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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 29, 1914
Page
1
A historic agricultural notice discusses rationing for chickens. It recommends using bread, potatoes, bran, pollard, and other dry feeds in specific proportions to sustain about 180 to 200 fowls, noting variations by breed and housing.
The document outlines designs for small flocks with worp projects and DMAPting yards. It describes concrete floors, pipe supports, and walls, suitable for sheep handling and feeding. Proposed layouts include two yards of 1000 by 70 feet, capacity around 1700 average-sized sheep, with chutes, pens, and race features for efficient management.
An old agricultural note describes testing seed coverings for paspalum using a knife to count formed kernels. It explains weighing seed with coverings, then counting formed grains to determine a percentage. A sample is heated to about seventy degrees to assess clotting or formation in the seed.
Officials report at Saturday session presided by Geo Laidlaw. Secretary duties noted. Forbes branch resignation accepted. Fourteen new members proposed and admitted. Discussions urged expansion of productive operations and wartime relief efforts as Australia’s aid was discussed.
Availability of blocks in Warkes Land Distelut and Parkes Land District for Crown lease. Details cover 10 to 20 miles from Tullamore railway, soil types, rainfall, and rough values. One 2 acre block near Kennedy with gravelly soil, no natural surface water, and annual rainfall around 1 inch. Offers include terms for first 16 to 24 year periods with specified capital values and annual rents.
Garden notes describe nasturtiums praised for heat tolerance and prolific bloom, with varieties Tall Nasturtium and Tom Thumb dwarf highlighted. It covers growing from seed, soil prep, spacing, watering, and timing, plus mentions Myatt's Queen Victoria and Cyelons as notable types.
A fragmented timetable lists multiple routes and times for Monday and Wednesday travel. It names Parkes Condobalin Calarie Sydney Bathurst Melbourne Cowra Grenfell and numerous local stops with early morning and late afternoon departures.
WEW licensed gas fitter announces opening at Brewibsey It Templar Street two doors from Mr J J Gun, Camprey. Offers gas fitting services on short notice with best materials and style. Displays incandescents, inverted mantles, gas stoves, rings, pendants, brackets, tubs, globes in all sizes and shades.
A garbled phrase fragment mentions vanity linked to dressing and contrasts appearance with true value. It hints at an argument about capability or elimination between appearance and real value but remains incoherent and unclear.
A brief notice describes James Maguire offering tailored garments with emphasis on correct style and perfect fit. The advert highlights Laurids as a specialty in pastoring a unique class of workmanship, labeled as The Dest.
The City Mutual Fire Insurance Company limited shows a financial position for December 1906 with capital £262,500, reserve fund £80,260, funds in hand £277,403 and total security £830,633. The report lists policies including homesteads, woolsheds, barns, haystacks, growing crops and all classes of risks insured at low rates.
A damaged notice from Fortes in Orwell B Patterson a traveling work communication mentions Carrawobitty and Bogabigal PMne with a contact telephone 125. The fragmentary text names a manager and station head but provides minimal details about location actions or deadlines.
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