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Newspaper
Cowra Free Press
Location
Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
3
Notes discuss cultural and pastoral topics with focus on ministerial guidance and practical farming experience. Mentions W. Graham and the Department of Agriculture as main sources, emphasizing civilian farming experience.
The article advises pruning deciduous fruit trees such as Japanese plums apricots and peaches first with early spring cuts to shape leaders and control top bud growth. It warns livestock feeding on fresh forage can cause stomach impaction and outlines quick at home remedies for horses and cattle, noting dangers to mares in foal and recommending cautious pasture changes and legume planting.
The text explains selecting leaders to keep on upright trees, avoiding central growth. It discusses open centre forms to encourage spur and fruit bud growth on main branches and laterals. It advises thinning leaders on well established frameworks to steady growth and promote bearing, noting different responses by various tree types and years.
The article explains bearing habits of peaches nectarines and related fruit trees. It advises removing older two year old laterals while leaving yearling interns to encourage fresh growth. For heavy croppers shorten yearling internals and encourage new spurs on old wood, with emphasis on rejuvenation for future flowering. The Japanese plum responds well to this treatment.
The article describes how European plums and Japanese plums bear fruit on yearling or older laterals and main branches, with thinning and renewal needed. It notes Agen and similar varieties may keep spurs by leaving longer laterals, while other varieties push spur growth if laterals are shortened. Apricots resemble Japanese plums, bearing on yearling laterals with direct growth from main limbs or two year old wood, but their spur fertility fades and requires renewal. Apples and pears mainly bear from older wood, needing prescribed yearling internals left long to form spurs, and spurs may weaken if not thinned. prune back laterals carrying spurs to keep vigor.
The speaker recounts forty years of battling vermin from the dingo to rabbits and, for fourteen years, foxes. He notes the fox is harder to manage than the dingo or rabbit and reflects on ongoing efforts and frustrations in pest control.
The article warns beginners about poor home made hive construction and spacing problems that cause burr comb, pest protection gaps, frame damage, and stressed bees. It recommends using factory made hives or accurate local-made examples as guides and emphasizes correct measurements before placing bees.
In Scarhaven, Copplestone and Gilling chase a web of clues around Marston Greyle, Lord Altmore, and the Greyle estate. A new offer to sell the Searhaven holdings triggers legal questions and rumors of a hidden heir as Audrey and Mrs Greyle weigh danger from Chatfield and the mystery surrounding Bassett Oliver.
The Oiler Secretary and Director of Agriculture argues load-bearing stock need steady access to hard dry feed when grazing on succulent fodder. He cites New Zealand practice of threshing oats and leaving straw to bridge shifts from grass to turnips, noting lambs improve when fed hay and straw sequence.
The Poultry Expert notes May may bring improved laying under normal conditions though last year’s results were disappointing. Seasonal issues and unseasonable green forage are blamed, yet some flocks show no shortage. Backwardness risks hatchery starts but the guidance insists on an early effort to begin.
An agricultural veteran from Strathalbyn shares a fox control method using rosella parrots as bait. He advises laying baits near stock routes, two inches under ground and covered with bark, with a focus on parrots to draw foxes and protect sheepdogs. He suggests timing, placement, and poison use to reduce fox numbers across paddocks.
The piece argues broodiness aids incubation, noting broody hens hatch more viable chicks than incubators, especially in special pens where artificial hatching may fail. It also includes unrelated dialogue fragments about wealth, public speaking, and everyday observations.
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