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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1914
Page
2
Agricultural notes report better conditions in North Coast potato marketing due to warmer weather and closer grower attention. Disease remains mainly Trish Blight and Bacteriosis, with issues from damaged tubers rain harvesting wet earth salt bags and marbles. Hungarian millet offers good feed value with 30 inch rainfall and sowing guidance yielding about 10 to 12 cwt per acre.
Government farm tests of maize seed show wide variation in yield from single ears when grown in ear-to-row plots. Some ears yielded 34 bushels per acre while others reached 60 bushels, despite careful preharvest selection. Consistent selection from high yielding strains can raise future crop potential, and farmers are urged to study these tests as they plan breeding efforts.
An Entomologist advises on destroying weed bee and wood-louse infestations among seedlings. Spread potato peels or similar vegetable matter dusted with Paris green among seedlings to kill pests. Lay boards with slight cavities to trap lice, avoiding placing poisoned bait under shelter. Mix Paris green with bran to poison worms as an alternative.
Hungarian millet could be considered as a forage crop in a district facing fodder shortages. Its drought tolerance and quick establishment offer a potential short term relief, though yields depend on soil fertility, climate, and management practices to ensure adequate nutrition for livestock.
The article discusses uncapping width to produce fat combs, weight records to gauge apiary profitability, and focusing on queen rearing and breeding to boost yields. It notes Hawkesbury Agricultural College maintains an apiary to rear queens from top honey producers and imported stock.
An expert urges poultry keepers to cull unprofitable birds to cope with high feed prices. Focus on poor layers, weedy stock, and aging hens nearing three years, plus careful selection to maintain paying stock. Success hinges on experience, sound stock, and strict economic methods.
A revised second edition of the bulletin Friendly Insects has been issued for circulation. It explains useful insects that protect crops, discusses balance with pests, and advises on how to distinguish useful from injurious species while promoting coexistence and mechanical controls. Copies are available from the Department.
A vivid tour of a destroyer as it docks revealing a greasy crew, compact hull, and powerful engines. The piece contrasts the vessel's engine space with the sparse living quarters and comforts on board a warship. It muses on how such ships balance utility with daily life aboard.
A vivid, grim account of the cramped seamen's mess on a destroyer shows seven water tight divisions with no internal doors, grease streaked stairs, and a single passage amid gear. Sixty sailors crowd the small living area with beds replaced by sleeping bags while shells threaten from a nearby ammunition store.
The crew describes the eight large water tube boilers and gleaming engines fueling a massive two hundred foot vessel. The motive plant weighs about half the ship and takes two thirds of its space. At cruising speed only half the boilers run. at top speed all units fire constantly.
The piece traces Liege knife makers and the pocket knife’s origin from Jacques de Liege to Jacke-leg, noting Burns references in Scotland and the evolution of folding clasp knives from half knives to modern forms. It connects Belgian craftsmanship, language shifts, and literary mentions in Burns poems.
The Rocking Stone of Tindal in South America, once weighing about 700 tons and towering five metres high, amazed observers with its delicately poised granite form perched on a rock knob in hills 250 miles south of Buenos Aires. Its fate remains unexplained as the giant stone fell recently.
A vivid wartime shipboard vignette contrasts the destroyer’s brutal routine with intimate moments in a hospital room. The narrative shifts to a tender domestic scene where Mr Waugh prays with a dying Mary as lovers Glen and Hugh plan a quiet future by a riverside.
In a crowded June thoroughfare, curate Mr Waugh greets shopkeepers, receives praise for a recent sermon, and helps a needy woman by gifting her the Christian Times. The scene unfolds near a temperance-leaning public house with fish shops and a warm, bustling court.
A June evening scene at Cragside as Hugh Bevan, friend of Robert Waugh, chats with Mrs. Ross and Glen about future plans. Ben delivers biscuits. Nell rests while Hugh asks Mrs. Ross if Glen could be a daughter. The mother jokes she has spoilt Hugh and hints at hidden romance.
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