Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4 Western Australia, Series 4
Volume 7
Number 5 1966 Article 1
1-1-1966
Contents Contents
Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
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J O U R N A L OF
The Department of
A G R I C U L T U R E
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
VOL. 7 No. 5MAY, 1966
Issued by direction of the Minister for Agri- culture.
Published monthly by the Department of Agriculture, Jarrah Road. South Perth, Western Australia.
Editor:
E. H. LAWSON.
M.Sc., (Agric).
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COVER PICTURE The fierce-looking creat- ure w i t h t h e "eyes" i s t h e caterpillar stage of Othrels materna, t h e fruit sucking moth, pictured i n d e f e n - sive pose, w i t h head turned under a n d t a i l u p . The eye spots on the body are reputed t o frighten away e n e m i e s .
The fruit-sucking m o t h sucks t h e Juice from fruit, particularly p a p a w s , oranges a n d tomatoes, and is o n e of m a n y pests featured i n Department of Agriculture b u l l e t i n 3423—
"Insect Pests of Vege- tables i n t h e Ord River Irrigation Area."
Picture—K. T. Richards.
Contents
Page Cultivation—Does Haste Mean Waste? H. M. Fisher 190 Early Spraying Essential for Webworm Control
J. A. Button 196 Myxomatosis—Its Decline as a Killer G. D. Gooding 200 Skim Milk—a Valuable Pig Feed
P. McNamara and R. Sprivulis 206 Manure Disposal from Piggeries P. McNamara 210 Planning a Dairy Farm A. W. Hobbs 217 Loquat Diseases—Black Spot and Fleck R. F. Doepel 225 Alive—Stiff—Dead F. C. Wilkinson 228 List of Registered Stock Foods and Stock Licks H. G. Cariss 230
ALEX. I . DAVIES. Government Printer. Western Australia.
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