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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
1
A reflective essay by Banxen explores departures of families migrating to Australia and New Zealand. It portrays mixed emotions of hope, anxiety, and grief as loved ones part and others embark on journeys, with scenes of voyage, farewell, and suspense.
The article advises preparing land well in advance for melon planting. It suggests sowing on a prepared bed with few vines yielding more than dense plantings. A July or early August plowing is recommended to mark off four foot squares and enrich with manure before sowing.
The article discusses soil preparation and cultivation for melons, recommending deep initial tillage and later shallow work as vines spread, with thinning after eight inches. It also cites a claim about causes of dysentery and promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as effective in past epidemics, urging households to keep a bottle and noting D Morgan as a seller.
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