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The Brisbane Courier
9 May 1928

A BIG GRANADILLA.

A giant granadilla was brought to the “Courier” office yesterday by Mr. E. A. Aldridge, who grew it at his home at Stanley-terrace, Taringa. It was 1ft. 11½in. long, and 1ft. 7½in round the sides. The granadilla is a tropical fruit, but Mr. Aldridge says he has no difficulty in growing them in Brisbane, even at this time of the year. He has four vines all of which are good bearers, and a visitor from Cooktown, the home of the granadilla, informed him that they bore the best fruit he had ever seen.

Queensland State Archives Item ID 392321, Photographic material

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The Brisbane Courier
30 August 1930

SUNNYBANK – FRUIT GROWING AND MARKET GARDENING

Sunnybank, situated about 10 miles from Brisbane, along the Southport railway line, possesses a variety of rich soils, and is notable for its production of tropical fruits – particularly pawpaws – and for market-gardening.

Although the district was settled many years ago, when Brisbane was in its infancy, little had been done up to 20 years ago in the way of extensive development. Since then, however, Sunnybank has become one of the best-developed and prolific agricultural areas around the metropolis. The Sunnybank of these days may be said to comprise two sections – residential, immediately along the railway line, and the other a strip of rich ridgy country back from the line. On this section are several families holding well-improved farms of from 5 to 15 acres in extent.

One of the earliest settlers was the late

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The Brisbane Courier
21 September 1932

VICTORIA POINT ABUNDANT CROPS

One of the most pleasing and productive areas of the South Coast, Victoria Point, in its luxuriance of crops of tropical fruits and vegetables, and its general air of prosperity, is a remarkable . contrast to many areas of the State.

It seems almost unbelievable that this now beautiful, well-improved and richly-productive area was in its early days of settlement a waste of uncleared forest country, its handful of pioneers gaining a precarious livelihood by grazing a few head of cattle, and carrying on a little mixed farming.

To-day Victoria Point is an area of well-tilled farms and comfortable homes, and a source of supply of fruits and vegetables to Brisbane and Southern markets. Farms stretch over a wide expanse of rich chocolate soil, maintaining all the year through an abundance of crops. Victoria Point has an almost inexhaustible supply

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The Northern Herald,
7 July 1926

Innisfail Cane.

Mr. H. T. Easterby. Director of Sugar Experiment Stations, who is visiting the Innisfail district, said that this season’s cane crop, whilst good in that district, was somewhat backward as compared with last year’s. it was. therefore, not expected that the mills would cut such large tonnages as on the previous occasion. At the same time the cane was, generally speaking, very healthy, and the growth, whilst not rapid, was sufficient to produce a high’ percentage of c.c.s. ‘One noticeable feature, this year.’ said Mr. Easterby, ‘is the large amount of arrowed cane north of Townsville, which, no doubt, is due to this dry weather which has been experienced. The rains which have recently fallen in the Innisfail district should have a good effect on the young plant cane, and should help along that cane which has not yet flowered.”

Queensland

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The Daily Mail
2 July 1926

SOUTH JOHNSTONE SUGAR

INNISFAIL, Thursday. – The fourth annual field day was held to-day at South Johnstone sugar experiment station. Mr. H. T. Easterby, Director of Sugar Experiment Stations, delivered an address, chiefly dealing with the application of fertilisers to cane culture and illustrating his remarks by showing the results of various experiments carried out at the station. Mr. Edmond Jarvis, Government Entomologist, attached to the Meringa entomological station, also delivered an address.

Queensland State Archives Item ID 392327, Photographic material

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The Queensland Agricultural College was founded in 1896 as a combined agricultural college and experimental farm. The College was administered by the Department of Agriculture.

It was formally opened by the Governor of Queensland, Lord Lamington, on 9 July 1897. The first intake of 23 students spent three days per week in class and three days working on the experimental farm.

In 1921 it was transferred to the Department of Public Instruction (from 1964 the Department of Education).

Between 1942 and 1944 the 85 hectares of the college was used by the 153rd Station Hospital and the 105th General Hospital of the United States Army, treating more than 19,000 wounded servicemen.

The US Army built many huts on the site which were subsequently used by the college until most were destroyed by fire in August 1963. New student residences, teaching and research facilities and even an airstrip

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Taken from: The Longreach Leader, 23 July 1926

Stock and Station.

Some men have only a hazy idea of what is meant by the term “tops.” Referring to this ignorance “Elder’s Weekly,” Perth, remarks that to get a better understanding it is best to start at the time wool is classed in the shed. The fleeces are put into the classes known as combing and clothing. The former is the longer wool that is suitable for putting through the combing machine. The wool is first of all put through the scour and thoroughly cleaned, after which it is put into the combing machine. This is a most intricate piece of machinery with many very fine teeth which pass through the wool, and take out all die foreign matter and cross fibres. The stuff that is combed out is called nolls. The rest of the wool is then

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The Evening News (Rockhampton)
12 January 1926

100,000 bales for january.

Messrs. Dalgely and Co., Ltd., Rockhampton, are in receipt or the following telegram from their Sydney Office, dated 11th January;— “One hundred thousand bales of wool are lo be submitted by Sydney brokers during January. We opened our sales to-day with a catalogue or 5500 bales drawn from various districts mostly good and average types, but 110 super lots. Some fine crossbreds were included, but mostly faulty. There was strong competition from Yorkshire and Japan and a good demand from Germany for skirting and pieces, France bought sparingly. As compared with December prices, top-makers wool firm and unchanged, super merinos par to 6 per cent lower. The highest price realised by us was 26½d for fleece wool from Cootamundra. Our next sale will be held on 19th, when 5800 bales will be offered.”

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The Queenslander
8 August 1885

The Treatment of Cream

THE milk for butter-making should be poured into enamelled pans, which are easily kept clean; it should be placed in a cool well-ventilated dairy, and in an atmosphere which is quite fresh and sweet; and it should be shaded from draught and strong rays of light, and should not go sour while the cream is rising. Where a separator is used these precautions are unnecessary. But the cream in any case should remain free from acidity, or nearly so, until it is churned, yet should be ripe. Perfectly fresh cream makes perfectly sweet butter, of course, but such butter is insipid when compared with butter made from well-ripened cream. The ripening of milk in cheese-making and the ripening of cream in butter-making provide an analogy which is worth while to remember. Soured cream or milk will produce butter whose

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