Event and Comment-
Fodder Conservation on the Atherton Tableland Page 481
The Peanut Industry Page 482
White Grubs and Pasture Deterioration on the Atherton Tableland Page 484
Red Scale on Citrus Trees Page 523
The Brown Dog Tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) Page 529
The Window Bud Page 531
Hand versus Machine Milking. A Comparison of the Hygienic Quality of the Milk Produced Page 535
Feeding of Working Horses on Cane Farms Page 543
Charcoal Gas for Farm Tractors Page 546
Fodder Canes Page 548
Composition of Superphosphate (Super) and Nauru Phosphate Page 549
Cultures for the Inoculation of Green Manure Crops Page 553
Pastoral Notes-
Horse Botflies Page 554
Classing the Wool Clip Page 555
Cattle Fattening Page 556
Sheep on the Farm Page 557
The Corriedale as a Farmer's Sheep Page 557
Some Evils of Overstocking Page 558
Careless Branding Page 558
The Dairy Farm-
Dairy Cattle - Pure-bred or Grades? Page 559
Variations in Cream Tests Page 560
Selecting a Dairy Heifer Page 560
Cream Delivery in Summer Page 561
Cost of Losses in Separation Page 562
A Handy Milk Can Cart Page 562
The Pig Farm-
Paddocks for Pigs Page 563
Roundworm in Pigs Page 564
The Poultry Farm-
Registered Hatcheries Page 565
Feeding Costs in the Fowlyard Page 567
Black Comb Disease in Fowls Page 568
Some Points in Poultry Management Page 569
Protect Eggs from Mould Page 569
Size of Eggs Page 570
Agricultural Notes-
Kikuyu Grass - A Good Pasture but a Bad Weed Page 571
Lucerne Hay Page 572
Seeds of Native Grasses Page 573
Good Seeds Page 573
Why Birds Should be Protected Page 574
The Preservation of Concrete Page 574
A Regrassing Experiment Page 575
Horticultural Notes-
Marketing Bananas Page 576
The Choko Page 577
Banana Cultivation Page 578
Lady Finger Bananas - Cultural Methods Page 578
Humus in the Citrus Orchard Page 579
Tomato Marketing Page 580
The After Care of Grafts Page 580
The Fruit Market Page 581
Selecting the Deep Sucker in Banana Culture Page 583
Production Recording Page 589
General Notes-
Staff Changes and Appointments Page 590
Rural Development Board - Appointment of Mr. R. P. M. Short Page 590
Answers to Correspondents-
Botany Page 591
Rural Topics-
More about Cowbell Ballads Page 593
Clothing made from Milk Page 593
Stilts in the Orchard Page 593
Electricity for the Countryside Page 593
Quick Ripening of Tomatoes Page 593
Goat Dairies Page 593
Reducing Lightning Risks Page 594
Snake as an Incubator Page 594
Oratory and Cheese Page 594
Pigs Killed by Kindness Page 594
Beef in Rubber Wrappings Page 594
A Good Droving Job Page 595
Examine Horses' Bits Page 595
Good Milk Publicity Page 595
An All-Electric Farm Page 595
A New Way to Use Whey Page 596
An Experiment in Foodstuff Distribution Page 596
Isolation Pen for Sick Pigs Page 596
Wholesome Milk Page 596
Control of Moths in Woollen Fabrics Page 596
Dairy Production in Queensland Page 596
Merino Fleece Quality Page 597
Music in the Stockyard Page 597
Care of the Fat Lamb Ewe Flock Page 597
Pedigree Stock Breeding Page 598
Molasses as Stock Food Page 598
Future of the Fat Lamb Industry Page 598
The Tail of a Cat Page 598
Farm Notes - December Page 599
Orchard Notes - December Page 600
The Home and the Garden-
Maternal and Child Welfare Service Page 601
In the Farm Kitchen Page 604
Giving Flies the Blue Page 606
Tree Heritage Page 607
Rainfall in the Agricultural Districts Page 609
Climatological Table - September, 1939 Page 609
Astronomical Data for Queensland Page 610
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