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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
3
Agricultural and pastoral notes provide practical pointers for rural work and land management. The piece highlights seasonal tasks, crop care, and livestock routines common to farming communities, with emphasis on steady, prudent practices for steady yields.
Agricultural bulletin discusses delaying sowing of late town wheat, urging quick growing varieties for July sowing. It lists Comeback and Bunyip as recommended dual purpose wheats, notes their yields per acre and hay value, and warns against varieties like purple straw and Yan dilla King for late season failure.
The text argues that increasing protein and fat in silage corn with decreasing stover disrupts balance. Removing the ear raises carbohydrate dominance, making silage nutritionally poor for cattle unless fortified with additional concentrate. It recommends feeding ear and stover together rather than separately.
The document reviews experiments from the Indians Experiment Station VA comparing ear corn silage to stalk and stover feed. It notes that digestible content varies with plant stage, peaking when kernels are ready, and provides specific fat and carbohydrate measures at key growth stages.
Poultry keepers face scarce supplies and the Poultry Expert offers substitutes to stretch rations. Suggestions include crushed oats, oatmeal, barley, potatoes, green feed, and animal products cooked before use, aiming to preserve egg production while avoiding waste.
The Poultry Expert urges preparations for the coming batch season with dual purpose breeds like Orpingtons Island Reds Plymouth Rocks and Wyandotte. Early hatching promises better returns though initial feed needs are modest before the harvest. Feed formulas include Morning Mash and Evening Ration with bran lucerne dust and meat meal, feeding plans for mid day adjustments, and criticism of pessimism as chicks consume little in first three months.
The season for beekeeping is near its end and honey runs are weak with prices for average quality around four dollars per pound and wax at one shilling sixpence. Shortages loom for stores and many hives, feeding bees now is discouraged but may occur as winter stores dwindle. Brood rearing resumes slowly in coastal districts, with feed consumption rising as bee activity increases.
Readable tips on making bee feeders from combs and frames. Describes using a syrup basin and strainer, hanging the comb to drip, and placing feeders on both sides of a brood cluster. Discusses a division-board feeder and a simple frame feeder, and notes wax coating and debris prevention for drowning. Explains making sugar syrup with water and sugar, adjusting proportions, and cautions about using brown versus white sugar. Includes Old Colonial Company No 3 reference for sugar types.
An item notes a further addition to pumaroos historical velles in an upcoming sale. A china vase and cover are highlighted among the objects, with references to collectors and the inclusion of items associated with Lady Jekyll and other noted figures.
The piece cites German hopes for large late reinforcements and discusses fears of continued war. A January report from Berlin cites Karl Lamprecht criticizing foreign policy and calling for reforms in the foreign office and diplomatic service. The author argues that a clearer German mindset could end the war and imagines a future confederation of states as a hopeful outcome.
A serialized Victorian thriller scene unfolds in a weaving works on the Channel bank. James Graham confronts his father’s murder, discovers a tense household, and faces a mysterious visitor as memories of past danger resurface.
A garbled rural conversation centers on cattle and a missing man. A mother defends herself against accusations while family tensions surface over responsibility and the farmer’s reactions.
A fragmented analysis notes dire predictions for the photoplay market. It discusses wire communications, evolving formats, and the profitability pressures on one and two reel films. It cites exhibitors seeking big names and extended runs while warning many productions may not recoup costs.
A humorous dialogue section features a mock pledge to give nothing as gifts each year, a pair of lovers debating marriage, and a committee chair quoting a grim joke about happiness and work hours. Names include Johnson and Madge, Marjorie, and St Peter in a satirical sketch.
A fragmented excerpt hints at a man named Phil marrying after a long, troubled relationship. The dialogue mentions alimony, divorce, and a prior hopeless entanglement, with a tone suggesting public interest in his marriage outcome.
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