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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
2
Weekly theme notes issued under W. C. Grahame MLA Minister of Agriculture based on Department guidance. Contains practical rural farming and pastoral guidance for farmers and breeders.
The report discusses wheat seed selection and seed-bed conditions, emphasizing variety resistance, disease and weed control, acclimatisation, and seed treatment. It cites trials at Cowra and Wagga with bunt and rust infections, comparing copper carbonate, formaldehyde, and standard blue stone methods, noting variable results and ongoing experiments.
A report notes drawbacks in standard bunt testing for wheat and states that biologists have conducted experiments with a view to improving prevention. The article mentions ongoing work and aims to find better fungicidal methods to control bunt in wheat crops.
The Hindograt department reports four years of work at Brown Brow orchard Erina on Known Spot in Emperor mandarins. Pruning out diseased twigs and burning them reduced spread more reliably than spraying though both methods were tested.
An old poultry note describes three forms of roup in birds with symptoms from nasal discharge to eye swelling and discusses home care. It details syringing with peroxide solutions, boracic acid mixes, permanganate, kerosene dilutions, and sulfur dusting, plus cautions on diphtheritic roup and canker with removal techniques and remedies.
A fragment describes color palettes for a woman and a girl, noting hair shades from sunburnt to yellow and eye tones. It mentions harmonising complexions with browns, blacks, and greens and suggests subdued finishes as flattering.
The document discusses pruning, cut out burning dead wood to control brown spot in Emperor mandarins. It recommends Hordeaux spray as effective and safe for the trees at specified strengths. It notes the divorce is under control with half strength spray, and cautions on excessive spraying causing irritation in frequently treated trees.
A fragmented OCR passage describes a tally of eye cases and totals from a period analysis. It references a common clause and campa as context, with unclear names and dates, suggesting a legal or medical accounting snapshot from an old issue.
In a foggy pursuer tale, Will confronts stress from crime and confinement. Townshend guidesWill toward escape through evidence gathering while Will clings to Jenny his wife who comforts him amid illness and legal peril. Jenny agrees to stay close to unlock truth and aid his release.
Will Lomas, a prisoner, clings to freedom as he recalls past heroism and a wife’s memory. Captain Cathcart rekindles hope while the prison governor reveals an old note in his memoirs. Lomas uses a silk thread and a fork to launch a daring attempt, discovering two banknotes and a tool to cut his bars as he weighs risks of escape.
A fragment from police court proceedings describes a Chinaman facing a magistrate after being fined for an offence. An interpreter’s reasoning and the incomplete dialogue hint at the courtroom moment but the details are garbled. The piece reflects early 20th century wording and attitudes in a legal setting.
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