Northern Stockman discusses the impossibility of true perpetual layers and outlines a planned system to ensure winter egg supply. It advises decisions after two years of egg production, proper culling of overfat birds, and early hatching with warm, crowded-free quarters to maintain steady winter laying.
A farm correspondent argues for a women’s used horse kept for their own driving. The horse must be well handled, safe, and capable of quick trips to town. The piece condemns the “tied at-home” constraint that keeps women dependent on men and milk wagons, urging flexible scheduling for harvest and other busy times.
A seaman named Jack Collins faces a magistrate on a charge of cruelty to animals. He claims a paving stone attached to a horse’s tail was to steady a faulty craft he borrowed for a short cruise ashore. The judge orders dismissal after Jack agrees to jettison ballast and return the horse to the stable.
A London greengrocer tale recalls a man holidaysing over nuts asking for mixed cocoanutery. A quiz prompts a wary pupil to twist month names with April May. A submarine cable break is located by charging the intact portion. Winter furniture from a cold store cracks in warm rooms. Spanish bullfights yield about one hundred bulls yearly.
A detailed note on why fowls require grit when kept in runs, including how grit aids digestion in the gizzard, how to supply grit at low or no cost, and examples showing birds’ craving for grit. It covers suitable grit sizes for adults and young chickens and cites experiments illustrating grit’s health importance.
Guidance on handling poultry manure to preserve nutrition. Keep dry after removing from the coop, mix with about twice its bulk of dry loam, and age under cover for months. Add wood ashes if possible, turn heap once or twice, protect from rain. Suitable for vegetables and many fruits with moderate dressings. A stray sentence about superiority and wealth appears but is nonsensical.
An elderly Melbourne resident recounts long illness ending after trying Clemente Tonic. She describes severe stomach pain, breathing trouble, and nerve distress eased by the tonic. She credits rapid health gains, restored appetite, and says she would rather die than endure prior suffering. Declaration affirms belief in the tonic’s efficacy.
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