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Newspaper
Wagga Wagga Express
Location
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 20, 1931
Page
20
Preparations for the rearing season emphasize cleaning and disinfecting brooder houses incubators and runs. Remove movable parts, scrub, spray with disinfectant, flush floors, and rinse. repeat cleaning a few weeks before use. Do not reuse brooders for sick fowls to avoid vermin and disease spread.
Palmerston North researchers report strawberry clover seed sown on a swampy lake margin at Mr R Wilson’s Himitangi property has grown well. Artificial drainage keeps most of the lake dry, but during winter and spring large margins flood briefly. Clover spreads and regrows abundantly after floods with no fertiliser applied to date.
Walter Frederick Smith, 28, an employee of Mr. Sheather, tried crossing the Murray at Trentcaide four miles below Albury to feed pigs. His boat capsized, he clung to a snag 30 yards from shore in grave danger. Charles Marshall of Albury and his two sons rowed over flooded flats and rescued him after skillful maneuvers.
Farmers warned that heavy summer rains erode fallow in undulating country. Early fallow work in June or July, and subsurface compaction by December, reduce erosion. Avoid over fine surface mulch and use implements to shape rough, moisture conserving surfaces while ploughing across slopes to prevent guttering.
Across the globe residents suffer winter bronchial woes and seek relief with Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a trusted remedy. The verse underscores a universal need for soothing coughs and colds amid cold climates and shifting seasons.
A departmental instructor urged farmers to focus on quality wool through selective breeding. Emphasizing high quality sires, strong conformation, and alert, vigorous rams, the article warns against using lower grade sires despite cost savings and notes the impact of ewe type on ram choice for consistent fleece quality.
At Temora the Land Board after two days of evidence on a 44 ratepayers petition from Coolamon Shire decided Mirrool serves a majority of residents as the natural outlet and that the railway line marks the boundary for the area. The petition proposal will be processed accordingly.
A departmental instructor warns central western wheat growers that neglecting machinery raises production costs. He notes harvesters, seed drills, and combines left exposed in sheds or open yards suffer rain wind and dust damage, causing delays and mixed seed. Oiling painting and proper shelter would cost little and extend gear life amid economic strain.
Mrs W J Window of Willaston via Gawier South Australia reports instant relief from indigestion heartburn and wind after using Bisurated Magnesia. She praises its quick action and notes it restores comfort enabling normal eating with relief stated as lasting.
Alexander Morton charged with shooting Willam Withers and inflicting bodily harm appeared at Goulburn police court on Monday and was remanded until July 5. Sergeant Phornley reported Withers to be out of danger after a hospital stay of another fortnight. Ball was reduced from £200 to £100.
The article urges dairy farmers to focus on two purity goals to maximize milk yield. It stresses keeping cows fit and healthy, and maintaining a dried off period when needed. It argues for conserving fodder, weighing and testing milk, and keeping clear records to aid commercial farming and trace every penny.
Victorian MLC Mr Kilertian, attending the International Parliamentary Conference in Prague, urges Australia not to accept wheat acreage cuts. He cites world wheat surplus concerns and says reduced consumption, not overproduction, drives the crisis. Conference resolutions favored avoiding obligatory cuts and proposed abandoning unprofitable acreage.
A devastating storm swept across Europe and England with about 400 feared dead when an excursion steamer capsized in the Bay of Biscay. In Birmingham a woman was killed and ten injured as high winds unroofed homes and structures.
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