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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
2
Weekly notes issued under the Honorary Minister for Agriculture aim to translate Department research into practical farming guidance. The Department, broader than individual farmers, seeks to advance soil use and rural productivity by disseminating scientific and practical investigations through the rural press.
The Kerry cattle breed adapts to poor country, producing rich milk with high butterfat. At Hawkesbury College the hardy Kerry crosses with Jersey stock yield strong milk while maintaining resilience on sandy clay soils. milking machines at the college show promising efficiency though individual udders affect machine milking.
A trial comparing machine and hand milking on ten cows each found similar strippings and total yields over the weeks. Machine milking produced 17 percent of total yield versus 16 percent for hand milking, with care taken in testing. The conclusion: machine milking, after cows adjust, is nearly as efficient as good hand milking and likely superior to many farms.
Farmers should consider fodder crops for crop rotation and soil humus. Lucerne proves versatile across climates, boosting stock value and profits despite local soil limits. The article urges widespread trials, from small plots to larger fields, to improve dairy and general farming outcomes.
A fragmented schoolroom exchange hints at temper and cold feet as Mr Lloyd-Cecege faces delays. The text then shifts to a formal note that Mrs Legd-Georges Melwatrio, mother of legitimate children, is to receive maternity allowance amid bureaucratic concerns.
Redgrave and Stanwell chase the Palm Island lead to Croxford’s hut and a deadly whirlpool. Miss Devereux survives a brutal blow as Paxton’s brainpower wanes, Croxford vanishes in the whirlpool, and a cyclone drives the Wasp to safety while Paxton dies in captivity.
Redgrave reaches Miss Devereux after an assault as Detective Stanwell confronts Paxton who asserts the millionaire is under a powerful influence. Dr Paxton denies, claiming insanity, while Paxton’s control over the man becomes the focal point of the scene aboard the Wasp and the risk to Miss Devereux.
In private, tensions rose as both sides pretended warmth while harboring mistrust. The outward display of cordiality veiled deep concerns about the other's moves and intentions, signaling a fraught relationship behind the scenes.
Redgrave is arrested in Brisbane on charges of murdering Norris and abducting Croxford with a hypnotic plot involving Dr Paxton. Croxford recovers, reveals the scheme, Redgrave dies in custody from poison, and Miss Devereux weds Croxford at Deepdean Hall after a long pursuit of justice.
A compact sketch of Mungo Park born September 10 1771 in a Scottish farmstead. The article traces his early voyage as an assistant surgeon, a failed expedition up the Gambia, his return to England, and later Niger expedition. It notes Park’s perils, death rumors by 1908 and confirmation in 1912, and his enduring drive to map Africa despite losses.
Frank T. Bullen recalls a perilous experience in a Stewart Island bay where flounders were caught by wading the sandy bed. A sudden grip by a long tentacle nearly drags him under, but he stabs the creature’s center with a sheath knife, freeing his leg as ink and odors fill the water. The tale shifts to a tired joke about a man’s reading and a gas company job anecdote.
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