Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3 Western Australia, Series 3
Volume 3
Number 2 March- April,1954 Article 1
3-1954
Contents Contents
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t JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT
»OF AGRICULTURE
W E S T E R N A U S T R A L I A
VOL. 3 (Third Series) MARCH-APRIL, 1954 No. 2
Published every second month by the Depart- ment of Agriculture, St. George's Terrace,
Perth
The subscription rate (which includes post- age) is 10s. per annum.
Single copies 2s. each
Edited by J. A. MALLETT
Articles which appear In the "Journal" may be reprinted, provided that the "Journal" and t h e authors are acknowledged.
Issued by direction of THE MINISTER FOR
AGRICULTURE
COVER PICTURE Portion of the Muresk Agricultural CoUege flock of B o r d e r Leicester x Merino crossbred ewes w i t h Southdown-sired lambs at foot. The flock Is ford- ing the Avon River which flows past the College pad- docks.
IN THIS ISSUE
The Farm Tractor—
Part 1—How the Engine Works 133 Footrot in Sheep—
Part 2—The Need for Summer Treatment 153 The Cabbage Moth C. F. H. Jenkins 161
Cucumber Mosaic H. L. Harvey 167 Sarcoptic Mange of Pigs C. R. Toop 171 Preparation of Fruit for Marketing—
Part I—Handling, Grading and Sizing .... J. S. Bloomfield 179 Peanut Growing on the Levee Soils of the Gascoyne River
J. A. Lawson 187 The Babcock Test for the Estimation of Butterfat in Milk
and Cream A. H. Hobbs 193 Roads Erode B. a'B. Marsh 203
List of Departmental Publications 207 F a r m and Home Brenda Cleeve 213
Export Lamb Carcass Competition .... N. Davenport 219
The Breeding of Farm Animals 223 Blackhead in Turkeys P. M. A. Harwood 225
Protection of Survey Marks 229 Whale By-products for Pig Feeding
K. M. Hope, V. E. Weston and P. Garstone 231
Protection of Birds and Animals 235 Ropes, Knots and Splices J. A. Mallett 241
The Farm Bookshelf 255 Sunrise and Sunset Tables 256
By Authority: WILLIAM H. WYATT, Government Printer. Perth 72929'3'54-13,500
Journal of agriculture Vol. 3 1954
