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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
3
Agricultural and pastoral notes advise on farm methods based on Department of Agriculture experiments. The minister promotes rural science to help individual producers. Farmers may send questions to the Under Secretary of Agriculture at Byzndaz for answers.
Four weeks ago notes urged fallowing to improve yield with wheat. A month later the advantage remains with the fallowed land as rains arrive. Poorly prepared ground and delayed ploughing reduce next season's yields. irrigation and better leaf handling boost tobacco prospects in New South Wales and Tumut, with optimism for wider adoption.
The article argues for silage as a low cost method to conserve green fodder during harsh seasons. It describes a combined pit and stack silo, costing little if built with local labor, and explains suitable crops like maize sorghum wheat oats barley grass and clover for silage. It notes silage increases carrying capacity, keeps well, resists pests, and provides guidance and department help for farmers.
The report from Et Soule University outlines incubation trials noting optimal temperatures near 102 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit early and 104 to 110 degrees in later stages. It stresses the need for artificial heat in later stages, proper ventilation, and moisture control, with experiments at Bt London and Cornell showing higher hatch rates with good ventilation and regular turning, at least five times daily.
The article explains two oils used in orchard spraying: crude petroleum and prepared red oil. Prepared and unprepared red oil differ in strength and safety for fruit trees, with unprepared red oil containing all necessary properties for pest control and requiring thinning before use.
A Highland piper tutors pupil Donald in a cryptic method linking pipe blows to paper diagrams and leg movements to train the body. The tutor explains that tightening a rival’s leg or movement accelerates the pace, urging swift dancing and rapid footwork.
An archaic invocation blends phrases from Eastern and Islamic motifs. The speaker wishes divine guidance, peace, and blessing across days of labor and nights of rest, ending with a traditional blessing in a ritual cadence.
A passenger who escaped a serious railway smash assists in a search for a fellow traveller’s missing teeth. The old man, wielding a lantern and inflamed, proclaims in sharp tones that he is seeking his teeth, not a lost mind.
Two urchins recount a day’s misfortune as a boy named Jimmy Jones was hit on the head by a cricket ball. The assailant allegedly caused him to contract ball-e-craws and miss a week of school. The tale is told in playful, rhyming dialogue characteristic of a street vignette.
Lorimer Slim sketches a new life after a string of literary rejections. He abandons suicide thoughts and drafts a plan to become a confidential agent, pitching a small office to landlady Mrs. Twiggs while she doubts the venture and worries over rent.
The Yonga Baroo twins seek their eldest heirship after their uncle leaves a fortune. Larry, running a sham agency in the Black Horse arcade, quizzes them with a mock inheritance test. Two brothers compete to prove who is the elder, aided by a comic, rambling journey through a city scam.
A jumbled excerpt describes Egyptian themes and rituals contrasted with a family scene. It references Hedy J, a donor, and a table memory about keeping something steady. A dialogue mentions an employer asking about a round of work and a boy’s age, with unclear context.
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