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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1923
Page
2
Agricultural notes advise wheat growers on pest pressure from black oat and the need for fodder through silage. Recommend early cutting to contaminate seed, storing fodder to protect against weather and vermin, and using root forcing methods to establish new beds.
The text explains how soil texture affects moisture, noting that heavy soils hold about 40 percent water when saturated and optimal plant growth requires around 18 percent. It describes waterlogged soil reducing oxygen, causing stagnation of chemical action, and outlines the desirable porous capillary structure that promotes even water and air distribution. Excess moisture causes sourness. drainage or aeration is needed to restore balance. Plant roots and root-holes absorb water, maintaining moisture flow through the soil.
Important tips for tomato seed beds avoid contamination from tomato and potato rubbish. Sterilize soil with formalin solution a week before sowing, turn soil to vent vapors, sow thinly to prevent damping off, and use Bordeaux mixture against wilt disease. For rhubarb, once established a bed can last many years.
Advice urges strict sanitation in pig feeding to prevent gasttrointestinal disease. It highlights dirt in troughs and stored feed as a breeding ground for germs, recommends clean concrete or timber troughs, and warns against contaminated milk and moldy fodder spreading parasites.
The article argues bees are essential for fruit set, noting their pollen transfer across blooms and the danger of relying on wind or other insects. It cites pollination as more valuable to agriculture than honey production, with U.S. honey value around twenty million dollars and California orchards renting bees to aid crop yields.
The article notes that one to three bee colonies per acre may boost fruit quality and quantity. It estimates colonies per orchard vary with citrus districts and that beekeeping numbers reflect potential vs actual returns, indicating a broad gap between observed and possible orchard gains.
A Frost Expert notes Leader freestone peaches grown locally for experimental use can extend the canning season between peaches and apricots. Tests at the Leeton cannery show Leader peaches cure earlier and are generally satisfactory for canning though they soften as other freestones. The piece cautions growers that Leader is not necessarily a desirable canning variety.
Step by step guide on sharpening different saw types with a file. How to secure the saw in a vise, start filing at the tip, and keep uniform angles and height. Cautions on avoiding damage, maintaining hook, and re-toothing if teeth are badly worn.
The Department of Agriculture has a few copies of Beef, Nintton, and Wool in its Farmers Education Service series. Available free to farmers, apply to the Under Secretary and Director, Department of Agriculture, Midwest.
The note warns buyers to inspect woodwork when purchasing machinery as paint hides faults. It stresses that modern calves and herd value depend on how calves are raised, linking records to profit.
In Sandhurst a dramatic seance unfolds with Miss De Lierre and Mr Mizled delivering eloquent trance lectures. Miss De Sletre channels the spirit Rachel in a powerful performance, ending with a staged death scene that chills the audience and hints at further revelations to come.
The Commonwealth Loan renews the old War Loan with Australians asked to re lend their funds. British taxpayers have shouldered war debt while Australian manufacturers seek development funds and bank support. A doctor’s advice extols a tea’s health benefits, claiming Busbells Tea removes bitter dust and leaves bright leaves.
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