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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
7
The article argues for selecting stud cockerels to boost flock laying rates. It links pelvic bone width, back length, and abdomen size to egg production potential, noting male line influence is strong. Emphasizes testing males from high producing hens to avoid poor progeny outcomes and suggests focusing on male traits to raise laying by 15 to 25 percent.
The text discusses poultry farming tips stressing limiting a hen’s laying life to two seasons and maintaining nutrition with protein green feed and charcoal grit. It then shifts to a commentary from Adelaide about quarantine and Western Australia as an “experimental doormat” amid Federation.
To keep boots clean in large beds a simple path bridge is built with a plank laid across two pots. The plank rests on the pots forming a bridge over soil allowing the gardener to walk on clean wood rather than muddy ground. The setup is movable to adjust position as needed.
In New South Wales near the west, agitation grows for better stock transit from country districts to Sydney. Regulators are accused of delaying stock trains and letting them run at slow speeds, causing deterioration in condition. Graziers demand priority for stock trains alongside mail and passenger services to end the delays. Are stockowners satisfied with carriage standards?
Instructions describe preserving peaches pineapples figs quinces and cucumbers with sugar syrup boiling times and cooling methods. Steps include slicing pineapple core removal sun drying syrup boiling skimming and sealing jars. quince preparation boiling and syruping. cucumbers salted water soaking and reboiling sugar syrup with cooking times and canning notes.
Instructions describe preparing candied bitter orange peels and lemon slices soaked and boiled in sugar syrup. Process includes salting rinds, multiple syrup pourings, and final packaging in jars with syrup. Also suggests serving with rich custard.
The Holstein dairy breed gains popularity in America with a Friesen bull calf at auction selling for £21 200 and several bulls above £10 000. In Suffolk England a cow Gold Sieteke the 10th sold for £4 725, a world record. The note ponders whether a bull is half the herd and if Australia will follow, while asking if the Jersey still leads in butter potential.
A riddle lines ask who unites two and stead one through a wedding ring. The puzzle frames marriage as the oceanic amelis and mermaids mating meaning.
A Perth readers column warns that borrowing cars for joy rides is rising and risks theft. It recalls attempted break-ins, stresses garages or alarms, and shares a reader’s account of radiator repairs and experiments with cooling systems as a cautionary tale for owners.
Mr Geary, appointed City Analyst, analyzes tar distillate from the gas works and finds potential by products including 10 gallons motor spirit and 8 gallons disinfectant from 2 gallons oil. A small plant is set to produce fuel cheaply, but output remains far from meeting council motor fuel needs.
An exchange urges thrift in motor use after war, focusing on carburettor tuning to reduce petrol costs. It advises expert carburettor work, notes radiator tablets for rust prevention, and shares oily practices while stressing proper driving speeds and engine efficiency for better mileage.
The Times reports radical prewar chassis departures from English motor works likely soon. Aeroplane practice influences new designs, including a five cylinder air cooled radial engine in a novel chassis. Innovations emphasize testing and cautious rollout before public acceptance.
A poem extols the motor car as a tonic that broadens sight and brings surprise to the home and family. It contrasts travel, work, and leisure while urging readers to stay informed by reading trade journals to keep up in their line of business.
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