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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
2
Agricultural notes advise pruning orchard trees to balance fruiting and growth. Remove excess top growth to encourage lower limbs, shorten and pin top buds, and cut back during spring and summer to prevent top buds from outgrowing and choking the tree. Winter cutting removes the remaining stub above the desired limb.
Farmers warned that green, lush pastures can cause sudden stomach distention in livestock especially cattle and horses when horses gorge on fresh feed. Rapid distension may trigger suffocation and death unless quick treatment is given. Veterinary guidance stresses cautious feeding and gradual changes with safe remedies like ammonia and binding agents, noting mares and foals are particularly at risk.
The text discusses maintaining upright growing trees by selective removal of toppled leaders, promoting strong main frames, and thinning leaders to steady growth. It emphasizes observing repairs from the previous season, understanding each tree’s habits, and planning pruning to support future vigor and fruiting.
The text discusses pruning practices for pruning Fosches and managing lateral growth. It advises binding habits, cutting older laterals, and favoring light trimming on yearling laterals while avoiding shortening them. The passage emphasizes careful management to control shoot growth and ensure healthy development.
A farmer adviser from the Agricultural Bureau describes fox control in Etrathalbyn with the dingo seen as more cunning. He recommends parrot bait, various meat baits, and careful placement to avoid poisoning stock, urging weekly poison placement through lambing season to reduce the pest.
The narrator claims a forty year struggle against different pests and hazards, starting with a dingo then a rabbit, the last fourteen years a fax and the lunt-ramed worm, struggling to contend with them.
Common Mistakes in homemade hive building are outlined by the Senior Apiary Inspector. Poor standardization and non interchangeable parts cause burr comb, frame damage, and handling difficulty, stressing bees and discouraging beginners. Factory-made hives recommended for accurate measurements and ready comb foundation.
A government official discusses grazing fodder access and lucerne paddocks in a rural agriculture meeting. He notes farmers can thresh and leave straw, then rotate to turnips, explaining how sequence improves yields and efficiency for pasture and fodder crops.
The poultry expert notes a general backward trend in May due to suboptimal conditions. Although green feed is plentiful in some areas, flocks face hatchery challenges and limited muffling capacity. Early efforts should be made to start preparations despite uncertain near term outcomes.
The article discusses using incubators to balance egg batches and hatch timing for farms with large numbers of chickens. It notes that placing eggs under hens can yield better results for some breeders and mentions challenges in achieving reliable hatches with artificial incubation.
In Bearhaven, Audrey Greyle and Copplestone discuss Marston Greyle's offer to sell the estate to Lord Altmore while Chatfield's influence looms. Lord Altmore demands clearing up a prior meeting with Boseeth Oliver before any sale proceeds, as London documents surface and a cablegram from New York hints at further developments.
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