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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 15, 1915
Page
8
An older Michigan farmer advises against overfeeding calves on skim milk by removing fat from whole milk. Start with dam’s whole milk, warm to temperature, and introduce small amounts of clover hay, silage, oats, and gradual grain. Transition to skim milk as calves grow to avoid scours and stunted growth, ensuring rough onset and careful feeding progression.
Agricultural notes stress lime as the cheapest, best way to restore pasture. Leguminous crops benefit from lime, reducing weeds like sorrel and improving soil conditions. Sick soils from potatoes and onions respond to liming, legume cover crops, and thorough manuring before resuming crops.
An advertisement in a local column reports Colac merchants asking shoppers to finish purchases by four o'clock on Friday evening. The note notes neighborly concerns and asserts a shared city aim to speed commerce before the listed deadline.
The article details Kuma Moules of Woodtirow London a 14 year old girl capable of a days washing and reading the newspaper without glasses. It recounts Mra Movies born in Much Wy mondeley in April 1542 married in 1599 having 23 children in 26 years of marriage and fostering 38 nurse children in New Southgate. Her 33 children grew up with many marriages. Five daughters became mothers of 76 children and great grandchild count reaches 11. Two grandsons a son in law and Mra Moiajles second husband are in the army. two sons died in the Soudan war.
A fragment describes illness in mothers and children and endorses home treatment from the Ladies' Voluntary Health League. It mentions testimonials from grateful mothers, a health information book, and requests postage for a mailed copy to a College of Health address, with various garbled lines and names.
Adare Powell and McDougall announce poultry strains for White Leghorns Black Urpingtons Silver Wyandottes and White Runner Ducks with specific settings and fertility notes. L Quinton takes over Geu Gallup Co selling vehicles on order and seeking public support while W J Spowart remains manager.
A partial OCR line references cutting and tearing actions, with unclear subjects and outcomes. The readable fragment mentions cuts and tears but lacks names, places, dates, or formal context to determine a full report.
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