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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
7
Wool, sheepskins, hides, KanGaroO skins, and related items offered at top market rates. Wire, bran bags, cornsacks, wire netting, superfosphates, and other artificial manures stocked for buyers and sellers.
The author argues for and against in-breeding in animals citing Merino ram cases from Geraldton and references to the Ptolemaic Cleopatra. He contends survival of the fittest justifies careful selection while noting alleged exceptions and historical stock successes like the 1810 Comet bull sale.
The meeting, presided by E Saunders, reviewed the parish year and its finances. Balance sheets show current expenses met but funds remain needed for lands and extensions. The report praised volunteers including Dering and noted Guild of the Ascension contributions to parish hall extension.
Market reports describe a fair supply of fruit and a large quantity of vegetables sold. Prices for fruit were above average with apples, oranges, lemons and quinces fetching solid bids. Vegetables such as carrots, parsnips, beets and cabbage also sold well, with fowls bringing good prices per pair.
The text warns that seven parts of air to one of coal gas forms a highly dangerous explosive mix, stating 2000 cubic feet yields an explosion equal to 50 pounds of gunpowder. It notes Sicilian farmers receive only 10a per 1000 lemons and that only about 5s percent of the globe’s area is tillable.
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