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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
6
The article outlines surgical removal of internal organs to correct crooked breastbones in poultry, detailing the instruments, steps, and care. It discusses anesthesia, incubation of wounds, post operative feeding, and the aim of preventing deformities in chickens and turkeys.
The article details opera funding in the era, noting payments to singers and conductors. It cites figures in pounds for performers such as Madame Destinn and Madame Sembrich, mentions choral and conductor costs, and recalls salaries like 200 for a night with Beecham and 15 000 for New York conductors. It recalls Michael Costa earning A monthly during a season and Gounod agreeing to supervise English staging for 40 pounds.
A Maryland Maryland beekeeper lectures on positive action to keep bees healthy and productive. The speaker stresses strong colonies, proper housing, regular queen management, swarming prevention, and nutrition while detailing handling and equipment to avoid pests and losses.
An American expert explains lucerne growth depends on soil depth and drainage. Deep water tables, porous loams, and well drained limestone clays yield the best results, while shallow or peaty soils require constant feeding and careful moisture management.
An old farm note describes a simple door catch using a woolen hook and a pulley system. A wire runs from a weighted pulley to a ring on the door, with another ring at the wire end for finger access. The assembly folds and can close the door without walking around. It is listed as one of the farm companions that help cover Steve.
Milan lecture ties rising Italian child crime to modern industry. Professor Perel links family breakdown and white slavery to steam power and foresees electricity replacing steam, with sun energy conversion. He cites Belgium and parts of North America where sewing work shifts to home electricity powered factories.
At a New Zealand dairymen meeting, Mr Hargers described three years of dairy cow testing with satisfactory results. He noted selecting five top cows, but most picked cows showed weak teats and semen quality varied. He cited 1967-68 herd butter fat averages around 2164 lb and projected rises to about 2400 lb, with expectations of further gains as young stock mature.
A hasty note describes a wire hook and twine tail-fastening for a cow during milking, with a pink tassel effect. It then reports on M Guichard of Paris claiming a new more effective powder for penetration testing on a wool target, plus a Danville elephant escape injuring about twenty people in a traveling circus.
The tale blends springtime observations in Hertfordshire with a grim murder suicide case linked to a Canadian visit. It recalls charms of Widford and Cherry Green and notes a family tragedy at the Schofields in Canada, where Hunter shot and killed himself after wounding Mrs Schofield and others.
A fourteen year old girl named FM deayinges, living with Malina M'Cormick at Lavender Sweep, sues for assault with a dog whip. The foster mother admits punishment but denies hurting the child, claims the girl was well treated and allowed holidays, while the court orders recognisance and costs.
A reflective garden piece describes ducklings learning to forage while predators, sparrows, and jays gather nearby. It contrasts budding fruit trees and blossoms with the slow passage of spring and notes a meeting of creditors for Huttsinson and Company.
A long essay on literature and censorship argues that books shape minds and moral choices. It stresses reader responsibility, warns of harmful fiction, cites the Church and Mothers' Union as guiding influences, and notes a breach of promise case in the King’s Bench Division connected to a Belfast plaintiff.
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