Event and Comment-
The Year's Progress - A Review and a Prophecy Page 1
Development of the Dairy Industry Page 3
The Minister's New Year Message Page 4
Grape Vine Diseases in Queensland Page 5
Hoya australis (Wax flower) - a Native Plant Poisonous to Stock Page 17
The Determination of Salt in Butter Page 20
Overstocking Grazing Lands - Some Evils Page 25
Rejection of the First-Drawn Milk Page 26
Dairy Cattle - Pure-Bred or Grades? Page 29
Some Notes on the Springsure and Clermont Districts, July, 1938 Page 30
Pig Raising Page 43
The Dairy Industry-
Variations in Cream Tests Page 89
Cream Supplies During Summer Page 90
Cost of Separation Losses Page 90
Essentials in Dairy Farm Layout Page 91
Selecting a Dairy Heifer Page 91
The Poultry Farm-
Registered Hatcheries Page 92
Reduce Feeding Costs Page 93
Size of Eggs Page 94
Milk as a Poultry Food Page 95
Agricultural Notes-
Fallow for Winter Crops Page 96
The Scrub Tick Page 97
Wild Sunflower - A Poisonous Plant Page 97
Kikuyu Grass - A Good Pasture But a Bad Weed Page 98
Rice By-products Page 99
Horticultural Notes-
Extension Trellis for Passion Fruit Vines Page 100
Marking Trees in the Orchard Page 103
Gladiolus Thrips Page 103
Bagging Banana Bunches on the Plantation Page 104
Selecting the Deep Sucker in Banana Culture Page 105
The Fruit Market Page 106
The Cotton Industry-
Thinning and Spacing of Cotton Page 108
Cultivating Young Cotton Page 109
Production Recording Page 112
General Notes-
Staff Changes and Appointments Page 114
Stanthorpe Fruit and Vegetable Levy Page 114
State Wheat Board Page 114
Pig Importation Restriction Page 114
Contagious Bovine and Porcine Abortion Page 114
Butter and Cheese Boards Page 114
Milk Supply Act Page 114
Egg Board Page 115
Dairy Products Stabilisation Board Page 115
Rural Development Board Page 115
Papaw Levy Page 115
Wild Life Preservation Page 115
Answers to Correspondents Page 116
Rural Topics-
Fat Lamb Experiments in Victoria Page 118
Queensland Farm Horse Standards Page 118
Pasture Research Page 118
Those Whom the Farmer Feeds Page 118
South Australian Experience of Soil Erosion Page 119
Price and Consumption Page 119
Importance of Farm Manure Page 119
Mowing Pastures Page 119
Milking Goats in Germany Page 119
Cows are Cows Page 119
Science and Farming Page 120
Half a Million Pounds Lost every Year Page 120
A Good Litter of Pigs Page 120
The Concrete Mixture Page 120
Testing Tells the Profitable Cows Page 120
Orchard Notes - February Page 121
Farm Notes - February Page 122
The Home and the Garden-
Holiday Hints Page 124
In the Farm Kitchen Page 126
An Idea was Born Page 130
Rainfall in the Agricultural Districts Page 131
Climatological Table - November, 1938 Page 131
Astronomical Data for Queensland Page 132
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