Event and Comment-
The Year in Agriculture Page 255
Dairy Production Page 257
Plant-Breeding and the production of Better Seed Page 258
Skeleton Weed Page 268
Steam Sterilisation in the Dairy Page 270
Pastoral Notes-
Soda Bush - A Plant Poisonous to Stock Page 290
Sheep on the Farm Page 291
The Darling Pea Pest Page 292
Variety in Stock-feeding Page 292
Horse Botflies Page 292
Overstocking a Wrong Policy Page 293
Care of the Fat Lamb Ewe Flock Page 293
The Corriedale as a Farmer's Sheep Page 293
The Dairy Industry-
Dairy Management Page 294
Managing the Bull Page 295
Steam Sterilization of Dairy Utensils Page 296
A Cattle Crush on Every Farm Page 297
A Horn-tipping Tip Page 297
Polled Cattle Page 299
Vealer Calves Page 299
Points of a Dairy Heifer Page 299
Variations in Cream Tests Page 300
Dairy Cattle - Pure-bred or Grades? Page 300
The Pig Farm-
Paddocks for Pigs Page 301
Risk of Feeding Raw Offal to Pigs Page 302
Corn Cob Charcoal for Pigs Page 302
When Selling Pigs Page 302
The Poultry Farm-
Registered Hatcheries Page 303
Black Comb Disease in Fowls Page 305
Size of Eggs Page 306
Feeding Costs in the Fowl Run Page 306
Poultry Points Page 307
Milk as a Food for Fowls Page 307
Agricultural Notes-
Manure Means Money Page 308
Propagation of Grasses Page 309
Para Grass - Useful in Damp Situations Page 309
Risk of Using Salt Bags for Seed Page 309
Horticultural Notes-
Lime for the Garden Page 310
Marketing Passion Fruit Page 311
Marketing Bananas Page 311
The Cape Gooseberry Page 312
Selection of Banana Suckers Page 312
The Fruit Market Page 313
Overseas Exchange Page 315
Production Recording Page 318
The Wonderful World of the Bees Page 320
General Notes-
Staff Changes and Appointments Page 323
Fauna Sanctuary at Drayton Page 323
Mourilyan Mill Levy Page 323
The Peanut Industry Page 323
Goondi Mill Levy Page 323
Answers to Correspondents-
Cockatoo Grass, Swamp Millet, Woolly Finger, and Rat's Tail Grasses Page 324
"Peanut Tree" (Sterculia foetida) Page 324
Stagger Weed, "Catch Fly", "Fat Hen" Page 324
Swamp Millet Page 324
South Burnett Plants Named Page 325
"Pear Tree" Page 325
Guinea Grass Page 326
Purple Top Chloris Grass Page 326
Geebung. Tumbling Mustard. Cud Weed. Milk Thistle Page 326
Kangaroo Grass Page 326
Tree Lupin Page 326
Rural Topics-
A Land Girl on War Service - And a Barber Beards the Barley Page 327
The Submarine and Machinery for British Farms Page 327
Refrigeration for Hire Page 327
Milk in the Cooler Page 327
"Save Your Soil or Perish" Page 328
Old "Dobbin" Wins - From the Plough to the Racecourse and Back Again Page 328
Poetry in Agriculture - The English Scene Page 328
A Showdown at the Show Page 328
Farm Notes - November Page 329
Orchard Notes - November Page 330
The Home and the Garden-
Your Child Page 332
Beauty and Good Teeth Page 335
For a Change in the Menu Page 335
Citrus Preserves Page 338
Rainfall in the Agricultural Districts Page 339
Climatological Table Page 339
Astronomical Data for Queensland Page 340
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