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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
1
A fragment discusses farmyard manure hauling to Lue Bird daily, land use, and dairy profitability. It notes Gillet’s Normandy cattle purchase, aims to preserve female dairy progeny, and emphasizes proper churn practices. Causes of slow churn include cream temperature, fat content, and churn timing, with guidance on storage and cleanliness.
Fresh cream now laid eggs fresh butter and cholea strawberries advertised at our Central Department near Lyrics Theatre Bunbury with daily supply and bargains for shoppers.
The article discusses cattle breeding aims focusing on variation within breeds, dairy performance, and selecting for improved traits. It notes the breeder’s use of variation to enhance productive qualities like milk yield and overall conformation for profitability, while emphasizing careful selection and management. It also touches on kitchen garden practices, watering, mulching, and feeding, advising frequent weak liquid manure applications and soil moisture preservation.
Experiments show phosphates are essential for grain grass clover and other crops, boosting yields beyond farmyard manure alone. Trials note revived fields with white clover carpets after phosphate dressings and cite instances of improved grass growth and substantial long term gains in varied properties.
A discussion on Lawes and Gilbert's work shows phosphates boost clover growth with variable effects on grasses. Nitrate of soda and basic phosphate combinations improved soil, urging lime or slag pre dressings. Atmospheric nitrogen via clover and beans is highlighted, with notes on drying methods and evaporator design for efficiency.
The text details drying apricots with sulfur fumigation in a sulfur house or box. It covers air leakage, the need to fill the house with fumes, concrete steps for lighting sulfur, and day stacking with fumigation at night. It cautions on fumes and suggests awaiting further knowledge before broader use.
A garbled ad urges readers to test and fit spectacles at A C Cook, watchmaker and jeweller, promising improved vision and protection from further eye injury with interchangeable Tonnet frames and lenses.
On the premises a joinery expert is described as executing tasks in the shortest pamble time with street level prices and free estimates offered.
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