THREE WOMEN INJURED.

THREE WOMEN INJURED. WILLAURA, Monday. - On Saturday

evening the groom on Mr. W. J. Austin's Greenvale Estate was driving four of the maids employed at the Greenvale College reaching the bottom of a hill leading from the homestead something went wrong with the undercarriage of the vehicle, with the result that it was overturned The occupants were thrown out. The groom retained his grasp of the reins, and, seeing that the girls were injured immediately went for assistance The girls were taken back to the homestead where Drs Patterson and M'Laren, of Willaura, happened to be spending the evening. Miss S Portel sustained a broken arm, and her sister (Miss J Porter) is suffering from a contused wounded shock Miss G Delahoy sustained concussion of the brain, several painful bruises and shock Miss L Heywood and the groom escaped with minor injuries.

February 22, 1910

Country Homes for Wounded

COUNTRY HOMES FOR WOUNDED.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS

Sir,- I saw a letter in "The Argus" froma farmer's wife offering a home welcome to convalescent or wounded soldiers returning from the war who have not homes to go to.

I think the idea an excellent one, andwould be glad to take three at a time tillthey were well enough to resume duties.We in the country find it hard to keep intouch with active workers, but there aremany like myself wishful to help who wouldbe glad to made use of as hostesses if some way of arranging could be managed -

I am . B. AUSTIN

Greenvale, Willaura, May 18

Harvest has commenced

Harvesting has finally begun at Greenvale and with most harvesting well underway around the district we didnt sow any canola which is the earlier maturing crop. The very hot dry spell a number of weeks ago seems to have done damage to some crops around the district where the plant just stopped growing prematurely. And after harvesting some of our oats and barley it seems that we may have suffered the same issue. Added to this the depressed grain prices and the grain companies refusing to up the prices in the face of low supply and it generally looks like being an unfavourable year. Additionally the fertiliser company Incitecpivot has decided their $100M profit last year wasnt big enough and will increase the price of their product for this coming season... One wonders how we are going to feed the world....

Hitting the surf

Greenvale Meats hits the port fairy surf beach over the weekend for a well deserved couple me days off

Greenvale Meats Launch at Darriwill Farms

Greenvale Meats was launched in Darriwill Farms in Hamilton as a pilot project. We have our own display refridgerator next to the other gourmet refriderated goods. The launch was in conjunction with a tasting evening which saw around 400 people through the door.

Weve made a Panda!!!

The belted galloway cow that we purchased early this year which was suposed to be in calf, turns out that it wasnt. So when we allowed our Hereford bull in the same paddock thinking that it wouldnt matter as she was already "in calf" well turns out she wasnt "in calf" and our hereford bull had his way with her. The result. A Panda.
More photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/AnthonyKumnick/GreenvaleAnimals#5402023597226632722

Bond- Bewaldeth Bond..

Our Poll Hereford heifers this year have had an unprecidented number of still born calves due in most part to the size of the calves. Its all well and good for breeders to be pushing their breeds to produce a larger beast but if the cattle cant naturally birth them without difficulty then its really not sustainable.

So we have decided to use a smaller bull breed over our existing Poll Hereford cows and heifers. Enter Bond, Bewaldeth Bond. A Belted Galloway, currently classed as a rare breed in Australia and a slower growing animal with a natrually lower birth weight which produces a carcus that has won many awards. Belted Galloways are a very good grazing breed that produce more weight per kilo of grass than most other breeds and they tend to feed on more types of grass than other breeds and thus are good at weed reduction.

We are leasing Bond from one of the leading Galloway studs in Australia and we dropped him off with thie girls this afternoon. After a tiring trip Bond was more interested in grazing than hitting on the lasses. The lassess on the other hand were sizing up the new Lad on the block!

The progeny of a Belted Galloway Poll Hereford Cross will be a black cow with a white stripe with a white face.