Agricultural and Pastoral Notes from the Minister
Weekly notes supervised by Hon J L Trefs Minister of Agriculture emphasize the department as a central educational agency. They promise dissemination of scientific and practical investigations to aid farmers and the State, with inquiries answered by the United Secretary of Agriculture in Sydney as space allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Trefs
Departments of Agriculture
United Secretary of Agriculture
Sydney
Pure seed wheat methods boost farm yields in Bathurst notes
The Bathurst Farm manager Mr. Peacock outlines profitable seed wheat practices to improve yield and purity. He explains plot and field selection, rigorous culling, and the advantages of stud seed wheat, warning against mixed varieties and urging farmers to source pure seed from reliable farmers to avoid impurity and loss. He also discusses lucerne as a drought resistant fodder option and shares encouraging local trials.
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The
Agricultural Gazette
Bathurst State Farm
Mr. Peacock
Peacock
Department Pariers
Onc
Suison
Hargested
Bathurst
Steinwedel
Federation
Bathurst Partin
Cruickshank
Uncle Silas and the watchful baby mischief tale
A bachelor uncle visits relatives and plays rough with a six month old child. He snatches the feeding bottle and toys with the baby, who yells then laughs as the man tickles him. The climax has the infant biting a watch on a chain, prompting alarm from the mother before reassurance that the chain will keep it near.
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Silas
Baby
Rubber cultivation spreads from balls to empire
The article traces rubber from early ball games in the Americas to global cultivation. It notes its journey through Kew Gardens to Ceylon and British Malaya, with 2700 Para rubber tree seedlings requested by the Indian Government. In Ceylon, rubber farming and collection have advanced, yielding new cuttings and widespread tropical cultivation.
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Castile
America
Peru
Kew Gardens
Ceylon
Malaya
Kew
Para
Tropics
Calgary the City of the Plains and Its Surprises
The author travels to Calgary, describing its green valleys, rainfall, and rapid growth from a frontier town to a bustling city. He notes the influx of settlers, the real estate boom, and local anecdotes of settlers turning land into wealth. He reflects on geology, ancient river stones in a sewer trench, and the broader idea of progress amid natural grandeur.
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Thomas More
England
Rocky Mountains
Mayne Reid
Fennimore Cooper
West
Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Winnipeg
Montreal
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
N.S. Wales
Commonwealth
Maple Creek
Medicine Hat
Sass
Alta
Bourke
Chicago
Malthus
California
Ruffer
Braemarn Godge
Bow River
Sydney
Melbourne
Canada
Chum
Lake Superior
Lake Basin
Highland
Errors in drenching animals warn against dosing mistakes
Stockowners report more failures than expected despite following department guidance. The piece notes mismeasured arsenic doses due to using incorrect pint sizes, urges proper graduated glass measures, and warns against nostril drenching especially in horses. It emphasizes patient handling, correct swallowing, and avoiding hurried administration to prevent choking and pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hoenty
M.R.G.V
Stock Department
Innuary
The
Agricultural Gazette
Lowevrer
Sir Evelyn Wood and the Giraffe Incident in India
Sir Evelyn Wood once mounted a giraffe during a Nabob's parade in India. The animal galloped, the rider clung to a neck decoration, and a knee to the chest knocked the officer unconscious, breaking his nose as the giraffe charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Evelyn Wood
the Penny Magazine
Nabob
Wood
A Holiday Is the Arctic Rest for the Jaded Man
A two month holiday offers Arctic exploration from London via Newcastle and the B and N Norwegian line to 81.1 deg north. The 24 day cruise reaches pack ice beyond land with safety pairs, then returns. It includes Norwegian coast, Lapp camps, whaling stations, Spitzbergen. a reporter calls polar travel as comfortable as Isle of Wight.
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London
Newcastle
Pole
Spitzbergen
Isle of Wight
Gibraltar
Europe
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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes
Lucerne
Rt. D. Cruickshank
Glen
Toornweenah
Vid Gilgandra
Gilgandra
Maitland
Uhunter
Singleton
Muswellbrook
Murrurundi
Calgary Story
Sir Evelyn Wood
Arctic
John O'Hagan
J.B. Milet
Marri
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