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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1901
Page
1
Partial readable items show times and prices for days named Towra Sipe 1147 pum, 7.47 value, Sunday excepted, Balueday 1.55 pum, Bondy Pusey Fe Saray, Mabry 0/28 pw Havunday. Names and places are unclear. details incomplete.
The article advises favorable prospects for crops with thorough cultivation and weed control. It covers kitchen garden sowing such as peas lettuce radish and beans, field crops including peas carrots and corn for ensilage, orchard care with mulching watering pinching shoots and codlin moth control, and flower garden upkeep with watering liquid manure staking and pest vigilance.
The article argues straw once seen as waste now provides value with ensilage for winter feeding. It notes burning straw can be wasteful but may help when binding is impractical, adding soil benefits from potash, weed and insect reduction, and beneficial surface charring depending on soil type.
The piece explains preserving ensilage from wholesome fodder, stressing timely green cutting, rapid silo storage, and weight to prevent heat. It warns against overripe corn and highlights maize should be cut at the right stage to avoid losing bulk and substance.
A Californian pit cracker finished its work at Winters and was moved to Sawtelle where apricot pits were processed. Over 300 tons handled with about ten shipped in and prices above 10 dollars per ton benefiting growers. The industry employed many for two months with wages over 1500 dollars. Kernels shipped to Europe and fed in various ways as the market remains limited. Major buyers include J Fe Ulriches and Co who own the cracking machines.
The cablegrams show mixed war news with scepticism in Australia and renewed Australian funding reluctance. Kitchener’s reports and Horse supplies reveal ongoing heavy campaigning, while international observers note Britain’s prestige fluctuating but empire-wide military lessons improving readiness for future conflicts.
The report describes a London driven mining boom with sixty top speculators forming a paper of nines to profit from South Africa gold fields. It voices Australian worry that British capital neglects Australian fields and fears mass emigration of Australian miners and families if the South African boom proceeds without benefiting Australia.
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