Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3 Western Australia, Series 3
Volume 5
Number 1 January-February, 1956 Article 1
1-1956
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Issued by direction of THE MINISTER FOR
AGRICULTURE.
COVER PICTURE A watering point, effec-
tively shaded by weeping willows provides a cool and sheltered retreat for these Poll Herefords, owned by Mr. J. H. Muir of the
"Hilton" Stud Farm, near Bridgetown
IN THIS ISSUE
The New Approach to Rabbit Poisoning
A. R. Tomlinson, C. E. Marshall and C. D. Gooding 5 Co-ordinated Rabbit Control, Using "1080"
A. R. Tomlinson and J. W. Leighton 17
Lice on Cattle 21 Lice on Pigs 29 Tractor Service Hints—Preventive Maintenance
C. F . Steedman 33 The Importance of Tractor Tests to the Farmer . . F. R. Stanley 37 A Lug Box for Picking and Storing Fruit J. S. Bloomfleld 43 Sod Culture F. Melville and J. Cripps 47 Producing Poultry Meat for Profit—Part 2 D. K. Giles 51
Books for Farmers 63 Weeds of Western Australia—Mesquite G. R. W. Meadly 65
Land Clearing Control in the Eastern Wheatbelt
G. H. Burvill 77
Mr. I. Thomas Retires 81 The Effectiveness of Dieldrin for t h e Control of t h e Argentine
Ant in Western Australia P. N. Forte and T. Greaves 85 Hot Weather Precautions in the Apiary R. S. Coleman 96 Oat Variety Trials—Autumn Sown F . E. Ryan 97
Veterinary Science and the Veterinary Profession 101 Farm and Home Brenda Cleeve 107
Salt Land Survey, 1955 G. H. Burvill 113 Paspalum Vaginatum for Salt Land G. H. Burvill 121 How to Submit Insect Specimens for Identification
C. F . H. Jenkins 125
Sunrise and Sunset Tables 128
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