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Queensland Agricultural Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 64 pages, July 1917. State of Queensland.

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Agriculture. Page 1
• Co-operation for Farmers
• The Value of Potash in Agriculture
• A New Maize Secret
• Preserving Maize in Tanks
• Sun Heat for Killing Weevils in Maize and Wheat
• Cotton-Growing in New Mexico, U.S.A.
• Market Gardening
• Herb-Growing
• Herb-Growing for Women
• Growing Mushrooms
• Protecting Cabbages and Related Vegetables from Attacks of the Cabbage Root Fly
• Including photos

Pastoral. Page 16
• Breeders of Purebred Stock in Queensland – Beef and Dairy Cattle includes tables

Dairying. Page 18
• The Dairy Herd, Queensland Agricultural College, Gatton includes table

Poultry. Page 19
• Report on Egg-Laying Competition, Queensland Agricultural College, May, 1917 includes tables
• Poultry Floor Space

The Orchard. Page 22
• Subsoiling the Orchard by Explosives includes diagrams
• Root System of Fruit Trees
• Remarkable Growth of a Banana Tree
• Reckoning Amount of Hay

Viticulture. Page 28
• The Alcoholisation of Wines by C.A. Gattino
• An Automatic Frost Killer

Botany. Page 31
• Illustrated Notes on the Weeds of Queensland by C.F White includes photos and diagrams
• A Plant Poisonous to Stock
• Crop Rotation: Effect on Fertility

Entomology. Page 37
• The Cane Beetle
• Queensland Sugar Mills

General Notes. Page 39
• Cocoanut Butter
• An Important Canadian Invention
• Resistance of Budded Cottons to Disease
• Co-Operative Ploughing
• A Profitable Rhodes Grass Crop includes photo
• Societies show dates, etc

Answers to Correspondents. Page 43
• To Ascertain the Area of a Figure with Four Sides of Unequal Length without Obtaining a Diagonal
• Treatment for Worms in a Foal
• The McMaster Patent Motor Gate includes photo

The Markets. Page 45
• Prices of Farm Produce in the Brisbane Markets for June, 1917
• Vegetables – Turbot Street Markets
• Southern Fruit Markets
• Prices of Fruit-Turbot Street Markets
• Top Prices, Enoggera Yards, May 1917
• Statistics
• Rainfall in the Agricultural Districts
• Astronomical Data for Queensland

Farm and Garden Notes for August. Page 49
• Orchard Notes for August
• The Southern Coast Districts
• The Tropical Coast Districts
• The Southern and Central Tablelands
• Queensland Cotton Production 1916

Leaflet H Soldier Settlement

Item Type:Journal
Volume:8
Number:1
Number of Pages:64
Date:July 1917
Publisher:State of Queensland
Corporate Creators:Queensland. Department of Agriculture and Stock
Additional Information:Contains general index and index to illustrations
Subjects:Agriculture > Agriculture (General)
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Documents and other collections
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > History
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural education
Agriculture > By region or country > Australia > Queensland > Periodicals
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Last Modified:09 Jun 2026 03:49

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