Event and Comment. Page 169
• A Bright Seasonal Outlook
• The Value of Trees – Dangers of Denudation
• Agricultural Research – Empire Co-operation
• The Future of Agriculture
• The Need of a Forest Conscience
The Queensland Sugar Industry. H.T. Easterby, Director, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations. Includes photo. Page 172
• Part III Short History of the Industry prior to Federation (continued)
Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations. Page 178
• Entomological Hints to Canegrowers. Edmund Jarvis
• Cane Pest Combat and Control. Includes photo
• Field Notes
• Cane Pests and Diseases
• The Farmer an Educated Man
Field Notes on the Banana Fruit-eating Caterpillar (Tiracola plagiata Walk.). J.A. Weddell, Assistant Entomologist. Includes photos. Page 186
• Synonymy
• Previous History of the Insect in Queensland
• Occurrence in Other Countries
• Cultivated Host Plants in Queensland
• Injury on the Banana
• Injury on Maize
• Injury on Pumpkin
• Other Host Plants in Queensland
• Sites of Oviposition in the Field
• Migratory Habit of the Caterpillars
• Pupae and Adults in the Field
• Natural Control
• Artificial Control
• Dusting
• Baiting
• Covering the Bunches
• Provisional Recommendations for Control
• Acknowledgements
Economy and Common Sense
Rural Life in Other Lands – X. The Editor. Page 202
Byways in Belgium
Planting and De-Suckering Bananas. Geo Williams, Director of Fruit Culture
Strawberry Culture. Includes drawings and photo. Page 205
• Soils for Strawberries
• Preparation of the Soil
• Selection of Plants
• Planting
• Cultivation
• Mulching
• Irrigation
• Manuring
• Green Crop Manuring
• Marketing
• Diseases
• Varieties
Care of the Cow After Calving. J.A. Rudd, L.V.Sc., Department of Agriculture and Stock
• The First Thing to Do
• Other Measures for After Care
• A Matter of Common Sense
• Care of the Calf
The Farm Tractor
• Engine Faults Easily Remedied. E.T. Brown
The Wheels of the Car
• Various Types compared by Radiator
Climatological Table – January, 1930
Rainfall in the Agricultural Districts. Table showing the average rainfall for the month of January in the agricultural districts, together with total rainfall during January 1930 and 1929, for comparison
Answers to Correspondents. Page 216
Botany
• Melia as a Febrifuge
• Horse Mushroom
• Fairy Floss – Nature Flora
• Quinine Berry – Emu Apple
• Thorn Apple (Datura stramonium)
• Nut Grass Eradication
• Ornamental Trees
• Wild Tobacco
Youth and the Job
What we have Lost
The Lesson of the Boy Scout Movement
General Notes. Page 220
• Staff Changes and Appointments
• Sugar-Cane Prices Board
• Honey Board to Control Honey and Beeswax
• Canary Seed Board
• Fruit Marketing Organisation – Statutory Extension
• Too Young at Eighteen
• Not too Old at Sixty
• Fur-bearing Rabbits
• Obituary: The late Mr. Lawrence P. Doyle, Inspector of Stock, Mount Isa
• Proposed Barley Pool
• Subduing Tuberculosis
• World Congress of Poultry Breeders – Proposed Queensland Representation
• An Economic Blunder
• Milk-Rot and a Remedy
• Early Importations of Pigs
• Points in Dairying
• Queensland Pig Industry Committee
• Work Does not Kill
• The Pig Section, Brisbane Exhibition, 1930
• A Remedy for Store Teats
• Parental Authority
• What a Farmer Is
• Start the Young Farmer Right
• Pig Feeding in Rhyme
• Broom Millet – A Reminder
• The Modern Farmer – Science Sees Him Through
• Correct Functioning of Tractors – Traction and Wheel Slip
• “Agricultural Bias” – Trying out the Lads
• None but the Best
• What Rationalisation Means
• A Blessing on Wheels
The Home and the Garden. Page 230
Mother and Child
• Dame Janet Campbell’s Report
In the Kitchen
• Banana Puddings and Pastries
• Banana Tart
• Banana Trifle
Market Gardening
• Swede Turnip
• Tomatoes
• Turnips
Orchard Notes for April. Page 236
• The Coastal Districts
Farm Notes for April
The Contented Spirit
Astronomical Data for Queensland
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