Goomalling Road Board Meets Sets Rates and Closures
The Goomalling Road Board held its monthly meeting with members listed. It recommended closing a road through Locations 4552 and 4537 after fencing on the Reserve is completed, and applied for a gate at the railway station. A general rate of 1d in the £ for North and South Wards, 9d in the £ for the Town Ward, plus a 6d loan rate, was set, and a Vermin Board rate of 3d per 100 acres was fixed.
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Goomalling Road
Railway Department
Vermin Board
The Pig as a Money Maker
Advice on pig farming teaches not to overstock or understock pigs. A good sow acts as a savings bank, enabling cheap self bred stock. buying stores equates to selling baconers. Breed pigs at eight weeks old for low costs and avoid panic selling or buying as prices rise or fall.
Lucerne Bacteria Practiced to Boost Growth
The chief inspector of agriculture in New South Wales reports limited success with pure cultures of plant bacteria for lucerne. A practical method involves using soil from a thriving lucerne paddock mixed with seed so beneficial bacteria transfer to the new soil. If lucerne exists but bacteria are scarce, obtain soil from a productive field and distribute it with seed like a fertilizer.
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New South Wales
Doan's Ointment Promises Cure for Skin Ailments
A testimonial extols Dean's Ointment as the safest skin disease remedy, claiming rapid healing and world fame. Mrs. P. Lawson recalls recovering from a leg wound after using the ointment, recommended by her father, and urges purchasers to buy from Foster-McCle llan Co. at 315 Murray Street, Perth, ensuring they get Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
P. Lawson
Korrelocking
Northam
Foster-McClellan ,Co
Murray-street
Perth
Doan’s
Wheat true to type and deterioration in wheat
Lameroo Agricultural Bureau inquiry about wheat type deterioration. Professor A J Perkins explains that even with best treatment wheat tends to deteriorate unless continuous careful selection is applied. He notes selection promotes higher type but without effort it reverts to average. cultivated plants especially wheat tend to deteriorate if left to themselves.
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Lameroo Agricultural Bureau
A. J Perkins
Blaze Enigma Hints at Spontaneous Combustion Claim
Reporters probe the origin of a fire as the Fire Chief hints the blaze may have started spontaneously. The exchange surfaces as investigators pursue a cause and insurer involvement remains in view.
Britain estimates 40 million rats causing 15 million pounds in damage
The British Board of Agriculture reports Great Britain harbors about 40,000,000 rats with annual farm and storage damage totaling around £15,000,000. A pair can yield about 880 descendants yearly, highlighting a severe pest problem and economic impact.
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British Board of Agriculture
Great Britain
Woods
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Goomalling
Lucerne Bacteria
Northam Butchering Cay
J T Smith
Messrs
Robertson & Morris
S.t. Smith
Northam Motor Garage
E. Kirkman
Fitzgerald Street
Peel Terrace
J. W. Purslowe
Fitzgerald St
Perth Marble Works
O G H Day & Co
Gordon Street
Commonwealth
Australia
Rabaul
New Betta
London
ALF
England
Savings Bank Department
Jamee Kell
Denison Miller
Quverne
Alex. Wilson & CO. Ltd
Malcolm Lane
Symey
Tion
Chas Atkins, and Co
W.A.) Ltd
J. G. Dempster
Guardian Assurance Company
LIEB
Laibeling
N. M. Morley
A. D. Mitchell
Garter
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