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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
A rural feature describes a small farm with a front garden and a large rear yard. It notes a quarter-acre grape arbor, diverse fruit trees and vegetables, and a productive poultry season. Reported yields include 170 hens and over 3000 eggs sold, plus Spanish lens production and chick settings, illustrating steady income from diversified farming.
The butcherbird, famed for a belted clear call, is described as the strongest fighter among bush birds. Despite small size, it attacks birds from titmice to eagles, harrying hawks and making its nest conspicuously exposed. It lives a nomadic, fiercely territorial life and earns little favor for domestic duties.
A fragment discusses weather periodicity with references to scientists in Australia and the United States. It notes R. W. Snow's 30 year corn yield record, suggesting possible cycles. The text hints at comparing crops across years, mentioning 1870 and pattern exploration in yields and weather.
A Paris municipal committee awarded £400 to Mile Elisabeth La Grange as the best behaved young lady juilliner. One hundred seventeen claimants were adjudicated before the committee selected Mrs Lagrange as the most worthy recipient, per Woman's Life.
A quirky 18th century tale recounts an inn near Tart The landllord tried to settle debts of about £1000 with a living sign scheme. Alexandre Dunis favored living signs and sent a live eagle to recoup losses, while an innkeeper displayed the sign named The Captain as part of the ordeal.
The article highlights women transforming small-scale plots into profitable farm and garden enterprises. It notes Mrs Collard and daughters growing strawberries for London markets, Miss Edwards running England’s largest woman operated poultry farm, and Miss Hall and Miss King cultivating flowers and tomatoes for national distribution, with other profiles of female horticulturists and village innovations. It also covers ad hoc curiosities from fruit prices to animal curiosities and general agricultural notes.
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