Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3 Western Australia, Series 3
Volume 4
Number 3 May-June, 1955 Article 15
5-1955
Books for farmers Books for farmers
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BOOKS...
for FARMERS
r p H E following books on agriculture have been added to the stock of the Library
*• Board of Western Australia and can be borrowed freely from public libraries in the following districts:—York, Preston, Moora, Wongan-Ballidu, Quairading, Augusta- Margaret River, West Arthur, Drakesbrook, Plantagenet, Kent, Mingenew.
GENERAL
ADVANCES IN AGRICULTURE: proceedings of c o n - ference of a g r i c u l t u r a l s c i e n t i s t s — P e r t h , F e b . 23rd- Mar. 6th, 1953. A u s t r a l i a n I n s t i t u t e of Agricultural Science. W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a n B r a n c h . P e r t h [1953].
YEAR BOOKS OP AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATION, 1950-1953. Oxford, 1950-1953.
FARM MANAGEMENT
THE BOOK OF THE FORDSON TRACTOR, by S. Abbey, Lond., 1954.
ENGINEERING FOR AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE, by H. B. Roe a n d Q. C. Ayres. N.T., 1954.
GREEN FIELDS AND PASTURES NEW, by J. E. Hodge.
2nd ed. Adel. [1954].
SOIL AND CROP MANAGEMENT
INSECT, FUNGUS AND WEED CONTROL, by E. R.
De Ong. Lond. [1954].
PLANT BREEDING F O R EVERYONE, by J . Y. Beaty.
Boston, 1954.
WEED CONTROL IN FARM AND GARDEN, by S. J.
Willis. Lond., 1954.
PRODUCTION OF CROPS
THE PROFITABLE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES FOR MARKET-GARDENERS, SMALL-HOLDERS AND OTHERS, by T. S m i t h . 3rd ed. Lond., 1954.
VEGETABLE GROWING. W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e . Rev. ed. P e r t h , 1953.
F R U I T GROWING
BETTER PRUNING O F F R U I T , by N. S t e w a r t . Lond., 1955.
CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY O F F R U I T AND VEGETABLE JUICE PRODUCTION, by D. K. T r e s s - ler a n d M. A. J o s l y n . N.Y., 1954.
FRUITS, by A. V a n d e n d a e l a n d o t h e r s . Brussels, 1954.
THE PRUNING OF F R U I T TREES, by P . C h a m p a s n a t Lond., 1954.
LIVESTOCK
THE AUSTRALIAN WOOL INDUSTRY, by H. M u n z . Syd., 1950.
BEES AND HONEY, New S o u t h Wales D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture. 3rd ed. Syd., 1954.
BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION, by B. B r a n s t o n . Lond., 1951.
DAIRY CATTLE FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT, by H. O. Henderson a n d P. M. Reaves. 4th ed., N.Y., 1954.
DAIRY FARMING, by W. E. P e t e r s e n a n d A. M. Field.
Chicago, 1953.
FARM ANIMALS, by J. H a m m o n d . 2nd ed., Lond., 1952.
FEEDING POULTRY, by G. F . Heuser. N.Y., 1946.
GOOD AND HEALTHY ANIMALS, by J . D. P a t e r s o n . Lond., 1947.
HEN BATTERY MANAGEMENT, by P . A. Prall. Lond., 1954.
LIVESTOCK MARKETING, by A. A. Dowell a n d K.
BJorka. N.Y., 1941.
PIGS, FROM CAVE TO CORN BELT, by C. W. T o w n e a n d E. N. WENTWORTH. N o r m a n , O k l a h o m a , 1950.
PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF ANIMAL BREEDING, by R. B. Kelley. 2nd ed. Syd., 1949.
PRINCIPLES OF VETERINARY SCIENCE, by F . B.
Hadley. 5th ed. Philadelphia, 1954.
THE WESTERN RANGE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, by M. Clawson. N.Y., 1950.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING—TEST R E P O R T S
A complete set of t h e above T e s t R e p o r t s o n a wide r a n g e of a g r i c u l t u r a l m a c h i n e r y is n o w In stock. I n all nearly 150 m a c h i n e s i n c l u d i n g t r a c t o r s , c o m b i n e h a r - vesters, seed drills, k n a p s a c k sprayers, p l o u g h s , etc., etc., have been tested w i t h i n t h e last five years. T h e t y p e of test n a t u r a l l y varies w i t h different types of m a c h i n e s , b u t m o s t test r e p o r t s c o n t a i n a brief specifi- c a t i o n of t h e m a c h i n e ; p r i n c i p a l d i m e n s i o n s a n d t e c h - nical d a t a , o u t p u t , etc.; a detail of t h e t e s t applied a n d t h e results I n c l u d i n g fuel c o n s u m p t i o n , etc., t o - g e t h e r with n o t e s on t h e general s u i t a b i l i t y of t h e m a c h i n e for Its purpose, f a u l t s observed a n d so o n . T h e R e p o r t s are, of course, a u t h o r i t a t i v e a n d u n b i a s s e d . I t is n o t possible t o list all t h e R e p o r t s i n t h e book list, b u t i n q u i r i e s for a n y p a r t i c u l a r m a c h i n e m a y be m a d e a t a n y library a n d if d e m a n d Justifies i t a list of t h e Reports will be supplied a n d k e p t u p t o d a t e .
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