Rural Notes and Agricultural Quips From the Field
Rural Notes surveys farming topics from seed supply to quackery for duck-raising, notes on superphosphate, a New Zealand ewe with sixteen lambs, complaints about new cornsacks, and a Wagga Pastures Protection Board rabbit disease report. It also reports a giant wagon built for wheat transport, Australian export totals to 1907, and South African flour mill criticism of Canadian blend practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagga Pastures
Cape
Land Board actions draw 450 applications for 48 blocks
Crowded town last Thursday as Land Board met to take evidence from applicants for new land near Pinaroo. Over 450 applications were received for 48 blocks signaling strong demand. Farmers report robust harvests of hay and wheat amid active bore drilling by Anderson Swan Tolhurst Kubale. Local storekeepers prep for Xmas trade while travellers strain town accommodations. A large horse sale raised good prices. Plans for a resident doctor and a new public hall costing about £100 are noted, with a cautious note on treasury surplus and prudent spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Board
Pinaroo
Messrs. Anderson
Swanson
Here
Bordertown
Tolhurst
Kubale
Parilla Harveting Busy With Four Strippers In Use
The Parilla district reports perfect weather with haymaking finished and stripping in full swing. Farmers run four strippers, tallying hundreds of bags daily, with Parilla expected to average around 16 bushels. Land values rise and a paddock fetched £15 an acre. A resident lost his purebred Trish terrier after it was bitten by a snake near the railway siding.
Victorian Land Board eyes township site on Lucky Plain
Hawk Plain Vic reports the Victorian Land Board toured land beyond Hawk Plain to locate a township site on Lucky Plain, a scenic area seen as a potential major business hub in years to come. The note also bids farewell to Mrs Pool and previews Mrs Jordan’s Friday return, while mentioning a dingo’s nightly prowls until the champion snake killer returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victorian Land Board
Hawk Plain
Lucky Plain
Blood Mixing Repeals the Sire’s Return in Fifteen Years
A terse remark asserts once blood is mixed a sire cannot reproduce an identical offspring within fifteen years or more, implying lasting genetic change and lineage permanence.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Zealand
Messrs. G. Barker and Co
Kingston
Mallee
Australia
Commonwealth
Mesers, Reed and Co
Hasheed
Parilla
Ss. B. Abotomey
Adelaide
Lameruo
Moore & Trezise
Peake Refreshment Room
Saddlery
A. G. Batten
Kadina
Lu. F. Cowrad
Smallgoodaman
Lamerco
Poynton & Claxton
Royal Exchange
King WM
Porsrow & Onaxtor
CG. V. O’loughlin
Shannon, & Co
Agency For
Colonies Mutual Fire Insurance Co
C. V. O'Lovanim
Lameroo
Creswick
Bentiat
Censwick
Thin District
Marly
Chrouiely
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