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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
7
The Farmer and Settler notes two district crops winning local prizes. Horton & Sons switch from sheep to wheat on Jellimatong and Crossley’s 657 acre farm achieves high yields with Waratah and Bena varieties using Cowra seed. Hail damage, rust traces, and late levelling affected yields but crops remained strong.
A newcomer Mr. T. R. Crossley of Rose Vale Binalong won with a Bena wheat crop estimated at 46 bush per acre among eleven district entries. The average yield across all eleven crops was 18 bush. Crossley previously worked a jack-of-all-trades life and began share-farming on the Friend Bros estate in 1913.
The doubles competition results list teams and scores with R. Ryan and Keith Dwyer leading at 40 points, followed by K. Martin and T. Cahill at 37 and J. Ryan and F. Dwyer at 96 in later columns. Other pairings include C. Venables with J. Small, J. Rolfe with E. Hart, R. Dwyer with J. Cranston, N. Cummins with W. Killiby, R. Bolger with K. Cronin, and H. McDonald with L. Cranston. An advertisement section promotes LearmontsCyclops Car Trike toys.
The Cowra district reports record entries for wheat with 290 crops judged across 16 centres and 9 P and A associations staff Wheat entries from towns including Cowra Canowindra Grenfell Quaidon Tyagong and Young. Oats judged in Cooma Quandong noted. Rainfall varied but crops recovered well and disease was limited to footrot. Superphosphate usage averaged 56 lbs per acre with potential gains to 85 lbs.
Seed rates ranged 29 to 70 pounds per acre with 60 pounds favored. A 29 lb per acre sowing yielded over 40 bushels due to thorough fallow and a cover crop of wheat. Seventeen wheat varieties entered 1237 district trials with Ford and Dundee leading in both competition and field crops.
The Post Office urges early posting and correct addressing as postal volume rises and overseas letters increase. Perishable parcels to Sydney must arrive by Friday December 24. The penny rate applies to sealed cards with a five word greeting limit. ensure proper addressing and secure packing.
A brisk review hails The Money Problem No Real Difficulty as a concise guide to finance. It emphasizes clear methods for managing debt and building wealth with practical steps and accessible language.
Boorowa shooters faced swarms of grasshoppers during the Shield and Cup shoot with wind and light excuses set aside. Fred Howe won the handicap for the two trophies, Fred Reid took runner up with a 71. The rest of the notes discuss unrelated book promotion and an automatic beer bottle machine in London, plus a tip on partially boiling potatoes before baking.
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