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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1918
Page
7
A 1900s poultry guide details using open fronts to expose floors to sun and dry air to curb bacteria. It notes sun’s disinfection, moisture control, soil choice, yard spacing, and cleansing practices, including boiling water, germicides, and routine parasite management to reduce disease risk.
Mr. Millington compares 100 egg capacity machines, reporting higher chick yield with tank machines and better heat distribution, while hot air units hatch faster but risk temperature shock and hotter fuel use. He notes most market machines perform well with proper operation and cautions on sensitive flame-reducing devices and safety.
The piece argues for tank incubators with flame reducing slides to save heat and moisture, notes water rays beneath the egg chamber to prevent in-shell death, and warns against dipping eggs in lukewarm water. It highlights careful operation, cleanliness, and the value of crosses like Wyandotte and Rhode Island Red for table quality.
Mrs Out-of-Town explains to a near neighbour the day’s troubles starting with a stopped watch that caused her husband to miss a train. He then took a holiday to mend furniture and now cannot assemble everything, delaying the household.
A historical overview extols milk as essential nourishment for all ages. It notes Ayrshire Jersey and Guernsey cows as prime producers, details yields for cheese and butter, cites fat and sugar contents, and mentions humanised milk for infants and pre condensing milk from fifty eight years ago.
A playful scene unfolds as a restless young man clings to a late hour with Miss Green making sly retorts. A Midland shoe-maker grows confident in his business and learns to value a proper dinner, while a clever shop-boy shifts from herrings to a whale in a humorous miscommunication.
A brief, playful snippet presents a series of jokes and wordplay about sheep, lovers, eggs, and marmalade. The fragment reads like a newspaper humor page with bungled typography and incomplete lines, offering light verse and puns rather than a full story.
Local railway managers oppose motor vehicles on agricultural railways. Emu Bay Railway Co. in Northern Tasmania has tested small motor vehicles for track work and passenger service, reporting high efficiency and low maintenance. Various cars, from eight to thirty horsepower, have carried workers or passengers up to 35 mph with favorable fuel use. A larger 16 to 20 person car with luggage compartment is under construction, aimed at tourist traffic, noting no rubber tyres and simplified steering reduce upkeep. The article argues petrol railcars offer rapid, economical transport with minimal delay.
The United Grain Growers Limited finished its first year with turnover exceeding £29,000,000. It has 35,000 members, £1,000,000 authorized capital, and controls 330 grain elevators in wheat districts. It runs nine selling floors in Winnipeg Grain Exchange, an export department in New York, and markets in Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton. It also holds timber rights in British Columbia and fruit agencies on the Pacific Coast and publishes The Grain Growers Guide. It formed by taking over Grain Growers Company and Alberta Cooperative Elevator Company.
W. W. Fraser, Livestock Commissioner, Winnipeg, outlines a method for dipping sheep early in summer after shearing, with a second dip after ten days and a fall dip. Describes vats of sheet metal or lumber, four feet deep, angled drainage, and a chute system to immerse sheep while keeping only the head above dip.
A damaged OCR passage advises removing coco stain from a tablecloth by squeezing lemon juice over the mark, rubbing with fingers, and leaving for an hour. Repeat the process, then wash as usual. for very bad stains, repeat and apply lemon and salt at intervals.
In a South African inventors breakthrough, Robert Booth of Johannesburg introduces a sectional automobile body held by a few bolts. Tested in England on a 1000 mile run, the panels fit neatly, require no retightening, and can be assembled or removed quickly. The design promises lower production, shipping, and storage costs and easy repair, with potential adoption in Australasia amid an import embargo.
A Times excerpt recounts a RAF patrol led by a West Australian brother of G C Saunders and Major A G Ruplers. The flyer, now an ace with ten confirmed kills and a Distinguished Flying Cross, chased German scouts and two-seaters, pursuing three enemy planes at 10,000 feet before bringing his squad home.
Avion in The Motor praises French air service for decisive strikes at the Marne. French pilots repeatedly bombed and strafed German bridges and troops, preventing river crossings and exhausting German supplies. The article credits relentless air pressure for German retreat.
A reader describes a simple inexpensive attachment for car starting from cold. Linked to an auxiliary tank, it primes by delivering petrol as a ready to combust mixture to cylinders. Mr. C Skinner of the S A Carburettor Co says it could be marketed after the war as a reliable emergency starter for stalled engines.
Practical guidance on diagnosing clutch slip and noise, adjusting the release rod, lubrication of the release bearing, and avoiding rider error. Includes valve stem lubrication cautions, proper engine warm up, and warning against racing an engine with no load or before ignition shutoff.
American authorities staged a 132 mile transport test between Atlanta and Chattanooga to compare motorized troop movement with railroad speeds. Troops arrived in 5 hours 53 minutes outbound and 5 hours 2 minutes return. Cars reached 49 mph at times and the new truck body featured back to back seating, rifle chest storage, hinged foot rails, and lockers for gear, ammunition, and rations for three days, signaling broad potential for motorized deployment.
A wry columnist lays out social stereotypes about men wealth and virtue in a brisk moralizing ramble. It catalogues judgments about charity religion wealth behavior and personal conduct urging readers to do right and please themselves.
A touring car races through a small northern Kentucky town at top speed leaving townsfolk stunned. An old observer, rubbing his eyes, comments that horses must have been traveling when they escaped from a gentleman's carriage.
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