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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1903
Page
3
Practical guidance for dairy farming covers milk weighing to assess cow value, forage mixes with clover, feeding efficiency, and sheltering cows from cold. It also stresses clean milking, under-drainage and lime use, kainit quality, calf feeding, pig housing standards, bedding, ventilation, and proper ensilage timing.
An extensive discussion on building durable stable floors using Portland cement and sand mixes. It covers cement ratios for lower floors, veneer layers, proper foundation with gravel, slope to the gutter, and a two foot wide square gutter. It also details formwork, staging, careful pounding, and long curing times with daily watering for a month to six weeks, then several months for full hardening.
An early article argues that feeding pigs warmed food yields faster fattening and higher profits, provided equipment for cooking is available and fuel costs are manageable. It notes farm buildings, depots, and machinery must adapt to support chaffing, grinding, and pulping, with careful planning of fuel and storage.
A detailed guide stresses selecting sound breeding stock with strong development and constitutional vigor. It warns against mating immature sows and mongrel boars, urges cleanliness and proper feeding, and argues dairy farms should keep pigs to utilize dairy waste while maintaining animal health. Two new Cuban revenue service callers are noted.
An article from the Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales argues that maize flowers lack nectar in their inflorescences. It concludes bees cannot obtain honey from maize as the plant’s flowers have no nectaries to secrete nectar.
Apple jelly is made by boiling quartered fruit, pressing to juice, then sugaring to a pint per pound of fruit. The puree yields ginger beer, apple tea, puddings, fritters, and custards, with recipes for apple ginger beer and a rich toasted pudding using lemon flavor.
A novel plan by the Society for the Care of Women's Health aims to build a women only hotel with all female shareholders. Shares paid as rent with ten year full payment, after which tenants may sublet to women. Building by an Indian architect, strict gender rules. Also notes wireless telegraphy on nine Dover-Ontend mail steamers.
A colorful dialogue unfolds aboard a ship discussing Arabia and the Sultanate, with Heygate and Boileau debating political risks, the Euphrates, and implications for Ki Wert. They note British interests, regional rivalries, and the impact on Ottoman lines of communication, signaling tension over control of desert routes and influence in the Gulf.
The article narrates a famed Monte Carlo banking con, detailing the 19th century Ardisson scheme where three players used forged cards to drain a table, the croupier’s distraction, and a later prisoners’ result. It notes Blancs counters and recalls counterfeit rituals, with a cautionary conclusion on casino security and changing play patterns.
A fragmented reminiscence recounts Napoleon Bonaparte as a boy and how his mother disciplined him with a hand on occasions when misbehaving. Memorable scenes include a grandmother, Pauline, and a dining invitation that led to a corrective spanking.
A period voice article outlines fruit as nourishment and remedy, listing fruits and berries with claimed benefits. It notes figs oranges dates nectarines and pears among favorites while detailing preservation and preparation tips including borax cleaning and lemon remedies for biliousness malaria and hoarseness.
A fragmented historical note traces British and German views on Venezuelan crisis diplomacy, detailing dates and figures like Metternich, Lansdowne, and Porritt. It covers proposed blockades, gunboat seizures, and joint actions, noting shifting positions through July to November with emphasis on naval strategy and international pressure.
Article notes the tachau or tschau, a Borneo dog once misnamed chow chow, with home in West Barnes and Pontianak. It resembles a Pomeranian but has black or slate tongue, a trait judges favor despite red-tongued examples. A few were imported to England last year amid interest.
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