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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1913
Page
10
The text discusses partial success of chard installations, high costs for central heat distribution, and costly wooden alatabi on Florida orange groves. Proposals include air movement to prevent stagnation via wind mills or electric fans, though no practical system exists yet. It also mentions a proper drainage concept and grounding for water needs.
The article discusses thin beans or tick beans as a potential orchard crop and feed. It notes limited local growth near Mildura and broader American demand for edible beans. Benefits include nitrogen fixing for soil and possible double cropping with fruit trees, with planting guidance and cautions on irrigation and harvest.
A reader letter from Riverina warns that horses grazing on raw wheat can die. It advises a home remedy of honey and water, notes acidity in stomachs, and stresses avoiding fed or watered excess while seeking veterinary aid.
Elder Shenton and Co Limited promotes stock and station sales with offices in Perth Northam York and Heverley agencies. Auction sales of stock conducted at any center by arrangement. Fat Stock Sales at North Fremantle every Wednesday.
A long account highlights G Harvey of Boulder as head of a thriving piggery with over 2,000 to 4,000 pigs, supplying meat to Perth. It notes employment for eight to ten workers, weekly pig food costs over £100, abattoir charges, and extensive fencing and feed infrastructure. It hails Harvey’s methods as making pig farming highly profitable for the goldfields.
An old farming note describes preparing a boiled wheat mix with molasses for ewes. It covers soaking, cooking, and distributing the feed in troughs, plus mixing steps, water ratios, and keeping the molasses from attracting pests.
Judges report on the Royal Agricultural Society of England prizes outlines high class farming in the United Kingdom. It details farm sizes from 145 to 379 acres of arable land with mixed cropping systems, manuring, lime top-dressing, and livestock grazing practices across several prize farms, including barley oats wheat and turnip rotations.
A Titamanian correspondent notes the Britannia potato retains its English characteristics, yielding seven tons per acre in open paddocks. Frosts at Davenport caused 2000 bags of Tasmanian potatoes to be rejected due to frostbite. The piece also mentions a Tasmanian win of over 14 tons per acre by Mr Slattery in the WAPA prize.
Untyped list of grain, seeds, and fertilizers with prices per bushel or per cwt. Includes maize, oats, wheat, rye, potatoes, and various chemicals. Mentions alterat ions and a signature line attributed to Forrest with sales notes and addresses.
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