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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
3
Practical tips for cow feeding and care, soil and subsoil management, and horse and pig husbandry. Discusses pumpkins and beets for cattle, proper seed meal usage, washing and painting buildings, and the benefits of subsoiling for moisture retention. Also covers horse temperament indicators, mare handling, and fencing post preservation methods.
A discussion of stable design from Sir Walter Gilbay’s Healthy Stables notes in the Live Stock Journal Almanac. It favors straw or reed thatch roofs for even temperature and moisture absorption, highlights Tobin ventilation methods, and stresses proper air flow to prevent draughts while maintaining warmth.
At the Ontario Bee Keepers Convention the debate focused on hive frame size. Some favored eight frames, others up to 46 frames, with Langstroth hives praised as ideal. A mix of veteran and newer keepers discussed deep versus shallow hives, swarming, honey ripening, and brood chamber space as key factors shaping future hive choices.
The article explains udder anatomy and common Obstructions in teats that impede milk flow. It covers forms of teat lesions, scars, and folds, the role of milking technique, and how outside infections rise through dirty hands and equipment. It stresses antiseptic treatments, early washing, and careful manipulation to prevent mastitis and loss of quarters during lactation.
Thorough drying and dry storage sharply boosts maize germination and yield. Experiments by the US Department of Agriculture in 1891 found fire-dried seeds kept at steady dry temperature outperformed air-dried seeds, with higher stalk counts and greater per-acre yields, especially on river bottoms. Dry autumn storage is advised for all growers.
The device shown is fed in cleaning out and opening up ditches. It consists of a portion of a tree trunk used as the main body and blade assembly. It appears designed to cut through damp soil and root obstructions, enabling easier ditch maintenance.
A damaged OCR item describes a 4 feet long, 16 inch wide, 4d m thick wooden piece with 1441n planking about 3 feet long and 1 foot wide. A chasm or hole is protected by an iron plate, secured by a driven pile into the log.
While traveling between the Town Gaol and Judges Lodgings during a harsh winter, Mr Justice Bucknill’s carriage sank in snow. The robed judge waited on the pavement as one horse bolted free, then completed his journey in another carriage, a comic image in a provincial town.
The article explains how clover crops fix atmospheric nitrogen, enriching soil when roots and stubble are ploughed in. It notes that this increases humus, aids decomposition, and improves chemical and mechanical soil properties, with phosphoric acid aiding growth and winter hardiness. It suggests autumn phosphatic dressings and a mixed fertilizer of phosphate guano, ammonium sulphate, and potash.
Somerset County Council farm tests mixing Shorthorn and Jersey milk show butter yield rises with crossbreeding. Trials in 10/40 and 5/20 percent blends indicate gains in butter and butter fat, with Jersey inclusion improving color and quality. Best results seen with seven Shorthorns and two Jerseys. overall gains could lift yearly butter output and profit.
A dialogue shows a manager and playwright lamenting the lack of an audience in Rome under occupation. The playwright notes thirty years of the same problem and describes Rome as among the least civilized places in European occupation, symbolizing moral degradation in government and humanity.
A verbose dispatch from St Petersburg via Echo de Paris reports that three officers were found excited after a captain's report. Admiral Rozdestvensky ordered their exemplary punishment by placing them in a boat with money and food and abandoning them near the African coast to return to Russia.
A Missouri Experiment Station chemist reports a practical dry Bordeaux powder that matches the copper content of liquid Bordeaux. Professor B R M Bird explains the method and proportions in a recent bulletin, noting its adoption in orchard areas across Missouri and the central west.
Incomplete text describes mixing powder and water ratios for a chemical solution to treat copper. References to quantities 4b, 2% gallons, 60lb, and application to quickdime appear, but details are garbled and unclear.
Instructions describe breaking up a moist material into fine powder, slaking with water and lime, combining with copper sulphate to reach a deep blue thick mixture, draining excess water, and distributing with lime until uniform. Steps reference slaked lime, copper sulphate, and a bagged mix.
An American Agriculturist excerpt describes making a copper sulfate spray using white damp material ground with a fine sieve, mixing with lime or flour, then diluting with Bordeaux strength. It outlines proportions for achieving a copper-equivalent spray and notes lime adjustments and the effect on leaf sticking.
Reports from Illinois and Missouri stations detail bitter rot on apples caused by a fungus. Treatments tested include Bordeaux mixture spraying and winter canker removal, with results showing reduced infection when trees are sprayed before and after symptom appearance, depending on cultivar such as Ben Davis Huntsman and Willow twigs.
A detailed report from a Chicago Veterinary Society paper by Dr. O F Dyson outlines how drivers and farriers can reduce horse interference. It covers conformation issues such as chest and forequarter structure, calf-kneed and high going types, and the roles of shoeing, weights, and balance in preventing faulty gaits. It emphasizes observation of conformation, driving feel, and step-by-step shoing adjustments to improve extension and limit interference.
The West of Lentland Agricultural College reports turnip trials with nitrate of soda and ammonium sulfate, drilled versus top-dressed applications, and combinations of phosphates and potash. Findings cover nitrogen sources, timing, which nutrients boost yields, and season effects on turnip crops and profits.
A feature on what is claimed as the world’s largest egg farm in Henzeck New Hampshire run by E Heyward. The facility houses 600 houses with 14 hens per house year round and uses a unique outdoor-less system. It details housing design feed regimens water supply and machinery, plus egg production and costs per hen, and notes the farm’s orchard fertilization by fowl dung.
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