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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
2
Agricultural and pastoral notes reveal expert guidance from W C Graname MLA Minister of Agriculture. The notes outline practical farm practices and recommendations from the national department to assist farmers across the region.
The article outlines a four year crop rotation plan for the New England district emphasizing soil fertility, moisture retention, and integrated sheep farming. It details four cultivation paddocks, water access, and a shutter run for sheep, with progressive sowing of fodder crops, straw, maize, and potatoes to maintain humus, moisture, and productivity while minimizing fallow. It also covers milk fever prevention and management for dairy cows, stressing drying off before calving and exercise to maintain health.
Instructions for maize selection detail soil and growth conditions, selecting ears by height busk protection and stalk vigor, and discarding poor shanks. It lists step by step criteria for ears to be saved and inspected, including size shape rows and grain uniformity with notes on color maturity and husk condition.
A rural note describes a recommended dairy wash used widely by dairy farmers and cited by a college principal. The wash blends skim milk with lime and pine oil per gallon, applied to brushes or surfaces, and dries to form an adherent film. It claims convenience, quick readiness, and lasting effects for dairy facilities.
Fragmentary notes from a Wiscon sin author discuss domestication and fever, mentioning Dr. A. 4 and the famed Wil of Wiscon sin. The text is garbled but hints at opinions on cows and natural conditions, with scattered phrases about bottles and trials.
The Poultry Expert urges poultry farmers to adjust autumn hatchings away from June to September and delay for at least two months. Reasons include egg scarcity, higher egg prices, better winter performance, and soil rest for a main spring crop. Recommend clearing obstructions to improve air and light for ground preparation.
The Sydney Sunday Times Sydney Morning Herald and other papers praise the debut novel Peter's Nationality for its graceful literary style sympathetic storytelling and engaging characters including a charming girl child and a kookaburra motif. Critics note straightforward sentiment and readable prose with a reformist undercurrent.
Lomas fights through a guarded town to flee a prison, climbing pipes and telephone wires, escaping via a governor’s house and a perilous rooftop trek, while a crowd forms and crime drama unfolds across dimly lit streets and marketplaces. Jenny and Will confront risk, confrontation, and pursuit as the town reels from the breakout.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a magistrate hearing with phrases about voluntary action and mischief. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving context and outcome uncertain and unresolved in the text.
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