Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3 Western Australia, Series 3
Volume 8
Number 5 September-October, 1959 Article 14
10-1959
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im BOOKS... for FARMERS
T HE following books on agriculture, recently published and obtainable to order from most booksellers, have been added to the stock of the Library Board of W.A.
and may be borrowed freely from any public library associated with the Board, or consulted at the State Library of Western Australia.
GENERAL
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN INDIA: I n s t i t u t e s a n d O r g a n i s a t i o n s : By M. S. R a n d h a w a . New Delhi, 1958.
CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN T H E T R O P I C S : By D. H. K. LEE. N.Y., 1957.
DRY FARMING IN THE NORTHERN G R E A T PLAINS, 1900-1925: By M. W. M. Hargreaves. C a m b r i d g e (Mass.), 1957.
LAND: T h e Yearbook of Agriculture, 1958: I s s u e d by t h e Yearbook C o m m i t t e e of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s D e p a r t - m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e . W a s h i n g t o n (D.C.). [1958.]
REPORT TO THE F O O D AND AGRICULTURE ORGAN- ISATION OF THE UNITED N A T I O N S : By t h e A u s t r a l i a n N a t i o n a l F.A.O. C o m m i t t e e , 1955, 1956 a n d 1957. C a n b . , 1958.
SWANLAND, 1829-1956: T h e A g r i c u l t u r a l D i s t r i c t s , W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a : Compiled by T . P . Field.
[Lexington (Ky.), 1957.]
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY
FIXED EQUIPMENT O F T H E F A R M : Leaflets: I s s u e d by t h e M i n i s t r y of A g r i c u l t u r e , F i s h e r i e s a n d Food, Great B r i t a i n ; No. 1, Lond., 1950.
MECHANISATION O F TROPICAL C R O P S : By W. N.
Bates. Lond., 1957.
SOILS AND FERTILIZERS
THE CHALLENGE OF LANDSCAPE; t h e D e v e l o p m e n t a n d P r a c t i c e of K e y l i n e : By P . A. Y e o m a n s . Syd., 1958.
EARTHWORMS: T h e i r I n t e n s i v e P r o g a g a t i o n a n d u s e i n Biological Soil B u i l d i n g : T h e E a r t h - w o r m M a s t e r S y s t e m : By T. J . B a r r e t t . [ 9 t h ] E d . [Roscoe ( C a l i f . ) ] . 1952.
GROWTH SUBSTANCES AND T H E I R PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE IN H O R T I C U L T U R E : By H. L.
Pearse. E a s t Mailing ( K e n t ) , 1948.
SOIL CONSERVATION: A d a p t a t i o n [By t h e S t a n d i n g C o m m i t t e e on Soil C o n s e r v a t i o n ] for A u s t r a l i a n C o n d i t i o n s of "An I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t u d y on Soil C o n s e r v a t i o n " P u b l i s h e d by t h e Food a n d Agricul- t u r e O r g a n i s a t i o n of t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s . Melb., 1953.
SOILS AND LAND USE S E R I E S : I s s u e d by t h e Division of Soils of t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h Scientific a n d I n d u s - t r i a l R e s e a r c h O r g a n i s a t i o n : No. 1, Melb., 1949.
THE SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS O F SOILS, PLANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS: By R. L. Mitchell.
H a r p e n d e n ( H e r t s . ) , 1948.
I R R I G A T I O N
ANNUAL BULLETIN: 1958 of t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o m m i s - sion o n I r r i g a t i o n a n d D r a i n a g e . [New Delhi, 1958.]
DISEASES AND PESTS
FORMULATORS' MANUAL; African P y r e t h r u m : I s s u e d by African P y r e t h r u m T e c h n i c a l I n f o r m a t i o n C e n t r e Ltd. [ N a k u r u , K e n y a Colony, 1958?].
FIELD CROPS
GREEN FIELDS AND PASTURES N E W : By J . E. Hodge;
w i t h C o n t r i b u t i o n s by Officers of t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture of S o u t h Australia, T e c h n i c a l Advice [from t h e ] W a i t e A g r i c u l t u r a l R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e , Edited by J . W. R y a n . Adel., [1952.]
F R U I T GROWING
APPLE AND PEAR PAMPHLETS: I s s u e d by t h e W.A.
F r u i t Advisory Council; No. 6- [ P e r t h ] 1958.
PRUNING F R U I T S AND VINES IN AUSTRALIA, w i t h Special C h a p t e r s on Berry F r u i t s , T h i n n i n g a n d S p r a y i n g : By C. W. S m i t h . Melb., 1958.
SOFT F R U I T : By R. G e n d e r s . Lond., 1957. I n c l u d e s a C h a p t e r on R h u b a r b .
FORESTRY
THE USE OF AERIAL SURVEY IN F O R E S T R Y AND AGRICULTURE: By J . W. B . S i s a m . Oxford, 1957.
A WORLD GEOGRAPHY OF F O R E S T R E S O U R C E S : Edited for t h e American G e o g r a p h i c a l Society of New York by S. H a d e n - G u e s t , J . K . W r i g h t [ a n d ] E. M. Teclaff. N.Y., 1956.
LIVESTOCK
THE ABERDEEN-ANGUS B R E E D : A H i s t o r y ; P r o j e c t e d a n d C o m m e n c e d by J a m e s R. Barclay, Revised a n d Completed b y Alexander K e i t h . A b e r d e e n , 1958.
THE CHEMIST'S VETERINARY HANDBOOK: A survey of Modern M e t h o d s i n V e t e r i n a r y M e d i c i n e I n c l u d - ing Diseases a n d T r e a t m e n t . 11th E d . Lond., 1955.
DISEASES OF LIVESTOCK: By T. G. H u n g e r f o r d . 4 t h Ed. Syd., 1959.
GOAT HUSBANDRY: By D. M a c K e n z i e . Lond., 1957.
GRAZIERS' HANDBOOK O F DISEASES O F SHEEP, BEEF CATTLE, HORSES, D O G S : By V. G. Cole.
[New E d . ] . Syd., 1958.
P I G - R A I S I N G : By L. A. Downey. Syd., 1958.
SHEEPF ARMING ANNUAL: 1958. W e l l i n g t o n , 1958.
Consists m a i n l y of t h e P r o c e e d i n g s of t h e A n n u a l Meeting of S h e e p F a r m e r s C o n d u c t e d b y Massey Agricultural College, Wellington, N.Z.
WOOL RESEARCH ACT, 1957; 1st A n n u a l R e p o r t by t h e Wool Research C o m m i t t e e [of Activities u n d e r t h e Act] 1957/58. [Canb., 1958.]
POULTRY
POULTRY KEEPING F O R P R O F I T : By D. Morris;
Technically E d i t e d a n d w i t h a C h a p t e r on C o m m o n A i l m e n t s by H. R. C. K e n n e d y . Lond., 1952.
THE R I G H T WAY T O KEEP HENS, DUCKS, GEESE AND T U R K E Y S : By R. H. Holmes. Kingswood
( S u r r e y ) , 1958.
DAIRYING
CAMDEN PARK ESTATE: A u s t r a l i a ' s Oldest P a s t o r a l P r o p e r t y . By A. R. M a c a r t h u r - O n s l o w . [ M e n a n g l e (N.S.W.), 1958.]
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