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Newspaper
Burrowa News
Location
Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 14, 1937
Page
4
A Commonwealth Savings Bank Pass book disposes of money worries for travelers. Money can be transferred to any point and withdrawn or deposited at any Wi Branches and Agencies without cost. Ensure convenience and safety by traveling with only a pass hook through.
A veterinary officer cautions poultry farmers that medicines play a small role in disease control. Focus should be on carrier detection, vaccination, and improving management, sanitation, ventilation, and feeding. Controlled trials and expert advice are urged to test drugs, as many remedies fail or seem to work only by coincidence.
The Minister for Agriculture announces a plan to prohibit indiscriminate robbing of wild bees on Crown lands from March through winter. Wild bees aid pollination of fruit and crops, and late autumn or winter honey removal risks colony survival in cooler areas. The Forestry Commission cooperates to protect bee colonies by limiting tree felling that destroys nests on timber and Cryvenmond.
Ford unveils the 1937 V-8 with streamlined body styling and safety gear. Modern windscreen and easier parking controls aid women drivers, while new Club Coupe and Club Roadster bodies add seating and luggage space. Quiet operation comes from rubber mounting and advanced steering. All-steel construction, largest steel stamping, and two giant presses mark a leap in manufacturing.
An era style guide advises dancers to feel fresh and confident for a ballroom event. It recommends a scented bath, moisturized skin, powdering, an eye wash, careful hair care, nail grooming, and a final touch of perfume. The piece targets female attendees of a Church of England Ball on May 21st.
The Farmers and Graziera Co operative Co reports quiet activity as only passable wool lines are available for disposal. Stores are filling with satisfactory volume ahead of June sales from June 7 to 10, with June demand seen firm for grown wools and crossbreds showing activity in the London section.
Len J Murphy announces new general carrier business in Boorowa with a motor truck and ready to undertake carrying work day or night. Services include supplying wood in any length and top dressing with a super spreading machine. Inquiries invited at Jugiong Street.
The article discusses starting pruning in the orchard while trees are dormant, noting benefits for stone fruit and potential delays due to dry May weather. It cites departmental experiments to question claims that early pruning increases blossom risk, and mentions a pruning handbook from the Department of Agriculture available from Rex-to, GPO, Sydney, with price details.
Instructions on preparing ground and tools for tree planting. It advises finishing with deep-stirring to bring elods to the top, inspecting nursery trees for disease, discarding infested stock, and keeping roots moist with soil until planting.
Readable text discusses adding bulky organic matter like leaf mulch to orchard soil. It explains that microbes need nitrogen and that applying in winter avoids locking up nitrogen, with timing allowing decomposition and nitrogen release in spring. It notes applying an ammonia and lime dressing when bulky matter has low nitrogen, giving amounts per ton of material.
Forty horsemen on the Bogong and Dorge high plains near the Victorian Alps are nearing the end of a highly successful cattle muster. In a month they expect to drive about 17 000 head to lower pastures below the snowline after enduring long days from dawn to dark in subfreezing temperatures. The riders cover 40 to 45 miles daily, corralling cattle from 200 to 1000 head and guiding them through perilous gorges to the lowlands.
Notice posted by James Heafey of Freshfields Boorowa warns that all persons trespassing shooting or hunting on the property without permission from this date will be prosecuted dated 17 May 1935 and signed James Heafey.
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