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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
4
Public auction on February 24 at 2 PM by order of F Hancey from The Glen area offering 120 Merino ewes in lamb to Canowie rams from Leonard's Stud Farm, 100 lambs, 18 cows and heifers, farming gear, chaff bags, sacks, household furniture, a 100 gallon tank and related items. Also estate sale items from late Bailey near Sp Dray including a draught horse, 1 yearling, and refreshments.
The article presents eight years of trials at Mr. Gee Coutts Warracknabeal noting that heavy applications of superphosphate boosted yields even in a dry season. A balance sheet indicates profit from manure, with water soluble phosphate yielding the best returns and higher applications increasing per acre profit, also benefiting the sheep operation and surrounding farms adopting the practice.
A breezy Perth region item lists humorous exam answers and local notes. It covers church services in St Josephs and Irishtown, a Northam police court proceeding for valueless cheques, a miss Kennedy funeral at Northam, council heating talk, Catholic mass in Canderdin, a Sydney Melbourne spat over Prince of Wales landing, a bank robbery caper, and whimsical old-tyme mishaps.
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