Queensland Agricultural Journal

Event and Comment-
Health and Agriculture Page 359
The Nutrition Movement and the Man on the Land Page 360
Queenslanders are Becoming Nutrition-conscious Page 361

Sheep and Wool Page 362

Seeds Every Farmer Should Know Page 381

Sampling of Seeds Page 385

The Suitability of Thinnings of Pinus taeda and P. caribaea for Pineapple Cases Pages 394

Wood Wool for Pineapple Packing Page 401

The Depreciation of Soil Productivity Page 403

Pastoral Notes-
Pink-Eye in Sheep Page 415
Improvements on the Small Sheep Property Page 416
Disinfection Page 417
In the Lamb-marking Yard Page 418

The Dairy Farm-
Inferior Grade Cream Page 419
Importance of Stirring Cream Page 420
What is a Fair Over-run? Page 420
Dry Milking is Clean Milking Page 421
Feeding of Calves Page 422
Meat and Blood Meals for Dairy Cattle Page 422
Cleanliness in the Milking Shed Page 423

The Pig Farm-
Live and Dressed Weight of Bacon Pigs Page 425
Before Winter Comes in the Piggery Page 426
The Farrowing Sow Page 426

Registered Hatcheries Page 428

Agricultural Notes-
The Trench Silo Page 430
Onion-Growing Page 431
Sowing of Winter Pastures Page 432
Clovers on the Coast Page 433
Utilisation of Swamp Lands Page 434
Cemented Bags for Light Farm Buildings Page 434

Horticultural Notes-
The Spraying of Early Beans Page 435
Tomato Growing in Central Queensland - A Reminder Page 436
Suckering in the Banana Plantation Page 437
Marketing Cauliflowers Page 437
The Fruit Market Page 438

Production Recording Page 440

General Notes-
Mr Bulcock's Overseas Mission Page 442
Deputy for Acting Director of Marketing on Dairy Products Stabilisation Page 442
Staff Changes and Appointments Page 443
Open Season for Duck Page 443

Answers to Correspondents-
Botany Page 444

Rural Topics-
A Word for the Horse Page 445
Soil or Dust? Page 445
The Necessity of Keeping Farm Records Page 445
The Hum of the Busy Bee - A Word for Every Wiggle Page 445
The Erosion Problem Page 445
Grooming of Dairy Cattle Page 445

Farm Notes - May Page 446

Orchard Notes - May Page 447

The Home and the Garden-
The Only Child Page 448
Home Economics Page 450
In the Farm Kitchen Page 451

Rainfall in the Agricultural Districts Page 453

Climatological Tables - February, 1939 Page 453

Astronomical Data for Queensland Page 454