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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 08, 1942
Page
4
Captain L. JoWi of the Church Army at Manilly Road campaigns against what he calls an alarming spread of profane language. He urges public action to curb the trend and preserve moral standards.
A period gardening note urges homeowners to plant trees and shrubs now to improve neighborhoods. It highlights early planting benefits, suggests arranging beds with roses in May, and recommends perennials like Helenninia Stoke's Aster Alyssum for color and longevity. It praises hardy varieties and practical sowing tips for durable ground cover.
A domestic guide offers advice on pregnancy-friendly digestion, then shifts to practical gardening. Topics include avoiding dairy and keeping meals light, growing perennials like primroses and violets, managing cabbage pests with arsenate or alternatives, earth-up techniques, and cultivating strawberries for jams or decorative edging on a kitchen garden plot.
A vintage plant advertisement lists six carnations with colors and prices per 1/6 or 1/4 unit, including Lady Gowsie red, Waverley white striped red, Mrs J Miller cerise, Clov ella pale pink, Benalla yellow with red markings, and Lyris white with red edge. Catalogue price for six is 9 shillings 6 pence with carriage extra, urging remittance of 6/6 No 4 Carnation Sol and related order details.
Officials of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research have discredited traditional ideas that sheep strikes are driven by carcass breeding. They found Lusilig cuprina, the green fly, causes about 90 percent of strikes, with the brown blowfly making up the rest. The blue-green hairy maggot fly is less harmful. Research shows that reduction by poisoning or trapping alone is impractical. prevention hinges on proper lambing practices, dipping, vaccination, and intelligent farm management to minimize strike risk and fly populations.
A fragmented discussion traces the origin of sheep and goats to a blue sheep in China, named as a common ancestor. It notes branches leading to diverse breeds like Soay and Kashmiri sheep, with mentions of wool quality and inbreeding effects across regions and time.
Seed plant and bulb merchants Shepherd and sons Pty Ltd invite applicants to attend dairy science schools in winter. Written applications with a fee of 10/6 must reach the Under Secretary and Director Department of Agriculture Box 364 GPC Sydney by May 31. Centers will be chosen where a minimum of ten candidates is met.
The text explains historic wool from Hungary used for fine billiard cloths. It notes aging by spinners and weavers, and describes early spinning techniques with a wheel and loom, twisting wool into thread and weaving threads into cloth, presenting a rough, instructional recount.
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