Agricultural Notes for the Landman on Maize Varieties
Early Learning and Yellow Dent dominate district maize crops with seed quality emphasized. Farmers should select kernel cobs for seed, improve processing, and consider cross-breeding on Funk’s Yellow Dent and Leming Bre lines. Rows spaced four feet apart with six inches to inches in-row give high yields, up to 112 bushels per acre, aided by bar row cultivation. Harrowing reduces weeds and conserves moisture, though light tines and midday timing minimize plant damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Funk
Elen bugs on potatoes report high yield with pest control notes
An agricultural note describes control of potato pests using kerosene and oil trays, and tarred screens to trap bugs. It details ploughing, discing, drilling, fertiliser, and sheep grazing from July to August, with costs and a cited 45 bushels per acre yield. The author notes questions about sustained high yields and soil fertility limits.
A Fins Yield At Cowra Harvest Competition
The Cowra harvest contest narrowed by defections yet produced a standout. James Cass of Cresk emerged as a deserving winner with exceptional yield and grain quality, aided by superior methods. The land, 36 years since clearing, has rarely failed wheat, and early next crop prep began after February stubble burning.
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Cowra
Bat
James Cass
Irrigation Method Improves Potato Quality Says Farmer
An American farmer described rain irrigation for potatoes. He outlined thorough cultivation, staged flooding to lift tops and then drain, allowing tubers to mature in drier soil for better quality. He warned against watering when soil is very hot to reduce fungus risk. Colorado farmers plant to match high summer temperatures while watering to avoid fungal attacks.
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Jeese
Colorado
The Orchard Apple Disease and Control Measures
Specimens from a northern rivers orchard show bitter rot or ripe rot affecting 350 percent of first bearing trees. The fungus causes early ripening, fruit drop, and cankers on branches. Clean all decayed or mummified fruit, burn and remove infected twigs, prune diseased areas, and apply lime sulfur spray or weak Bordeaux mix to trees with fruit. Maintain cleanliness through winter and spring to prevent spread.
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Bureau of Microbiology
Insect Beetle Devours Damaged Orchard Fruit
A South Coast orchardist sent a bottle with a beetle that attacks bruised or damaged fruit, not sound fruit. The common grain beetle bores into peaches apples pears and other fruit, causing decay. It thrives on scarred produce and underscores the need to keep orchards clean of fallen fruit to prevent rot.
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Axtietmaglot
Birth of a Rifle at Lithgow Small Arms Factory
A detailed tour of Lithgow New South Wales factory reveals the complex process of rifle manufacture. From raw steel bars to the finished barrel and firing mechanism, workers shape bore accuracy, rifling, and component parts through milling, boring, and precise gauging to ensure a reliable service firearm. The article emphasizes meticulous tolerances and the machine tools that transform simple metal into a complete rifle.
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Commonwealth Small Arma
Lithgow
N.S.W
Ecalv
Shane
A Favourite Holiday Tour in New Zealand
Tom L Mills describes two tour options through New Zealand for Australians seeking relief from summer heat. The full tour runs Auckland to Bluff, including Rotorua, Waitomo Caves, Wanganui River, Wellington, Nelson, West Coast gorges, Canterbury, Dunedin, and the Colt Lakes, with river steamers and meals aboard. The shorter North Island loop covers Auckland to Wellington via Wanganui, Taumarunui, Rotorua, and back to Sydney. The piece highlights Wanganui River as the “Rhine of New Zealand” and invites readers to request details from Hatrick & Co, Wanganui.
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New South Wales
Victoria
New Samland
Willis
Australia
Tasman
New Zealand
George Black
N.8.w
Black
Melbourne
Fisher
Alfred Deakin
Amonn Ag
Sydney
Wanganui
Maoriland
Auckinod
Rotorua
Waitomo Caves
Wellington
Arrose
Nelson
Cat Gorges
Canterbury
Dunedin
Colt Lakes
Bluff
North Island
Wanganui River
Taumarunui
Rotorus
Auckimi
Jericho
Hatrick
Wanyanul
Jypiriki
Mesate Hatrick & Co
Cherry tree gum causes and treatment from a fruit expert
A fruit expert notes that cherry trees vary in gum production and that unsuitable soils accelerate gum. Poor drainage, wind and frost stress trees, and injuries from pruning can worsen gum. Remove gum with a knife, gouge main limb wounds, then paint with a lead and oil mixture.
Long Weep Causes Brooklyn Woman to Seek Damages
Mrs Dawn Lattey of Brooklyn sued for 280 pounds after weeping from witnessing a slayings scene in a theatre left her crying continuously for years. She tripped on torn carpet leaving the theater, blaming the carpet for her injuries rather than the play.
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Dawn Lattey
Brooklyn
Blane
Cleaning Gas Mantles and Burners
A method for cleaning gas mantles and burners uses salt sprinkled on the hot mantle to burn off carbon deposits, helping restore light efficiency and extend mantle life. The technique may also remove carbon from laboratory combustion furnaces.
Confounded youths mock minister in Dumfries street
Two irreverent young men approached the minister in Dumfries High Street with feigned solemnity asking for news. They declared the devil is dead, provoking the minister to respond with a pious quip about praying for the balms for his weary parish.
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Dumfries
Maister Dunlop
Dunlop
Precision in a Cutting Masterpiece From Early Machines
A detailed description explains cutting devices and precision in automated machinery. Operators guide finely adjusted tools as 261 operations proceed with gauges testing each cut. A magnetic chuck holds parts on a steel bed, allowing exact positioning before machining continues.
A Drama of Youth and Hidden Longing in Ireland
A group of men discuss a young woman of obscure birth as they note her beauty and potential. Clive, Templeton, and Rasmore debate social class, ambition, and romance amid a moonlit night. The narrator muses on fate, youth, and the pull of passion against propriety. The scene hints at a forthcoming journey to races and Dublin once the Cork trip ends.
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Rontemeand
Clive
Maz Lorimer
Mt Toonme
Mas Ross
Kaemore Clive
Rasmore Clive
Aobs
Templeton
Ian
Ireland
Somme
Monic
Happi
Tom Ona
Jena
Bia
Cork
Dublin
Avion
Immortala
Lin
Jta
Rals Oy
Iam
Butterfly
Jessica
Ambition and Affair Stir in Caravan Life
Sally watches Brianna pursue stardom while Pat’s memory haunts her. Brianna accepts a touring role amid flirtation with a mysterious stranger who professes philosophy and intense, dangerous attraction. The pair’s talk hints at fate, change, and a past love as they begin a long, wandering journey.
To-night at the caravan hall a confrontation over a woman
Fragmented narrative shows Brianne fleeing an escort near a caravan hall lamp lit interior. Sally Dounce at the door hears raised voices as a mother figure threatens to expose improprieties and seize control. A drunken quarrel unfolds with accusations, warnings, and plans to confront a stage manager about a woman named in dispute.
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Brianne
Sally
Briadna
Stu
Mina
Sally Duane
Aly Deere
Timorrow
Fragmentary verse scene with a rise of tension
A jagged poetic fragment portrays a confrontation where a young man wields power and threats. An old man steadies himself as desire and vengeance surface, the scene ending with a spectral retreat and a cryptic line about wealth and night.
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Munt
Ant
Sind
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Bean
Pat
Tim
Hemel
Ecole
Abe Weld
Sy Donne
Flores
Joesion
Jemdon
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