Queensland Agricultural Journal

Event and Comment. Page 85

The Queensland Sugar Industry. H.T. Easterby, Director of Sugar Experiment Stations. Includes photo. Page 88

Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations. Page 94

Armillaria Root Rot. J.H. Simmonds, M.Sc., Plant Pathologist. Includes photo. Page 100

Rural Life in Other Lands – IX

Notes on Proceedings of the Agricultural Section of the Conference of Empire Meteorologists, 1929

The Motor a Modern Blessing

Chicken-Pox in Poultry. Page 109

The Dairy Heifer. Page 110

Choosing a Dairy Breed

Dairy Herd Improvement. C.F. McGrath, Supervisor of Dairying

Climatological Table – December 1929

Rainfall in the Agricultural Districts. Table showing the average rainfall for the month of December in the agricultural districts, together with total rainfall during 1929, and 1928, for comparison

Two Strawberry Leaf Diseases. J.H. Simmonds, M.Sc., Plant Pathologist. Includes photos. Page 113

The Record of Performance Plan for Selecting Breeding Stock. E.J. Shelton, H.D.A., Senior Instructor in Pig Raising. Includes photo. Page 118

The Queensland Pig Industry in 1929. Review of a Year’s Progress. E.J. Shelton, Senior Instructor in Pig Raising. Page 124

A British Pig Recording Scheme. Page 127

Scrub Ticks in Sheep

Merino Wools in Queensland. J.L. Hodge, Instructor in Sheep and Wool. Page 129

Dairy Fodder Plots. A.E. Gibson, Instructor in Agriculture, and C.S. Clydesdale, Assistant Instructor in Agriculture. Includes photos. Page 131

Queensland Show Dates

Answers to Correspondents. Page 143

Botany

Pig Raising

Two Million Trees

General Notes. Page 145
• Staff Changes and Appointments
• Pineapple Levy, Term Extended
• A Laidley Sanctuary
• Egg Board Election
• Atherton Tableland Maize Board
• Canary Seed Board
• Over-Production of Milk
• Another Thrice 2,000 Galloner
• Banana Levy, Term Extended
• Rating of Agricultural Land
• Small Goods Sales – Amended Regulations
• Feeding of Dairy Cows
• The A.I.F.
• The Anti-Waster
• The Moral Code of “Woodbine Willie”
• Dreams and Realities
• Can any of our Readers Beat This?
• To Reduce Costs in Tractor Farming
• Dipping Deeper
• When Digging Post Holes
• Fruit Experiments
• Essentials to Happiness
• Equalise the Car Load
• Wheel – Wobble
• Profitable Breeding Sows
• Get to Know your Cows
• Milling Values of Wheat
• Breeding Sows – Size of the Litter
• Clutch Carelessness
• The Speedometer – its Accuracy Affected by Tyre Wear
• Kicking the Bucket – Treatment of Nervous Cows

The Home and the Garden. Page 155

Market Gardening. Page 158
• Radishes
• Rhubarb
• Spinach
• Sweet Corn
• Swede Turnip
• Sweet Potato
• Cabbages and Cauliflowers

Orchard Notes for March. Page 161
• The Coastal Districts
• The Granite Belt, Southern and Central Tablelands

Farm Notes for March

Astronomical Data for Queensland

Departmental Publications