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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1915
Page
1
Special week end bargains advertise a sample special purchase at ordinary cost price. Lativs felt hats offered in all shades priced at 48d to 11d with usual rates to 10s 6d. Note unclear text limits may affect item details.
From Moora to Geraldton and Mullawa reports flood pasture with rank crops. Labor for harvest looms as a concern with potential reliance on machinery and prisoner of war labor at Rottnest. Early October binders are readied, signaling a hopeful takeoff despite worker shortages.
A detailed Q and A on plough types deep or skim ploughing for pasture and fallow, surface leveling with rollers and disks, and timing for sowing. It covers rolling before sowing, effects of hard pan, and considerations for autumn and spring wheat, plus fallow cultivation and seeding depth and moisture management.
At a Northam Agricultural Society meeting Mr Andrew Martin’s paper on general farming was read by Mr B Timperley in his absence. He urges deep ploughing to improve fallow and high quality seed wheat with specific manures and crop rotation, stressing practical knowledge over theory and stock breeding.
The article compares root systems across crops including wheat, strawberry, potato, cabbage, and grape, noting deep lower roots and shallow upper roots that influence tillering. It discusses how sowing depth affects root development and the emergence of new shoots, emphasizing autumn wheat tillering importance and techniques to boost it.
Government Supervisor Benahaw Jackson of South Australia stresses thorough sheep farming through systematic numbering and registration. He argues accurate sire, dam, and progeny tracking improves genetic merit, culling, and production, warning against ad hoc strain importations and stating year to year records drive better outcomes.
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