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Newspaper
Cowra Free Press
Location
Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1920
Page
4
Agricultural and pastoral notes provide practical guidance for farmers and ranchers. The column covers soil care, crop rotation, livestock management, and seasonal tasks to optimize yields and sustain land health. It emphasizes prudent stewardship and timely operations.
A long, fragmentary editorial urges thrift gardening to offset high prices and food shortages. It extols home plots, sharing tips on soil, compost, and seed selection, and notes suburban yards and balconies can yield edible produce. The piece touts gardening as practical, community minded, and a remedy for rising costs.
A historical climate note discusses mint production with potential upland adaptation. It describes growth, propagation from old plants, root health, field cultivation, weed control, and harvest timing, noting variable yields and future prospects for supply to the vegetable market.
Mired, garbled text discusses beginnings of winter, fever, animals, and daily timing. It mentions damp hosts, penalized by age, and evenings versus daytime conditions. The fragment notes influence of cooler temperatures on animals and the practice of keeping lean for day and night care.
A garbled excerpt discusses farming methods and dairy yields. It mentions a herd of cows, some culled for butcher, and notes variability in milk quality and quantity among producers.
A historical note outlines a crop and fodder calendar for poultry farming. It lists feeds such as cowpeas millet rape barley and marsh hay, detailing monthly supply ideas and seasonal fodder plans for sustaining poultry through the year. The article references aviation as a potential fodder provider and mentions various crops by name in a dense, OCR-smeared list.
The fragmentary OCR reads like a jumble of names, places, and roles across cultures and nations. It mentions Exton, Balaswi, Hamlin, Cremer, Ravans, Prngal, Canton, Heng, and others with scattered references to agencies, directors, and events, but no clear narrative or outcomes.
A narrator recounts fleeing through crowded streets, hiding in a shop, shaving his beard to avoid police description, and dodging searches as mobs converge. He describes hunger, cold, and danger, finally seeking refuge in a private room and awaiting uncertain fate.
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