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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
2
Agricultural update issued under the supervision of Hon. W. C. Grahamos MLA Minister of Agriculture notes the department's experiments and research as of November. Provides guidance on grain, crops, and livestock practices to farmers and pastoralists.
The Department of Agriculture promotes grain sorghums as quick growing summer fodder for semi arid districts. Trials near the Murray River irrigation area suggest four varieties Mil, Pertaite, Kaoliang, and Milo offer drought tolerance and good grain yields. Sowing guidance varies by district with irrigation improving yields. a testing program subsidizes cattle units to encourage adoption.
In New South Wales dairy farming, a single wartime testing unit limits progress. Officials plan to expand individual cow testing to guide breeders and bulls, aiming for proven dam and sister performance to improve herds after the war.
Two specific cases show dramatic gains from herd testing. In 1916-17 Mr. Murray of Bangalow increased average butter per cow to 212 pounds before culling underperformers, then 1918 yielded further gains. Mr. Hipwood reduced herd size while maintaining returns, cutting labor by over two thirds and keeping output high, highlighting efficiency through tester guided culling.
The department believes applying business methods to dairying can improve property and cut profitless drudgery. They caution that while numbers may not rise immediately, the policy should be kept before farmers to boost efficiency and sustainability.
The Farm Gazette reports the Poultry Expert praised the settled decision to end hatching and egg sales in September. A farmer recalls moving to coop upgrades after reading the Gazette, noting the value of timely hatchings and the need to follow official recommendations for poultry operations.
The article explains proper care for young fruit trees, emphasizing watering, weed control, soil cooling, and staking. It advises keeping soil around trunks moist but not waterlogged, preventing stem rot, and rubbing off excess growth to direct energy to sturdy, permanent leaders. It warns against over-pruning young shoots and stresses timely maintenance in early summer.
The text sketches war leaders James W. Gerard predicting extended conflict, policewomen gaining full authority in Connecticut, and wartime domestic scenes. It shifts to a dramatic wartime romance and a nurse Carrie Wing’s sorrowful letters, ending with a tense scene of emotional revelations and impending separation.
Reports from New York touch on a range of wartime items. The New York Bible Society orders 100,000 Gospels for soldiers and sailors. Margaret Dolor dies at 104 on a small Irish farm. the Linderkranz society votes to adopt English as official language and a new American name. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves a revised US Britain treaty on reciprocal conscription. A New York Supreme Court ruling assigns £800 to a woman injured in a friend’s auto. The Kaiser foundation is described as uniting military science for war efforts. A new comet discovered on June 12 by Hied at Cape of Good Hope. The War Industries Board imposes clothing restrictions. The government plans a fixed price for the Like Shes. An eleven-year-old girl survives a fall from a third story window. Charles M Schwab champions a new emergency measure.
The passage extols the European forest belt and Siberian forest region called Leiga as vast sources of fuel, noting they cover a large arc of the empire and are mostly state property. It highlights the extensive forested areas from Krule to the Poedile and their strategic value within Kusala and surrounding lands.
A confused report outlines a fiction like scheme where Wied allegedly used a method to obtain money through deception. The narrative hints at a test by a friend and a vanished suspect amid suspicions of gambling or fraud tied to a figure named Winker on the track.
A western city police station used a frog as a barometer describing its behavior as a weather predictor. The tale recounts the frog’s actions in a jar and the expected rain as the creature signals a change in conditions.
The article explains stamp value stems from supply and demand, rarity, and historical factors. It notes collectors seek pieces tied to notable people or events, and prices rise with limited numbers, destruction of issues, and population factors.
Military police guard deserters in Berlin as shootings and escapes escalate. A four year old child killed, a woman shot in the head, and two civilians wounded as authorities protest interference from the War Office. Town council denounces conditions likening Berlin to a mining camp.
Telegram from Kansas describes a boy climbing a tree that grows rapidly around him. Two rescuers failed to cut the tree as it thickens and stretches upward, leaving the boy unseen as authorities search for a safe solution.
A large group of women staff the Vatican to maintain the Pope's garments. They ensure spotless, immaculate robes as the Pontiff appears in white, using delicate materials like silk and fine cloth. The article notes other wartime and security items, including the War Industries Board stance and various war events.
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