The following was copied out of the dairies written by Harry Elmar 
Johnson. Harry was a small crop and pineapple farmer and hawking of his 
crops to homes in Rockhampton. He was also a buildt homes.
There is absolutely no need to emphasise the fact that life is very 
uncertain.  For any one will look for proof do we not see it worked out 
before our very eyes from day to day.  It is not needful to dwell on the 
uncertainty of life.
Recipe for spouting joints.
Plater of Paris
cement
Boiled oil.

Cement for making joints.
Asbestos powder made into a thick paste with liquid silicate of soda.

Mastic
5 Parts of lime stacked in linseed oil
2 Parts of good cement
beat up well and let lie for a night.

Wood Preserving Oil
Mascol 5 gallon drum £1
excellent white ant and borer exterminator

and one of the best wood stains.
Burnt Sienna can be added for floor stain.
Sarp Oil 9/ 6 d per gallon.

Tomato disease.
If tomato plants show sings of disease by the unhealthy appearance of leaves 
or scabby fruit they should be sprayed with Bordeaux mixture of a strength 
of 4 lbs of Blue stone 4 to 6 lbs of quicklime and 4 gallons of water.
Bird lime can easily made by boiling down linseed oil.  If boiled oil is 
used the concentration will take less time than with unboiled oil.  The 
proper way to bring it to the right consistency is to use it as glue is 
treated.  Put the oil in to a tin put the tin in a saucepan of water over 
the fire and let it boil slowly.
Aphids in cabbages--- Means of destruction.
Tobacco Tea
1 lb of Tobacco to 4 lbs of water
Should a little syrup, crude molasses be added or soap be added it will 
stick better.
Kerosene Emulsion
1 Pint in 25 pints of water.
Resin Compound
One part of resin saponified in 12 or 15 gallons of water.
Hot Soap Suds.
Cabbage plants will tolerate water especially when this is applied by means 
of a spray that is sufficiently hot in temperature to be quite fatal to 
plant lice or aphids.
Lady Birds off Pumpkins
Teaspoonful Paris Green
to a pint of flour, mix well
put in a small bag and dust on
or put 1 teaspoonful of the Green
to about 5 gallons water
and spray plants.
Tonic Wine
Take I bottle Port Wine
2 ounce bottle of Bovril
1 lb tin Malt
6 d worth Citrate of iron
Put in a jug and mix thoroughly and bottle
Dose
1 dessert spoon full about 11 .a.m and 4 p.m.
Bought from Anthony 1915.
1 Hoe 1- 3 d
1 Empire Cultivator 1/10 d
1 Plane No 5   9/ 3 d
1 Saw Clamp  2/ 9 d
1 Disston Circular Saw 6 inch 4/ -
1 Carborundum Wheel 10/ -
August 1951 Received from Williams Limited
the sum of £17 for the sale of my
chaff cutter, Harrows, Cultivator and plow.
Produce I sold during 1913 were
Pines  £ 60
Tomatoes £11
Sweet Potatoes £10
Sundries £10
Total £91.
February 1913 Trees bought
3 Weeping Figs cost  6/ -
1 Dozen S. Oaks  10/ -
4 Granadillas  2/ -
2 Silky Oaks  1/ 8 d
The new bridge on the Gracemere Road in front of my place
Decking of bridge took 310 bags of cement without the 2 inches on top done 
with oxide.  The thick of decking is 5 to 1 and the oxide 2 1/ 2 to 1.
1946 Rockhampton has
Commission Agents 64
Auctioneers  17
Farm Produce Agents  6.
Water in well 1926.
24 th November Pumped 700 gallons
25 th Kept well pumped dry from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Well makes at rate of 400 gallons per hour.
1-6-1918 to 30-6-1919
I paid in wages £32.
1947
Fibro roofing cost
3/ 6 d per sq yard plus 8 % tax.
March 1919 Furniture
Holroyds Furniture Auction Sale
Dining Suite  £5
Oval Table  £1/12/ -
Mirror  4/ -
Tureens  3/ -
Photo Frames  1/ -
Lamp  1/ 6 d
Dishes  1/ 3 d
Cornice Poles  2/ -
Go Cart  15/ -
Bell  1/ 3 d
        £8/ 1/ -
  Cartage  13/ -
       £8/ 14/ -
Polish for Suite  2/ 6 d  Tacks 2 d.
Bought from Broome and Elwings 1921.
2 Planes  3/ -
3 Spoke shaves  5/ -
1 Adze head and handle  3/ -
2 Spirit Levels  4/ -
1 Gauge  1/ 6 d
1 Tool Box  4/ -
2 Saws  2/ 6 d
Tin of assorted Bits  10/ -
3 Clamps  7/ -
2 Mortise Gauges  2/ -
1911 Pear Poison
I used 128 gallons of poison to spray Ernies Prickly Pear at 1/ 2 d per 
gallon it cost me 5 /4 d.
Sundries sold off the place in 1948
Circular Saw   £25
2 H. P Engine   £22
Pony Disc Plow  £10
Disc Harrow  £7
Show Case  £1/10/ -
Axe  10/ -
Wardrobe  £4
Rod and Reel  £1/10/ -
Deceased.
Dorothy Ellen Sharrock          died                    23-12-1977
Cecil John Sharrock             died                    11-08-1982
Herbert Victor Arnold Johnson   died                    29-11-1991
Beryl Bailey                    died                    23 -2 -1993
John Azarias Hickman            died                    27- 5 ­1995
Francis Guy Johnson             died                    03-11-1996

Population November 13-11-1942.
Brisbane  335,000
Bundaberg  15,000
Cairns  15,700
Charters Towers  8,100
Gympie  8,500
Ipswich  23,400
Mackay  12,400
Maryborough  14,600
Rockhampton  15,500
Toowoomba  30,000
Townsville  31,400
Warwick  7,000.

Wit and Humour.
His own Portrait.
Mr Misfit ( Savagely)  Before I married you, was there any doddering idiot 
gone on you?
Mrs Misfit ­­ There was one.
Mr Misfit ­­ I wish to goodness youıd married him.
Mrs Misfit ­­ I did.

Clever with the Cards.
Some years ago a certain county jail was under going extensive alterations, 
during which toe a gang of pick pockets 4 in number, were arrested one 
market day.  Owing to the alterations the lot for a time confined in 1 cell, 
but were placed under strict surveillance, the card of them being especially 
entrusted to the sergeant.  The day after during his rounds he spied them 
playing cards, when he promptly opened the door and summoned a fellow 
constable on whose arrival the prisoners were most carefully searched but no 
which the pick pockets were to be sent to the Assessed for trial.  Then the 
superintendent, a very kind man and a great favourite with everyone asked 
them as a favour to tell him where they had hidden the cards.  They told him 
as soon as the sergeant and his comrade entered the cell, they stuck the 
pack in his pocket and picked it again before he left, as a proof of which 
they presented him with the much used pack ­­­­­­ From Pearsons Weekly.

An Ohio paper says  ³ Born to Mr & Mrs George a fine son December 6 th the 
same to Mr & Mrs Lorain Davis ıı.  Queer kind of baby that!  ( Greely Sun).

Mr Peter Thill, our genial blacksmith wears a smile as long as the dresses 
on the new baby girl who arrived Monday night.  It is said Peter was so 
excited on Tuesday; that he put the shoes of a horse on the wrong feet so 
that the poor animal had to walk backward.   (Hanover).  We extend hearty 
congratulations.

Terrible disaster at Mount Morgan on 5-9-1900 seven men crushed to death by 
fall of rock several had narrow escapes.
The earthquake at Lisbon took place in 1755 destroying 30,000 people.

Pictorial Analysis.
Although it has often been said that comparisons are odious, yet it is one 
of those half truths which are often more deceitful than deliberate 
untruths. To say that A is honest does not imply that B is dishonest.  To 
say that we prefer the rose rather than the violet does not in any way 
detract from the qualities of the latter.  To say that one picture shows 
more detail than another does not necessarily imply that either of the 
pictures is the better one.

The Blacksmith of Ragenbach.
In a little German village, on the waters on the Rhine,
Gay and joyous in their pastime, in the pleasant vintage time,
Were a group of happy peasants, for the day released from toil,
Thanking God for all his goodness, in the product of the soil.
When a cry rang through the welkin, and appeared upon the scene,
A panting dog with a crest erect foam flecked, with savage mien,
³ Heıs mad 1ıı was shrieked in chorus, in dismay they all fell back,
All ­­ except one towering figure, it was the smith of Ragenbach.
God had given this man His image, Nature stamped him as complete
Now it was incumbent on him to perform a greater feat
Than Horatius at the bridge, when he stood on Tibers bank
For behind him where his townsfolk who appalled with terror sank.
>From the most appalling danger ­­ that which makes the bravest quail­
While they were all grouped together, shaking limbs, and visage pale;
For a moment cowered the beast, snapping to the left and right ;
While the blacksmith stood before him in the power of his might.
³ One must die to save the many, let it, then, my duty be;
Iıve the power, fear not, neighbours! from this peril youıll be free,ıı
As the lightening from the storm cloud leaps to earth with sudden crash
So upon the rabid monster did this noble hero dash.
In the death grip then they struggled man and dog with a scarce a sound
Till from out of the fearful conflict rose the man from off the ground
Gashed and gory from the struggle, but the savage beast lay dead:
There he stood white people gathered and rained blessings on his head.
³Friends,ıı he said, ³from one great peril with Godıs help Iıve set you free
But my task is not yet ended there is danger now in me,
Yet secure from harm you shall be, none need fear, before I die
Then to his forge he straight way walked with rapid step,
While the people followed after some with shouts, while otherıs wept,
And with nerve as steady as when he plied his trade for gain
He selected without faltering from his store the heaviest chain.
To this anvil first he bound it, next his limbs he shackled fast,
Then said he to his townsfolk, all your danger now is past
Place within my reach I pray you, food and water for a time
Until God shall ease my sufferings, by this gracious will divine.
Long he suffered, but at last came a summons from on high
Then his soul with angel escort sought his home beyond the sky
And the people of that village, those whom he had died to save
Still with grateful hearts assemble, and with flowers bedeck his grave.

The Elephant.
The home of the elephant is in the deep shady forest.  He is the largest of 
all land animals and is found in Asia and in Africa.  One of the chief 
places in Asia where the elephant is found is the island of Ceylon.  In this 
beautiful island, which is as large as Ireland, there are large forests, 
which form the home of thousands of elephants.  In these forests the trees 
grow thick and tall, so a to make many places almost dark, while bright 
sunlight is above and around them.  The elephant likes the deep shady parts 
of the forest and seeks the coolest places that can be found.  There he will 
stand flapping his ears to drive away flies, or he will pull down a branch 
to fan himself.  He is fond too of bathing and likes to be near a lake or a 
running water where he will stand for hours together sucking up the water 
with his trunk and spouting it all over his body.

Keats, the poet was born in 1795 the son of a livery stable proprietor and 
was trained for a medical career, but in 1817 encouraged by Leigh Hunt and 
Shelly and other friends, he began to devote himself entirely to literature. 
  Died of consumption 1821.

When the roll is called
When the trumpets of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more
And the morning breaks eternal bright and fair
When the saved on earth shall gather over on the other shore
And the roll is called up yonder
Iıll be there.
On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise
And the glory of this resurrection share
When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies
And the roll is called up yonder
Iıll be there.
Let us labour for the master from the dawn till setting sun
Let us tell of all His wondrous love and care
Then when all of life is over and outwork on earth is done
And the roll is called up yonder
Weıll be there.

Notes from Meadow brook Farm By William Pitt.
Get the young fowls to roost early.
The nest boxes should be cleaned out occasionally.
Alum in the drinking water will prevent throat diseases.
Change in diet will often increase the laying capacity of hens.
The laying hens need lime without it you will get soft shelled eggs.
Lard to which has been added a little kerosene is good for scaly legs.
Some breeders to force moulting feed light for 2 or 3 weeks and then give as 
Remember a pinch of salt in the mash for the chickens is good for them.  It 
is a mistake to think that salt in small quantities is hurtful to chickens.