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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
17
An article reviews German Agricultural Society experiments on green manuring to boost nitrogen and soil humus. It finds shallow ploughing superior to deep, similar season choices for ploughing, and notes variable nitrogen use and broad soil benefits from green manuring beyond nitrogen alone.
Farmers should study milk science, using aeration cooling and strict temperature control. Do not mix creams from different separations, chill promptly, and allow eight hours for gentle ripening before churning to avoid heavy butter and off flavors.
The article explains how fat globules in cream unite during churning to form butter. It highlights the critical role of temperature, noting that cooler cream yields firm butter while warmer conditions create challenges. A thermometer is advised to ensure quality butter and profit.
Bulgarian rose district in the Ransauux area reaches May harvest with 173 hamlets devoted to cultivation. The belt along the Balkan southern slopes spans Kaannisk to Kaannisk area, with a 300 crown to the pound yield and annual attar value estimated between 25 and 30 million. The industry once faltered after 1878 as Turks tried to transplant rose stock to Asia Minor, but Bulgaria’s limited district concentrates all production in one belt.
The passage describes rose cultivation and distillation, detailing varieties like the white musk rose and How Dumarcena, planting trenches, soil preparation, and careful harvesting from May for 12 to 15 days. It explains the copper boiler distillation process, yields of rosewater, and the post distillation separation of attar, with village distillation vs centralized steam distilleries. It also mentions the complexities of senior wranglers at Cambridge and student scholars from Trinity College.
Paris reporters mock and marvel at John D. Rockefeller Jr. the Standard Oil heir. Skeptics debate his culture and social grace while noting his vast fortune. One piece jokes that crowds flock to glimpse him while others doubt his literary taste.
Relic chair in which Oliver Goldsmith wrote The Deserted Village and a writing stand from his rooms at the Temple are to be sold at Sotheby’s. The chair, upholstered in tapestry, accompanied by ink drawers and candle sconces, has passed through several hands since Goldsmith’s death in 1774, including Edward Bott and James Moubray, and later Charles Shaw Lefevre. The sale also features relics of the great preacher Jobe Wesley and Goldsmith’s correspondence.
A garbled dialogue centers on someone juggling a country home, a city residence, and summer resort expenses. Characters argue about finding a place to call their own, with disrupted phrasing and unclear intentions.
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