TABLE OF CONTENTS

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 78, Issue 5, 16 May 1949, Page 433

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Livestock Imports and Exports 435 Ploughing Grass for Root and Green Forage Crops 436 The Home Garden A. G. Kennelly 437 Effect of Temperature of Washing Water on Rate of Machine Milking W. G. Whittleston 446 Meteorological Records for March 446 Snow and Snow Raking on High-country Sheep Stations J. L. McLean 447 Blower Equipment for Hill-country Topdressing C. J. Hamblyn 452 Symptoms and Control of Fowl Pox A. C. Howse 453 Standards of Efficiency of Pig Production A. Longwill 455 Dairy Produce Graded for Export 460 Vaccination of Sheep for Enterotoxaemia, Blackleg, and "Scabby Mouth C. V. Dayus 461 Nutrition of the Grapevine F. Berry Smith 465 Trapping of Opossums and Care of Skins L. T. Pracy and R. I. Kean 469 The Principles of Poultry Breeding F. C. Bobby 481 Orchard Cultivation Methods in Hawke's Bay T. Conway 483 Subterranean Clover as a Fertility Builder A. J. Coughlan 489 Planning and Planting the Mixed Border H. P. Thomas 493 Spraying Experiments, for Control of Grass-grub in South Taranaki E. M. Bates 496 Care of Livestock during June 503 Mangolds Crop Heavily on Heretaunga Plains R. P. Hill 504 Radio Broadcasts 504 Household Poultry W. L. Mclver 505 Spartina townsendii: A valuable Grass on Tidal Mud Flats W. L. Harbord 507 Commercial Orchard Spraying Equipment R. Viney 509 The Flower Garden... M. J. Barnett 513 New Zealand Young Farmer Second in Leadership Contest at Sydney Royal Show 519 Recovery of Honey and Beeswax from Cappings and Combs L. H. Johnson 523 Parents Role in the Child's Early Years Dorothy Johnson 525 Appetising Fish Meals Eva Topping 529 Royal Visitors to New Zealand: The Duke and Duchess of York . Enid B. V. Phillips 533 Set of Dressing-table Mats 536 Loose Covers for Furniture Eva Topping 537 The Choice between Making and Buying Norma K. Metson 543 SUBSCRIPTION RATES The “Journal” is issued monthly. The subscription within New Zealand is 2s. 6d. a year; the overseas subscription is 5s. The “Journal” may be ordered from any bookseller or newsagent, or direct from any office of the Department of Agriculture. Individual copies are available at 3d. a copy, post free. COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS The articles in the “Journal” of the Department of Agriculture of New Zealand are copyright. Proprietors of newspapers and periodicals wishing to republish matter are at liberty to do so, provided both the “Journal” and author are acknowledged. The Minister of Agriculture does not accept responsibility for any of the private and trade advertisements included in this publication. All correspondence relating to the “Journal” should be addressed to the Editor, “The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture,” Box 3004, Wellington. REGISTERED AT THE G.P.O., WELLINGTON, AS A MAGAZINE.