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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
3
Practical guidance on breeding heifers for milk, pork production, and foal care. Advice covers water and forage, maize use, seed wheat, crop manures, wool handling, sheep and horse management, calf sanitation, bedding, grooming, and soil fertility to sustain productive farming.
The article discusses debates over the best age for heifers to calve, noting past practices of delaying service and the shift toward earlier maturity due to improved pasture, cattle breeding, and management. It contrasts old and new grazing systems and their effects on dairy and stock herds.
A Nation essay argues France’s population decline stems from low marriage fertility rather than mortality. It notes low birth rates across families, high urban density, and warns against costly colonies. The piece references M. Henry Clement and discusses agricultural and breeding practices, plus broader economic factors.
A Toronto Globe article argues farmers must embrace science to improve efficiency. It warns against overfeeding and ignorance of nutrients, urging training, observation, and use of chemical fertilizers. It discusses breeding practices, pasture, and the role of reformers in agricultural improvement.
A mail train on the Midland and Great Western Railway near Ballymne Galway derailed after an obstruction believed placed on the line. Dentist Mr Milling of Dublin died and eight others injured. several are in critical condition. Rescue teams and doctors aided victims at Castlerea.
Denmark and Belgium formalize canine police units with sixteen trained dogs in Ghent. The dogs climb walls, seize suspects by the neck, and track criminals, supervised by an elderly keeper and a visiting veterinary surgeon. Training lasts four months using dummy figures and live exercises.
A vivid portrait of Jane Clump a grocer on Cannington Avenue in Melbourne. Her shop sprang from a modest dwelling and transformed the street into a thriving family enterprise with her children joining the business. Her husband’s decline and her steadfast independence drive a tale of resilience and success in a selective neighborhood.
A review of St Petersbourg and Berlin journals accuses Macedonian movement leaders of seeking to force Russia’s hand while Russia and Germany seek to preserve peace. British, French, and American commentary is noted as stirring or restraining public opinion amid Balkan tensions.
John F. Runciman derides music hall artistes as a curious, inferior group. He portrays them as ill mannered, uneducated, and driven by drink, contrasting their glamorous image with alleged perpetual misery and petty jealousies.
A contested War Office plan features the so called Brodrick suite arranged at 4 Vittoria Street as part of a contingent national emergency measure. The exhibit showcases officers chairs tables and other furnishings to be seized or purchased, drawing mixed reactions from guardsmen and imagining the practical balance between necessity and comfort.
A memoir fragment recalls moving from Cambridge to Norwich to serve a parish. The curate’s dramatic preaching style drew crowds, while a bedroom scene in the chancel and a pulpit mishap exposed audience mischief and humored scandal, ending with a bow to orderly worship.
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