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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1911
Page
2
The notes outline the Department of Agriculture’s role under Hon J L Treflé to collect and share scientific, practical farming results. They promise to disseminate soil and production information via the rural press to aid individual producers and the state, with queries answered through the Under Secretary for Agriculture where possible.
Agricultural notes advise delaying wheat sowing to June and July due to April to mid May drought. Recommend late varieties early and early varieties later, with Bunyip and Florence as key options. Details on seeding rates, depth, and fertilizer up to 65 lb per acre. demonstration plots across New South Wales show Federation leading yields, up to 44 bushels per acre under favorable conditions.
Dairying districts discuss herd testing and culling to raise milk output. Canada leads with cow testing associations. Denmark boosts capacity via selective culling. A farmer reports milk per cow rising from 514 to 670 gallons over four years with records and regular weighing. A dialogue warns against sacrificing poor cows to keep prices low for city consumers. The piece also urges planting shade trees and hedges, citing useful species and hedge benefits at Hawkesbury College.
Professor R D Watt, chair of Agriculture at the University of Sydney, reports after a year in NSW. He praises local conditions, notes 17000 miles of travel, and highlights pastoral strength, dairy expansion potential in coastal districts, and the role of irrigation and fodder conservation in reducing drought impact.
The Carob tree thrives in arid NSW and at Hawkesbury College, producing large pods used for food and animal feed. NSW’s dairy and wheat sectors show strong growth, with expansion tied to railways, improved breeding, and diversified crops like maize, sorghum, and potatoes to support a larger state economy.
A discussion on diversified farming in wheat districts including dairying fruits and wine grapes. It argues for more agricultural education at the university with a School of Botany and Forestry, and for Nature Study in schools to boost rural knowledge and curb depopulation.
Miss Etta Young in the North Queensland Herald recounts social life in early Queensland. She notes Governor Sir George Bowen and Lady Bowen sparked social life, with Diamentina as her title. Roma and Roma Street Brisbane named after her. Dinners and dances at Government House, long dances, and long rides were common. Lady Bell recalls crossing 25 miles for a ball. bush girls endured isolation with humor. Stories of pioneer beds, carpen ters shavings for beds, and a mother delivering in Ipswich on a drag. Sir John Bramston remembers early Brisbane days.
A gentleman with a season railway ticket at Parramatta station faces a sharp test when a new inspector orders him to produce his ticket. The man boasts that his face is his ticket, but the inspector insists on punching every ticket passing through the station.
Geologists and physicists dispute Earth’s age with estimates ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of years. New figures from Profs Frank Clarke and George Becker suggest not over 70,000,000 nor below 55,000,000 years, backed by Smithsonian Institution publication.
The Rural Workers' Union expanded its wage claims for arbitration, raising rates across fruit, market gardening, harvest hands, and dairying while shortening some hours. The revised schedule targets higher pay for permanent hands, overtime at increased rates, and two weeks’ paid holiday. it also notes equal pay for women and care for youths, with specifics for each industry.
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