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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 11, 1923
Page
2
Agricultural notes discuss lucerne harvest timing, leaf retention, and digestibility impacts on hay value. Guidance covers cutting after flowering, weather considerations, and post cut regrowth, with recommendations for maintaining leaf content and avoiding late cuts that reduce feed value.
The Department of Agriculture pamphlet No. 3 on sheep maggot control explains a simple trap system to protect flocks. Traps placed at the yards, homestead, and killing yard catch blowflies and reduce infestation, with plans for a hand made trap and wire frame.
The selection of a mare for breeding purposes is to some extent controlled and determined by local conditions.
The article notes bananas demand much soil fertility and humus. It cites North Coast cases with calcareous soils showing poor response to artificial fertilizers. It advocates growing cover crops to restore humus and make fertilizer costs worthwhile.
Cover crops boost soil nutrients and texture, provide mulch as they decompose, reduce soil erosion on slopes, protect banana surface roots from heat, and cut weeding labor in peak weed months. Drawbacks include removal from banana stools and light access issues in established stands. Planting best in November December with adequate rainfall. certain crops require careful cultivation and weed control.
The article argues silage insures year round milk supply and higher farm carrying capacity. It contrasts pasture limits, winter shortages, and elevated costs with silo-based forage, noting silage preserves high quality feed, improves winter condition, and avoids flavor or safety issues in milk. It highlights crops like maize and Sudan grass as suitable silage, and counters fears of milk taint with proper fermentation.
An excerpt from a Poultry Department note warns farmers against overusing chemicals to prevent disease in chicks. It argues that improper brooding and crowded, dirty conditions cause most illnesses, with 90 percent of trouble stemming from faulty brooding and anxious management rather than actual pathogens.
In Sydney society Ettie Treherne the blue blooded beauty wins the heart of John Davidson Squires at a charity ball despite a despised rival. Their engagement shocks Ettie’s guardian Miss Sprod but John promises a home at Buckinburra Station on the Murray, where a grand welcome and a festive return unfold amid station life and social intrigues.
The noted physician Dr Salecby asserts tea boosts vitality and aids disease resistance. He calls good tea a true stimulant, aiding mental work and peace, provided it is pure and properly brewed. Bushells Blue Label tea is promoted as meeting purity standards and free from injurious dust.
The item critiques British debt payments and public figures, questions Henry Ford's production, and jokes about the Paris Marsilles Express. It mentions a post office impostor and a doctor’s view that legs are the most useful limbs. Local humor and curious observations punctuate the piece.
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