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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 15, 1951
Page
2
The senior district agricultural officer Mr J A Morrow outlined the Victorian fodder conservation drive. He urged farmers to close an extra paddock for hay and to store fodder, noting that extra stocks could prove valuable during drought and help State reserves, even without baling or storage facilities.
The piece argues that correct grammar uses you and me not you and I and warns that unattached participles can cause misreading. It notes common traps with pronouns and participles and cites examples like being, while, and however to show improper usage.
Victorian Department of Agriculture guidance on irrigated pastures stresses sub clover as a temporary filler until perennials take over. It advises autumn superphosphate of 4 cwt per acre and regular summer watering to promote dense perennial growth, noting white clover spreads and improves balance with perennial ryegrass and cocksfoot. If too much annual clover appears, increase superphosphate to two or three bags per acre and maintain frequent irrigation.
The Melbourne woolbrokers report the fourth series of wool sales for 1951-52, held Oct 29 to Nov 1, showing Treasy Wool averaging 82.93d per lb or £102/7/11 per bale, with an average bale weight of 296.29 lb, compared to the third series Oct 15 to 18 which averaged 75.01d per lb, £93/7/3 per bale, and 298.68 lb per bale.
The Geelong Woolbrokers Association records the second series of wool sales in the 1951 52 season held October 23 24 and 25 1951 with crease wool averaging 96 56d per lb or 118 7 2 per bale on an average weight of 294 lbs.
A New York businessman slips into a hush hush atomic hearing before the Senate Appropriations Sub committee on Armed Services. FBI withholds his identity after a three hour questioning. He said he wandered in when a door was left open. Chairman Mahoney questioned the civilian expert near Air Force Brig. Gen. Shepard who revealed the man carried no credentials. A new regulation now requires credentials for such hearings.
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