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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 26, 1912
Page
4
A garbled directory page lists numerous Northam area firms and individuals in various trades. Notable entries mention Fitsgerald street outfits, hotels, a veterinary surgeon, tailors, pharmacists, a confectionery, a general store, and auctioneers among others with scattered street references and business roles.
Excerpts show students mistyped nature notes and moral reflections, including lines about Australia, science lessons, and everyday farm life. The passage contains humorous misreadings of natural history, politics, and literature as students grapple with language and learning in a colonial schooling context.
At a Nantawatra Agricultural Bureau meeting led by Mr F J Sutton the importance of scientific fallowing was stressed. Early fallowing reduces deep ploughing, with shallow 4 inch depth advised, plus sunlit cultivation to ease weed control and conserve soil. The talk covered seed germination, careful harrow timing, and maintaining soil moisture, urging farmers to avoid wet fields and to use light bottom ploughs and occasional crust breaking for quick seed germination.
An exploration of irrigation differences from the Arkansas Valley through the Rockies to the Mississippi, noting rain fed farming east of Gordon City and irrigation dependence westward. The region covers about 295 miles with 500,000 acres irrigated, delivering roughly £40 per acre and £200,000 in product value, with rising future figures and ongoing sugar mills processing the harvest.
The Goomalling Club plans a nine event meeting for April 17 with two open races and five heats for horses from the Eastern Districts. Events include the Star Stakes and Sapling Stakes with prizes up to £8, Goomalling Handicap £10, and other races. Nominations close April 6 with secretary Mr J Gollan Northam and Mr O Rourke Grace Valley.
Two-year-olds contest four furlongs with a £6 handicap and prize breakdown. The longer seven-furlong event offers £10 total with £8 to winner and £2 to runner-up. Prize presented by F. L. Rose Ey. Race names include Calstock Nardoo Watchguard Linatock and others listed among acceptances for the A J C Autumn Meeting.
The Dowerin Race Club holds its annual meeting tomorrow with a special train from Northam departing West End at 3 30 p.m. Good entries have been received and a splendid day is anticipated. Weights for events are listed by Mr EF O Rourke the association handicapper.
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