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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1906
Page
6
A German Agricultural Society report analyzes green manuring to raise crops and improve soil. It covers ploughing depth, autumn versus spring work, nitrogen use, and non nitrogen benefits such as soil loosening, humus supply, moisture conservation, and overall soil improvement.
The text explains how churning requires precise temperature control to form fat globules into butter. It advises keeping below fifty degrees to avoid firm fats that stall churning, or too warm conditions that create many small globules. A dairy thermometer is essential, and good butter sells well while poor butter is undesirable. It also discusses Bulgarian roses for oil, rose gardens, and a distillation process for rosewater using simple copper stills and village distillation.
The article advises farmers to read up on butter production, avoid mixing creams from different temperatures, and chill cream promptly after separation. It recommends aerating and cooling to extract odors, ripening at a controlled low temperature, and churning at about 58 degrees Fahrenheit for optimal texture and appearance.
An English report describes Bulgaria’s Kanzanlik rose harvest in May near the Halken Mountains. The 178 hamlets focus on rose culture with dawn collection to keep dew on buds. The industry, centered in Kanzanilk, yields up to 25 million pounds of roses annually and about 90 thousand ounces of attar, with history noting failed transplant attempts in Asia Minor.
The article notes the anticipated abolition of mathematical wranglership in Cambridge and details the senior wrangler list for the autumn, featuring two Indian students Rajan and De, with their backgrounds. Other named Seniors include Sewell of Trinity, Harrison of Clare, Bell, Milne, and De from Hukilipore.
The article notes few women among top wranglers with Miss Trenerry and Miss Waller from Girton reaching 44th. It lists male scholars from various colleges, mentioning Jubb of Rossall for cricket and hockey, Chaffer of Peterhouse as a strong bowler, Arnot as a footballer, and others distinguished on the river.
Paris papers react coolly to John D. Rockefeller Jr visiting the capital. They joke about his wealth and placid demeanor and question what cultural role he will play, noting his focus on market activity over the arts. One piece recalls a Yankee financier who turned from galleries to the Bourse to quickly make money.
The oak tapestry chair used by Goldsmith to draft The Deserted Village and The Good-Natured Man is offered in Sotheby’s upcoming sale. The relic’s lineage traces to Edward Bott, James Moubray, Charles Shaw Lefevre, and Viscount Eversley, reflecting a storied provenance from Temple to Christchurch and Burley Park.
A dialogue fragment features a man of gentle sentiments and a bemused speaker named Cumrox debating residence amid multiple country houses and a city home. The exchange touches on a sobbing widow recalling her husbands and a cryptic note about a “Belg deed.”
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