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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 17, 1915
Page
5
A 1900 naval incident near Grand Harbour Malta where a sailor endured a near drowning after an anchor line fouled and a painter line snapped. He describes parachuting fear, the moment of being lifted toward the surface, and lasting nerve damage afterward.
A historical article outlines dairy farming methods focusing on intelligent livestock care, shelter, and hygiene. It emphasizes gentler handling, clean water, and improved living conditions to safeguard herds while stressing affordable, efficient production for farmers.
A historical note discusses crowd dynamics on bridges, noting how vertical and horizontal forces from standing or moving people can stress supports. It describes scenarios with soldiers crossing trestles and a man rising abruptly, causing large reaction forces that risk overturning or bending structural elements.
A Royal College of Science Dublin report examines how milk yield and butterfat content are inherited in Shorthorn cattle. It notes wide variability in butterfat percentages among herds in Ireland and Britain, with some analyses showing averages around 2 to betraying the potential to transfer high yielding milk via selective breeding. It concludes that, despite limited data, experiments suggest the power to pass high milk quality to offspring through careful mating and selection of breeding stock.
The piece argues farmers must study and adapt old methods with modern science, urges up to date training, and compares past agricultural struggles to present opportunities. It notes experiments and farmers institutes, and cites recent news of Chinese opium cases, English farm meetings on farm-to-market motor deliveries, and a local water-delivery co op idea.
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