Lucerne and grains for efficient stock feeding in drought era
Agricultural and Pastoral Notes review experiments and data on lucerne hay versus wheat straw chaff as horse and cattle fodder, with economic comparisons for maize oats and wheat. It describes digestible nutrients, practical feeding guidance, and price considerations, plus drill setup tips for sowing lucerne and cereals accurately.
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America
Australia
Lucerne Hay
Lucerne Bay
Sowing Wheat Seed Needs Proper Covering Says Chief Inspector
The Chief Inspector notes seasonable hints on sowing wheat stressing the seed covering as crucial. He recalls past remarks in Weekly Notes about sowing stages, highlighting that correct burial of seed matters whether using burrows or cultivators, with shallow furrows and ridges left for seed coverage.
Treating weevil infested seed wheat with carbon bisulphide
A North-west inquiry asks if infested seed wheat can be treated for reuse. The Entomologist recommends carbon bisulphide at 0.5 pints per 190 bushels, spread on a smooth floor, covered with tarpaulins for 24 hours, then spread to dry. Damaged grain and weevils should be blown out with a win nower, and the clean grain bagged and stored in a dry place.
Will of Field Marshal Frederick Roberts Leaves Large Bequest
Probate confirms the will and 1913 codicil of Field Marshal the Hon Sir Frederick Roberts aged 82 in France. He leaves £100,000 for military charities and £34,960 to his heirs after unsettled estate of £77,304.2s.3d. He bequeaths to his wife life residence Englemere with income, gifts to staff, medals and swords to heirs, and £25,000 to trustees of a settlement. Two daughters receive the remainder.
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Frederick
Rue Carnot
St. Omer
France
Fraser
Earl Amherst
Englemere
Elerte
Ada Edwina Stewart Lewin
Faith Without Works Spoils O Leary Bishop Banters
The Rev Father O Leary dashes to catch the Dublin express meeting a bishop on the way. They reach the station just as the train departs with playful reproach about faith and deeds. The bishop laments timing while O Leary jokes about faith without works.
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Father O'Leary
O'Leary
Bure
Cardboard From Waste Newspapers Powering U S Factory
A Philadelphia area facility processes waste newspapers and magazines into cardboard stock used for boxes and packaging. Large freight trains haul bales of mixed paper and remnants as a furnace incinerates foreign materials to produce clean pulp for new board.
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United States
Philadelphia
Manayunk
St Maeyens
Carnival Streamers
Hasbealtte
Cohetti
Ieee
The Girls of Berlin and the Pen Prohibitions
The West Mister Gazette notes Berlin’s young women are urged to stop sending letters of congratulation to Hindenburg. It mocks war reporting delays and asserts the Führer has no time for literary tributes. The piece suggests women should not express affection or gratitude in this era.
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Berlin
Westmister Gazette
Hindenburg
Hindenburg Mai
Kipling’s letter saga over omnibus damage and rent
An omnibus driver irritates poet Kipling by injuring a tree, prompting letters to the innkeeper landlord. Kipling escalates with sharper missives, raising a price for the exchange. The landlord withholds replies, then visits Kipling, who asks why no answer. The landlord zings back that Kipling would have sent a fresh letter if paid better than bus driving.
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Kipling
Ching
PUSELING. A quirky anecdote about a chicken in a hall
A fragment describes Bobby and his father with an incubator. Bobby muses on how the chick escapes and how the father got the chicken into the incubator. The scene hints at a humorous domestic moment with a talking-like exchange.
Man Accuses Soldier in Showdown Over Slain Chicken
During maneuvers a farmer accuses a soldier of shooting his chicken on prohibited ground. The commander asks for sworn certainty. the farmer instead testifies he suspects the man after seeing him with a gun, hearing a shot, and watching him haul the chicken away, noting the bird could not have killed itself.
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Weill
Little Red Finds Cart Broken On Street
A small red child is found crying on the street as his cart breaks. A kindly passerby tries to comfort him by saying his father can mend it, but the boy insists his father is a preacher and does not know how to fix the cart.
Piezometer for Deep Sea Soundings Described
A. Berger proposes a water based piezometer to reduce depth errors in deep sea soundings. The device uses a small internal diameter tube connected to mercury, silvered tube, and a thermometer for thermal correction, with sensitivity adjustable by reservoir size.
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A. Berger
Com Rendus
Untreated Sheds Near Infested Grain Need Careful Treatment
A report advises cleaning a shed 100 yards from an infested area and warns that bi-sulphide of carbon is highly flammable requiring no light during wheat treatment. It suggests sending a sample for proper testing before any definite seed use decision.
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W. G.ranford
M.L.A
New
Lewe
Henry
Agricultural
Lord Roberts
Will
Faith and Works
the Girls OF Berlin
Bobby
Hhe Hall
Dora Russett
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