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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 02, 1915
Page
7
Agricultural and pastoral notes discuss scrub-cutting as a drought response in the Western Division. Inspector urges conservation of edible trees along stock routes, noting mixed results from two Cobar district cases and stressing balanced nutrition from mixed scrub feeds, water provision, and separate feeding for weak stock.
A Sydney based quarterly magazine The Fertiliser by Geo Bhirley Ltd is praised for practical wheat farming advice. April to June issue features Drought Lessons Mixed Farming on a Large Scale Forward Wheat Crops Seasonable Advice Seed Wheat Thale Woman's Sphere and more. The publication runs 128 pages with illustrations and is mailed post free to bona fide farmers.
Cadbury Bros of Bournville sent 65 000 boxes of chocolates weighing 12 tons gross to British Military and Naval Hospitals in the United Kingdom and France. Each box bears a King portrait and contains eight tons of net chocolate, a large act of remembrance and care for wounded soldiers and sailors.
Appended in a list of race dates granted by the WRA Narromine J.C. in July Condobolin J.C. in August with meetings at Bogan Gate Parkes Shaw Forbes Shaw Grenfell J.C. with events on the 2nd and 9th Dubbo Cowra meetings on the 8th 9th 11th and 17th October Koorawatha J.C. lat.
A farmer with about 600 acres of wheat asks how to feed the crop and manage sheep. The Chief Inspector says feed off only if the wheat is five inches high and starting to stool, otherwise leave it. In large paddocks use a dividing fence of huts to keep sheep off late sown portions, avoid bullocks and horses, and after feeding run barrows across the drill direction.
A poultry keeper questioned how eggs could go bad in five days in cool storage. The Poultry Expert said eggs with intact shells can spoil only if the shell is fractured or the germ started by incubation. He noted small shell holes or fractures from a hen’s movement can cause rapid spoilage, and oviduct ruptures might create shellless eggs that spoil differently.
The article claims a Humberette motor car averages 1d per mile including wear and tear. Agents The Motor House Ltd. list price £190. Readers are urged to trust the test results with proofs available from the mentioned firm.
Murillo, an imported brown stallion, blends Galopin and Macaron bloodlines with strong Verdur, King Tom, and NEWMINSTER roots. He sired numerous winners including Believe, Pride of Murillo, Maroomba, and Ultramarine, and his progeny are noted for speed and natural gait.
Terms specify a single mare for 20 guineas with two or more of the same owner at 15 guineas each. For further particulars apply to the owner Harry Taylor, Wellington, N.8.W.
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