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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1916
Page
3
Agricultural and Pastoral Notes issued weekly under the supervision of the Hon W C Grahame MLA Minister of Agriculture. Based mainly on the department appraisals, providing guidance and notes for farmers and related stakeholders.
An article argues in favor of rotating crops with wheat to preserve fertility, noting that continuous wheat worsens soil health. It cites Cowra and North Dakota experiments showing higher yields with fallow and alternate crops like rape and legume herbage, and stresses keeping some fodder crops and natural grasses for soil humus and moisture.
Farmers on New South Wales tablelands are urged to sow turnips in February to blend with hay and potato crops. Guidance covers seed mix with superphosphate, sowing rate, and field management to yield stock feed or market vegetables, with notes on districts like Dorrigo and Comboyne and potential profits from systematic methods. Also discussed is wool growth and maggot risks in sheep, advising against risky dips and recommending caution.
A historical note discusses experiments at a sequence station on treating sheep blow flies with dips. It considers whether different fly species respond variably to a single dip, noting possible selective effectiveness and the lack of standardisation among dip manufacturers as a contributing factor to inconsistent results.
A Riverside California study on green manuring shows legume cover crops boosting five year average yields 26 to 68 percent over non legume plots. Adding dried blood nitrogen raised rye and Tangier peas yields, confirming legumes fix nitrogen and improve orchard fertility under suitable rainfall.
Publication notes a new issue with 15 pages of fresh content on home and commercial fruit culture. Highlights include a Seeds wave region update, guidance for growers, and an emphasis on community outlets for sales through an introduction to new pressure-free techniques.
The bulletin outlines established home canning methods for fruit and provides cost figures for several plants. Copies of the bulletin are available from the Department on request.
A trial shipment of twelve boxes of passion fruit was sent in October to San Francisco to study demand and best packing methods. Three packing styles were used cork dust only, ordinary wrappings, and cork dust with wrappers. Fruit arrived in excellent condition, with cork dust only showing greener ripening. Trade representatives arranged samples with leading merchants and inquiries for future consignments rose, including interest from Sydney and New York.
The text notes aluminium demand rising due to wartime needs, with prices quoted near £200 per ton, a substantial rise from prewar levels. Continental output suffers from war disruption, boosting demand in the East. Germany produces none and US output grows rapidly, expected to reach 50,000 tons this year, about 60 percent of world production.
A suburban New York City resident reports red dipped incandescent lamps attract fewer mosquitoes than white light. By using candle-power red lamps on porches or areas needing only general illumination, people may enjoy reduced mosquito presence as if no lamps were used.
An elderly miller famed for his cleverness attempted to ferry his boat along a stream feeding his mill. The craft overturned near the landing, his wife calling for assistance as she realized he was in danger, and he shouted a final remark before sinking, the hour already passing.
Sir Clement Kinloch Cook MP notes through Nineteenth Century that by October last women employment rose nearly 150000, about 6 percent, replacing men in clerical and commercial roles. Banking, insurance, shop sales and lift work show female dominance, with many men unlikely to return to former trades.
Fragmentary quotation discusses silent endurance and moral obligation of soldiers facing suffering and disease. References to a military tradition, wounds, and potential reach to distant islands imply a broader wartime duty, with a note of contrast between fortitude and the harsh realities of war. No clear names or places are readable.
A narrator probes a suspect in a tangled tale of love and deceit. Amid shifting loyalties, she denies guilt in a friend's death while pressing the narrator to surrender to her terms. The scene pivots on control, passion, and the perilous lure of truth and motive.
A garbled collection of kitchen notes and recipes detailing fish preparations, methods, and spice blends. Includes beefy stepwise directions for spicing beets, and mushroom stews with variations for buttered pies and Yorkshire accompaniments. Many names, measurements, and procedural fragments are present but blurred.
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