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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
1
Farmers weigh whether to fatten lambs or rely on ploughing to produce fat stock. North Island practices show 30 to 40 percent fattening without artificial feed, with surplus lambs finished on rape or kale. The article discusses forage, climate, and soil as key factors guiding fattening programs.
The article explains silage can be made from dry fodder and cereal byproducts, noting its palatability and minimal waste. It describes processes of moistening, fermentation, and aroma development, comparing artificial silage to dry fodder with cottonseed meal as a supplement, and claims better safety against impaction.
The Northam Advertiser notes weak farmer turnout for lectures on manuring by the University College of Leeds and discusses farmer practicality versus book learning. It also highlights E G Whitfield of Grom Hills delivering 215 tons of prime chaff and calls attention to Australian farming prospects and advice on feeding young pigs for bone and growth.
Fragmentary report discusses fattening diets for cattle and dairy dairy colt productivity. Mentions tests on fat for meat yield and cow capacity, with references to proteins like valine and a jelly preparation used in feeding trials. Notes on water mixing, barley and wheat bar adjustments for conditioning feed.
Practical guidance on selling off excess birds, housing, and dust baths. Advice covers scratch litter, straw heaps, and keeping fowls busy. Detailed feed formulas for chickens, mash risks, and the debate over grain versus mash feeding with global comparisons and Australian competition results.
The notice urges readers with faulty or injured eyesight to visit A. C. Cook, watchmaker and jeweller, in Bunbury for suitable glasses. It promotes a special line of interchangeable lenses to improve vision and prevent further eye injury.
July figures show dog licenses and contractor deposits noted in the Romney Hilauce Bay area. Rafisave at Bay 9.0 Zn varieties of reoromny rates collected and mic te Cart Liventes referenced alongside Gorechawat granta Uthar receipta in the sparse accounting record.
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