05 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1902
Page
1
Orange resident Fred Morrow reports success using Bordeaux mixture for mussel scale Mytilaspis pomorum on apple trees. He suggests ammonia water from gas works, mixed with lime and water, applied with a brush as an inexpensive, effective treatment. he offers to arrange pumping to obtain the ammonia water.
A French agricultural journal outlines a remedy for tree canker using potter's earth mixed with hydrochloric acid painted on the spots after cutting to live wood. The method, praised for simplicity, warns to avoid skin contact and to apply carefully to penetrate to the roots.
Twenty years of silage use show higher cattle food yield with less labor than other methods. Silage nearly matches pasture in winter value. Jersey cows eat about five pounds daily in average silage portions. A medium silo mid section yields about 45 pounds per cubic foot. For 182 days a Jersey cow needs roughly six tons of silage. The circular silo is cheapest and best, designed for efficiency. National Sicekman 1908 ensilage notes.
A collection of domestic tips covers preserving steel ornaments with powdered starch, preventing rag fraying by sewing turnstue webbing along under edges, and beetle destruction by borax mixed with water. It also mentions fabric treating methods, cleaning chimney care with wax and ammonia, and various obscure home hacks from a dated source.
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