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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 10, 1924
Page
8
Explore home gardening by Heather Fork on using soil knowledge crop rotation and careful planning to grow a constant supply of vegetables in a small yard. Rotating bean cabbage parsnip and celery families prevents disease and boosts yield with steady care and seasonal weather adaptation.
Plant a succession of crops including cabages cauliflowers and carrots for regular supply. Sow peas in fortnightly quantities and use English onion varieties. Plant ranunculus anemones Iceland poppies now to bloom before heat. Winter sweet peas may be sown but seedlings started in boxes are preferable. For new seed sowing cut and soak seeds before planting.
The piece argues for pasture enhancement in Victoria through fertilisers and soil work to double or even quadruple carrying capacity. It cites Scotland and Australia experiences, notes cost parity with good pasture land, and discusses drainage and English grasses as ways to boost milk production and asset value.
The text advises applying about one bushel of superphosphate each May and using a light tyne cultivator with a narrow harrow, with a light scattering of grass seed or clover. It notes not to seed too heavily and suggests these steps could double dairy land value if carried out, reflecting high land costs and potential investment limits.
Weekdays list morning to evening times with arrivals and departures. Saturdays follow weekday pattern until 9 49 a.m then later times including 10 39 and 6 22 p.m. Sundays show limited daytime services at 9 57 a.m 12 18 p.m and evening slots ending at 10 48 p.m.
Trains depart Albion station with weekday and Saturday schedules listing multiple departure times from early morning to late evening. Services run to Melbourne with varying intervals and special notes such as Sanshine and B46. Trains leave Albion four minutes after listed times, reflecting a dense regional timetable.
Fragmentary timetable data for Flinders Street to St Albans with multiple times and notes. Includes Sunshine only entries and references to B48 and B31 routes, plus prices and period indicators, but the text is incomplete and partly unreadable.
Weekday service from Footscray to St Albans lists multiple departure times through the day with notes for Sunshine service and special timings. The OCR text shows a dense series of numeric times including morning and evening slots and several parenthetical sunshine designations.
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