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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
3
Adelaide Timber 60 LID Wilca and East Witchcliffe advertises JARRAH logs rough and dressed and a full range of flooring lining moulding fruit cases fencing droppers posts pickets and timber cuts for sheep yards and outbuildings. It invites farmers to upgrade grain sheds with cheap material and to secure a modern silo at low cost offering prompt attention.
A NSW study outlines mottled leaf symptoms in citrus grown on sandy soils near Tocumwal Barham and Leeton. It notes chlorotic patches between veins, possible leaf drop and stunting, and links mottling to soil and fertilizer factors including zinc spray trials begun in 1933 1934. Field trials in Curlwan Leeton and Barham showed spring and off season zinc applications improving symptoms.
Notice states obtainable at all newsagents or from the Publishers R. S. Sampson Printing Company at 971 973 Hay Street Perth. Readers are invited to write for a specimen copy.
The note claims the spray costs about 1 shilling per 100 gallons for a little over one inch for an average sized tree, suggesting the expense is not highly significant.
Melbourne returnee Mr Shas. Cook described a May 700 head shipment of hacks, remounts, and polo ponies to the Nustration and Eastern Co. Ltd after landing in Bombay. He said it was the largest order to leave Australia in years and noted a strong Indian market for army horses and polo ponies as polo boomed there.
Mining report summarizes tonnages and gold recovered across Kalgoorlie and surrounding districts. It lists operations at Lake View and Starbird, Great Boulder, Perseverance, Golden Horseshoe, Kalgoorlie State Battery, and other sites with tonnage processed and fine ounces recovered, noting alluvial and tailings contributions and notable enrichments.
Messrs Tonacia Bros of Methul NSW report two Clydesdale fillies Belmore Margaret and Belmore Lady Gilt winning across five shows Wagen Gaumain Temora Ardlethan Narrandera. They collect two gold cups worth 100 guineas each, eight silver cups, 25 first prize ribbons and two second prize ribbons. Belmore Lady Cult al Lee Widkiews Gold Cup at Narrandera named best Clydesdale female two years or over. Also notes Kalgoorlie Broken Hill PTY ore values rise. Hannan's Reward Group outputs and Mt Monger activity. Milano reports tons crushed and gold ounces.
A collage of notes covers agricultural spray trials on mottled loaves, noting zinc spray effects and timing impacts over months, plus an account of a rapid post hole boring machine by CW Free of Queensland. The report discusses spray benefits, timing, and unknown duration, followed by the inventor's device enabling fast fence post boring and angled drilling.
Lame Horse cures painlessly and can work again with splints curbs and tendons for windgalls and enlargements. Free advice and booklet offered price 12/6 per copy plus postage 1/ Your cough remedy LARYNGE for coughs influenza and strangles priced 4/ per can post 1/ extra from King Street Jaques Gass Willem Street Beans Lia All Chemists and Stores.
Sir Thomas Stuckland warned at a Bank of New South Wales meeting that while Australia benefited from high primary commodity prices and low overseas stocks earlier, recent months saw sharp falls in these export prices. Manufactured goods rose on armament demand, suggesting terms of trade may soften further despite overall favorability. The warning urges primary producers to prepare for adverse conditions and potential export price declines.
Practical men caution that milk scales and Bab rock tester best judge dairy cow capacity. Avoid fleshy udders as outward look misleads. ideal udder has elastic skin, hangs loose when empty, and milks with less effort for the milker.
A historical note explains poisoning Truxthorn, a toxic weed in Western Australia, with arsenic compounds. It details preparing an arsenite solution, applying to plant cuts, and repeating treatment for any unaffected plants, with cautions about fumes and handling.
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