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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 18, 1916
Page
2
Agricultural and Pastoral Notes issued weekly under the minister of agriculture outline guidance and experience from the department for farmers and livestock keepers. The note emphasizes practical advice and current practices for improving farming efficiency and rural livelihoods.
The article explains how lime and carbonate lime affect clay soils by improving texture and water absorption, reducing shrinkage, and enhancing cohesion. It details laboratory demonstrations of lime's action, discusses lime interactions with organic matter, and notes practical field benefits for ploughing, tillage, and hay quality. It also covers maize cultivation practices, planting density, soil types near Clarence, and variety performance under drought and soil adaptation.
Farmers question a tet system amid plant omittey and the assistant prewler or a) the cheek of a leotate. The fragment shows a rural inquiry about agriculture and an unclear reference to an assistant or role.
An orchardist from Abingdale proposes a yearly bark wrapping method to protect peach trees from aphis. He wraps trunks with bagging material and applies a tar and kerosene mixture around the base, removing wraps weekly, then burning them after use. Reports from experts indicate similar methods vary in effectiveness across sites and winters.
A grower testified at an Agricultural Bureau meeting that green manuring benefits orchards by extending profitability of greens, improving soil condition, preventing hard soil cementing and puddling, reducing hillside washing, preventing hard berry formation, and keeping soils from becoming too compact.
United States Dairy Division reports on onejar sterilisation tests in dairy cans. Primary data show counts from 0.6 to 4.6 million bacteria per cubic centimeter, averaging 4.6 million, with significant reductions after modern washing and steam sterilisation yielding under 200,000 bacteria per can. Old methods left about 20 million per can. The goal remains a sterile dry can free from contamination after washing, rinsing, steam sterilisation, and rapid drying.
A study notes carotene in animal feed affects dairy cream and butter color. Cows fed with hay, wheat offals, linseed and other feeds convert carotene into yellow cream pigments. Jersey cows better utilize and store pigment in blood and fat, influencing long term color outcomes.
Avian hatchers face losses due to continuous wet weather in early October. Overcrowding brooders and disease risk cut chick survival, especially during peak hatching. Advice urges careful ventilation, sunlight, and avoiding overstock to protect investments and reduce mortality.
The article notes higher profit from fewer well reared chickens than many poorly kept birds. It suggests 5 square feet per 100 chicks for under one week, thinning to 10, 20, or 60 per brooders as they grow, with ventilation and sanitation crucial in wet weather to prevent disease and ensure good development.
In a wartime anecdote, General Kitchener questions a young officer about steamship schedules, testing loyalty and quick reporting. The stern leader, famed for strict selection, suspects delay and insists on prompt information before allowing any officer to depart or advance.
A New York formed venture aims to put aeroplanes into taxi service within the city and for long distance hops. Rodman Wanamaker backs a contract with Curtiss Aeroplane Company to operate flying boats and motors for Greater New York as a step toward scheduled cross country and Atlantic flights.
The Morning Post’s correspondent describes a German wartime experiment with a head device allegedly inducing sensory effects and a new strike feared to target children. The account notes distrust, casualty claims, and views the work as alarming but not clearly proven.
Household hints cover salt substitutes sauces for cake, roasting tips for chicken and game, and puddings with charring suet. A narrative interweaves a doctor’s advice to an elderly patient, focusing on aging, finances, and practical care, with a long anecdote about a medical consultation and later reflections.
An elderly man, fragile and gravely ill, recalls a tepid evening with Eugenia at his side. A doctor’s verdict shadows his last hours as Jellybrand proposes a radical cure through Eugenia’s hidden powers, promising renewed vigor if he endures a mysterious forthcoming experiment.
A district scene shows a romance Survey detachment at work. One man enters a field. a farmer challenges him while the surveyor asserts a government paper authorizes access. A chase ensues toward a wall as cattle menace the officials.
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