Event and Comment-
Farming in War-time Britain - Stock Food Storage Page 177
Gum Trees Page 178
Water Blister Disease of Pineapples / T. McKnight Page 180
Codling Moth Control / D. O. Atherton Page 183
The Scrub Tick (Ixodes holocyclus) / F. H. S. Roberts Page 189
Maize Varieties for the Lockyer Valley, Part II / W. W. Bryan, S. Marriott, and A. J. Schindler Page 193
Farm Machinery Page 202
Health and Nutrition in the Tropics / Douglas H. K. Lee Page 203
Pastoral Notes-
Strangles Page 207
Drenching of Horses Page 208
Disposal of Aged Sheep Page 208
Resting Stock Before Slaughter Page 210
Flock Management Page 210
Horses Earn their Salt Page 210
Ewes for Fat Lamb Page 211
Merino Ewes for Fat Lamb Raising Page 211
A Horn-tipping Tip Page 211
Use of Dipping Fluids Page 213
Water on the Grazing Farm Page 213
Tallying Sheep Page 213
The Dairy Farm-
Washing Milking Utensils Page 214
Arithmetic in the Dairy Page 215
Milk Straining Page 215
Wet or Dry Milking Page 216
Scummy Cream Page 216
Antiseptics Page 217
Peanut Residues for Dairy Cattle Page 217
The Bull Run Page 217
The Pig Farm-
Suppurative Ear Disease of Pigs Page 218
Points in Pig Feeding Page 219
Litter Losses Page 220
A Good Baconer Page 221
Mange in Pigs Page 221
A Cheap Pig Oiler Page 221
Registered Hatcheries Page 222
Early Laying Pullets Page 224
Egg Production Page 224
Feeding Chickens Page 225
Agricultural Notes-
Fodder Crops in the Maranoa Page 226
The Sweet Potato Page 227
An Animal's Maintenance Ration Page 228
Horticultural Notes-
Tomatoes in the Central District Page 231
The Egg Plant Page 232
Parsnip Growing Page 232
Re-working Deciduous Trees Page 233
Pruning Deciduous Trees Page 234
The Fruit Market Page 235
The Walnut Page 236
Tall-growing Varieties of Bananas Page 236
Veterinary Medicines / F. B. Coleman Page 237
To Win the War - And the Peace Page 238
Production Recording Page 240
General Notes-
Staff Changes and Appointments Page 242
Cane Prices Board Appointments Page 242
Erosion Control - The Burdekin River Benefited Area Page 242
Wild Life Preservation Page 242
"Scabby Mouth" Page 242
Second-hand Fruit Cases Page 242
Plywood and Veneer Boards Page 243
Pig Grading for Export Page 243
Answers to Correspondents-
Veterinary Advice Page 244
Botany Page 246
Rural Topics-
The Hardy Corriedale Page 248
The Problems of Animal Husbandry Page 248
A "Litter" of Lambs Page 248
Wealth in Land and Livestock Page 248
Rotational Spelling of Paddocks Page 249
Music in the Milking Shed Page 249
The Value of Sheltering Tree Belts Page 249
Luxury in the Dairy Page 249
The Turk of To-day - A National Leader's Philosophy Page 250
The Language of the Man of Science Page 250
Shock Farming Page 251
Expansion of the Pig Industry Page 252
The Value of Improved Pastures Page 252
Eucalyptus Oil as Motor Fuel Page 252
The Value of "Live Wire" Fences Page 253
Fodder Conservation Pays Page 253
The Apiary-
Hints on Making Hives Page 254
Farm Notes-
April Page 255
Orchard Notes-
April Page 256
Queensland Show Dates for 1941 Page 256
The Home and The Garden-
Care of Mother and Child Page 258
Milk in the Home Page 259
In the Farm Kitchen Page 260
In the Farm Garden Page 262
Astronomical Data for Queensland. April, 1941 Page 264
Rainfall in the Agricultural Districts Page 266
Climatological Table - January, 1941 Page 266
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