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Dunstan Times, Issue 3137, 2 October 1922, Page 8

Thousands ,)| head of cattle are being abandoned in North (,) nsland In die owing lo the low values and the high cost o| removing them lo localities where there is grass and water. This .statrnieni was made, last week hv Mr Hugh Mc.Master. ol' Cevencour'f Station, mar C'loncurry. North () nsliind, The course is being adopted on "(count of till* severe (h\ spell now boiiicr experienced, particu'larlv in Ihe south-west of Cloiicurry. di normal seasons heneliciiif rains iiro experienced m Olonctury region between .Mav and November. .Mr MclWastcrs added' that d nun does nol Fall hel'orc Deceinher probably 7o per cent, ol' tlie :«),()()() '"'•'id ol oil lie on Huekiugham Stale Station \\ ill he lost. An American airman has invented an aerial grniu-sower. Speeding swiff K a lew leet above the ground, (his novel crufl can sow fields with grain m rows over an area nine yards wide a 1 each pa.sagc. Along the lower planes «,| t |,e •"''•|;il sower are a series of perforated m < ;t:| l l"bes laid parallel, and adjust- ; 11,, «' according lo the distance needed hetwen each row of grain. Air pressure il is said "shoots Ihe seed Icon, )he tubes With suflicicni force f (l |,„,. v j, at the re(jiiired tl'c*ptli in the earth " I lie claim is made that 1000 acres can "<-' planted in :i seven-hour da\ . (ienminy's new 10.000-nofe adorned • Vlt l' Durcrs portrail of his In-other "'calls the fact that tlie Urilannia mi the British coinage possesses an his torical original. When she appeared mi «>'ne of (he coins ,),' Charles ||.. || u , engraver. Philip Kotie.r. took as his imjdei a beautiful Duchess ol I'ldimoiid, and, what is more, according !<> contemporary cJironicler.s. produced a very accurate [lortrait of the lady.