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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
3
Farmers are advised to value cows by productive potential and maintain cleanliness to aid breeding and feeding. The article covers balanced rations with water, nitrogen fixation, and artificial nitrate production, plus early handling and gentled training of foals and calves for later hitching and use.
The piece offers practical cautions about inbreeding in pig and dairy cattle, stressing avoid crossing lines to prevent weakness. It covers mating practices, birth considerations, weed control, and soil and tillage tips, plus dairy issues like ensilage effects on milk and butter yield.
The article explains methods to remove surplus bees without damaging comb or brood. It discusses vacuum or quilt clearing, cautions on bonding and lighting, and advises timing to prevent robbing. It also covers handling queenless colonies, preserving honey, and safe disposal of supers in cool weather.
The article reviews pig keeping as a profitable farming practice tied to efficient feeding. It discusses waste utilization, breeding improvements, and the shift from fat to lean pork, with emphasis on diet, milk by products, green fodder, cleanliness, and housing. It notes early piglet mortality and common diseases around weaning, advising balanced rations and proper housing for healthy growth.
A meeting of the Angustin Agricultural Bure discusses ring barking currant vines. Experts report that ring barking weakens vines, potentially killing them if repeated yearly, and urge renewal methods such as grafting new shoots, spurs, or replanting. Officials emphasize soil and manure improvements to sustain yields amid ongoing trials.
A London theatre may convert to a music hall, says a critic, arguing that moral hall culture endangers grand drama. The piece laments modern stage temptations, praises classic acting, and urges preserving high art amid mass entertainment.
The tale recounts Fire Island a racehorse trained by Clarke Frost at Godbys Siloup stable near Portamouth. A musical box placed in her loft reportedly lifted appetite and cheerfulness, helping her win a steeplechase at Wolverhampton and the Berkshire Handicap Hurdle at Hawthorn Hill. The mare favors The Blue Belle of Scotland and God Save the King as tunes end the performances.
Sir Gilbert Parker discusses Alaska, treaty making, and imperial unity. He argues Canada seeks no annexation or independence, urges impartial tribunals, and favors closer colonial cooperation within the empire under an eventual imperial council to ensure stability and justice.
A sprawling society chronicle centers on the Duchess of Westminster and her circle, detailing court life, marriages, rivalries, and the era’s social rituals. It weaves through weddings, family ties, travels, and fashion, spotlighting notable figures and the appeal of continental manners. The piece blends gossip with portraiture of the era's aristocracy and their public personas.
A London police dossier calls James Muirhead known as Saitch Jimmy the era’s most dangerous UK criminal. Born Edinburgh, he terrorized tradesmen with burglaries and swindles across Edinburgh, Belfast, London, and Glasgow, receiving multiple sentences of five years and later forced police supervision. His tumultuous career included railcar arson, theft of goods, and swift eluding capture, with a note that he later faced renewed crimes after release.
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