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  2. AID FOR WHEATGROWERS

    When the president of the Wheatgrowers' Union of Western Australia (Mr I. Boyle) interviewed the Federal Royal Commission on the Wheat Industry in ...

    Article : 143 words
  3. Help Through the Farmers' Information Bureau

    "Mrs J." (St. Arnaud) wishes to know of a dip for fowls. -- Lice on fowls can be eliminated usually by putting 2oz. of commercial sodium fluoride in two gallons of ...

    Article : 263 words
  4. DRYING APRICOTS

    "Thrifty" (Avoca). -- Let the fruit remain on the trees until fully developed, but not soft ripe. The flesh should be moderately firm. Gather carefully to avoid bruising. ...

    Article : 120 words
  5. WEEVILS IN GRAIN

    Several questions are submitted by "N.E.H." (Winchelsea) concerning grain weevils. His barn, being open on one side, cannot be made air-tight, and he wants to ...

    Article : 456 words
  6. DUCKLINGS DYING

    "Khaki" (Hamilton) secured if ducklings from that number of Khaki Campbell eggs, but they died one by one until none was left. They were fed on ...

    Article : 291 words
  7. Butter Restrictions

    The Australian Dairy Produce Export Board recently opened negotiations with the Under-Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr M. MacDonald) for a ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. BORONIA FROM SEED

    "E.S.B." (Myrtleford) asks when boronia seed should be sown? -- Sow the seed in the spring in well-drained seed boxes, filled with light, sandy peat. Barely cover ...

    Article : 30 words
  9. CREEPER FOR SEMI-SHADE

    "Amateur" (Moama, N.S.W.). -- The creeper you ask for, Lapageria rosea, may be obtained from Messrs Gill and Searle, 73 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, C.1. The ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,489 words
  11. CRIPPLES IN YOUNG TURKEYS

    "Misled" (Quambatook) states that her turkeys, six or seven weeks old, have developed cripples in the feet. Instead of their toes being inclined toward the ground. ...

    Article : 140 words
  12. BLACK APHIS

    "An Old Subscriber" (Sale). -- You could, with advantage, have been a little more precise. Presumably, however, you refer to the black aphis. This can be eradicated ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. FLOUR MITES

    Insects recently forwarded by "A Constant Reader" (Yinnar), who stated that countless millions had attacked a stack of barley, have been identified by officers ...

    Article : 210 words
  14. DAPHNE PROPAGATION

    "Hard Working Widow" asks how to propagate daphne from cuttings. -- To increase daphne by cuttings, take matured shoots, six inches long, about the middle ...

    Article : 174 words
  15. MARE DIES SUDDENLY

    "Night Shade" (Bannerton) had a young draught mare die suddenly. The animal was found ill one morning, and died within three hours. Postmortem examination ...

    Article : 108 words
  16. HORSE WITH DROPSY

    Following on a severe attack of strangles three months ago, a swelling of the sheath occurred in a horse belonging to "J.H.P." (Murraydale). This spread along the belly ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. LEMON TREE LEAVES

    "Citrus" (Gippsland). -- The "cocoons" evidently owe their presence to the activities of certain spiders which, however, are not known to be destructive. It seems ...

    Article : 121 words
  18. Wool Cheque Smaller

    Australia's wool cheque for the first four months of the season is nearly £7,000,000 below that of last year and the smallest since the 1931-32 season. At ...

    Article : 102 words
  19. BUFFALO GRASS

    "Anxious" (Arnold). -- Buffalo grass is usually propagated from roots of the plant, as it does not seed in sufficient quantities to become available commercially. Under ...

    Article : 165 words
  20. FRUIT AND FLOWERS

    "W. A." (Neerim South). -- Soya beans should grow well in your district, which has a liberal rainfall. The beans are planted about the same time as maize, or ...

    Article : 274 words
  21. GENERAL

    "New Chum" (Boolarra) inquires (1) whether vegetable matter has a greater manurial value when rotted down than when burnt and the ashes used as a ...

    Article : 146 words
  22. POWER FOR SAW

    "Chaffcutter" proposes cutting firewood with a 4 h.p. stationary engine, and asks: -- (1) What size saw will it drive? (2) What size wood in diameter will it cut? ...

    Article : 174 words
  23. SCALE ON DAPHNE

    "E.J.M." (Costerfield). -- The daphne leaves sent are infested with ordinary scale. The plants should be sprayed with a weak solution of red oil, using no more than ...

    Article : 86 words
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