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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
3
A bustling Bilson's advertisement touts diverse offerings from toys to travel gear and household items. It highlights wallets handkerchiefs braces shovels and travel bags, plus afternoon tea sets and jewelry cases. The note extols ham sales and Western Co-Operative hams while listing wines spirits and whiskies available in various bottles and crates.
The article outlines calf rearing from birth to maturity, detailing feeding schedules, milk stages, weaning, housing, cleanliness, and health care. It covers udder care, nutrition progression, and signs of illness, emphasizing prompt attention to calf health and dairy herd management practices. It also references Sykes Drench and a Melbourne-based company sale of estate stock.
The article notes the first association formed in the United States was at Fremont in 1905, named the county dairy testing association. It reports slow early growth, then a rise in associations nationwide, and discusses implications for butter and fat production per cow, with references to Sweden and broader dairy testing efforts. It also mentions harvest labor notices and a Local Land Board meeting set for December 15.
A damaged ad style notice promotes a health guide by Mrx D M Ci ford named Nature Month day January 11 1817. It hints at remedies for backache headaches and internal pains and asks readers to request a receipt for postage.
The readable passage presents a jumble of words and garbled phrases. It references various likely terms and names but no coherent events or clear entities to anchor for a factual summary.
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