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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1910
Page
4
Rural notes discuss growing lucerne for dairy cows, focusing on establishment, seed quality, soil, and management. Key points include seed quality, soil preparation, liming, inoculation, weed control, nurse crops, and proper mowing. The text stresses winter survival, field testing, and matching treatments to soil sections for best yields.
Deficient lime harms crops and soil health. Simple at home tests using soil, ash, and water reveal lime needs. comparing growth on lime-treated and untreated plots shows profitability. Dairy expansion noted with government reports, urging better herd management and silage.
The article describes a new nitrogenous fertiliser from aluminium carbide that fixes atmospheric nitrogen, yielding a 20 to 28 percent nitrogen product usable immediately. It also details Professor Watt’s explanation of a maize starch manufacturing process, including soaking, grinding, washing, and moulding steps to produce starch blocks for feeding cattle and pigs. It further touches on constipation remedies and farm management, recommending exercise for animals and simple dietary adjustments.
In a tangled tale set around Clover Hawthorne and her family, Clover assists her invalid brother Gerald while suitors Boulter and Hugh duel over marriage, finances, and Clover’s loyalty. A tense sequence unfolds at Clover’s desk and in the home, with proposals, debts, and fear of ruin driving decisions and loyalties.
A splintered church scene unfolds as Ehud Lettingwell attends a Sunday service and learns of the upcoming wedding of Edward Stoutenborn to Miss Lostworth at the home of the couple’s parents. The minister’s playful misreadings and Ehud’s embarrassment punctuate the morning.
A long, outdated account details a young man from the Goulburn Valley who, starting with no capital, works as a laborer and harvest hand. Through hard work he accumulates earnings, buys land, and builds a homestead for his wife. The piece discusses wealth growth among country workers and notes communal views on race and class.
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