Contents
- CHAPTERThis month’s cover
- CHAPTERNew Zealand JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE
- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTERA REVIEW OF FOOD PRODUCTION
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- CHAPTERTHE HOME GARDEN IN APRIL
- ILLUSTRATIONStorage clamp for root crops and potatoes.
- CHAPTERA SIMPLE METHOD OF STRINGING ONIONS
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 1.-First onion fastened at the end of the string. This should be done securely, as it is the basis of the operat...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2.-The proper method of starting the “locking” process.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 3.-The bulb and the tops have been passed almost completely round the string.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4.—The tops have been passed under the bulb, which has been placed on top of them, thus completing the “locking”...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 5-The completed string ready for hanging in any outbuilding where there is always a good air circulation. [Photo...
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- CHAPTERTOPDRESSING PRACTICES
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- CHAPTERManaging Pullets for Winter Egg Production
- ILLUSTRATION[Photo News Ltd. An intensive laying house suitable for winter egg production. Note the adjacent supply of greenfeed ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. A lean-to laying house with a low front favoured in the colder climate of the South Island and c...
- ILLUSTRATIONFree range for growing stock builds up the constitution required for winter egg production.
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- CHAPTERPEDIGREE SOW RECORDS
- CHAPTERSelection of Greenfeed Crops to Sow Now
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- CHAPTERFARMING IN NEW ZEALAND
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- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn photo by courtesy of J. L. MacFarlane Samuel Butler’s old homestead on Mesopotamia Station on the Ran...
- ILLUSTRATIONSir Frederick Weld.
- ILLUSTRATIONPhotographs on opposite page by Green and Hahn by courtesy of D. L. Rutherford.
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn photo by courtesy of T. F. Northcote. Skinning sheep smothered in the great snowstorm of the 60’s at ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn photo by courtesy of D. L. Rutherford. Scoured wool being dried before shipment to England, a practic...
- ILLUSTRATIONPhotographs on opposite page by Green & Hahn by courtesy of D. L. Rutherford.
- ILLUSTRATIONPhotographs on opposite page by Green & Hahn; those of the Canterbury “prairie schooner” and of the loading of wool i...
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- CHAPTERA SMALL FARMER IN TENNESSEE
- CHAPTERRadio Broadcasts
- CHAPTERFARM WORK FOR APRIL
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- CHAPTERExtra Traction for Pneumatic-tyred Tractors
- CHAPTERWeed Seeds In Agricultural Seed
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- ILLUSTRATIONPOA ANNUA: ANNUAL MEADOWGRASS. Straw coloured. Occurs frequently In the smaller grass and clover seeds. An annual gra...
- ILLUSTRATIONSANGUISORBA MINOR: SALAD BURNET. Colour brown. Occurs rarely in ryegrass and danthonia. A perennial weed of dry pastu...
- ILLUSTRATIONDEYEUXIA FORSTERI: Straw coloured. Occurs with medium frequency in crested dogstail, browntop, and chewings fescue se...
- ILLUSTRATIONDAUCUS CAROTA: WILD CARROT. Colour brown. Occurs infrequently in red clover, cocksfoot, and ryegrass. In Canada class...
- ILLUSTRATIONRUMEX ACETOSA: SORREL. Colour dark brown to black with lighter margins. Occurs frequently in meadow foxtail seed from...
- ILLUSTRATIONSILENE CUCUBALIS: BLADDER CAMPION. Colour dark grey to black. Occurs infrequently in red clover. In Canada classed as...
- ILLUSTRATIONCENTAUREA SOLSTITIALIS: YELLOW STAR THISTLE. Colour light to dark brown with dark flecks. Occurs infrequently in cere...
- ILLUSTRATIONVICIA TETRASPERMA: SMOOTH TARE. Colour light greenish-brown with dark mottling. Occurs with medium frequency in cerea...
- ILLUSTRATIONPOLYGONUM HYDROPIPER: SMARTWEED. Colour dark brown to black. Occurs infrequently in ryegrass, strawberry clover, and ...
- ILLUSTRATIONRAPISTRUM RUGOSUM: TURNIP WEED. Colour brown. Occurs rarely in cereals. A prohibited weed seed in Australia. An annua...
- ILLUSTRATIONSETARIA LUTESCENS: PIGEON GRASS. Colour yellow to brown. Occurs rarely in red clover. An annual weed of cultivated land.
- ILLUSTRATIONRANUNCULUS SCELERATUS: CELERYLEAVED BUTTERCUP. Colour light brown. Occurs rarely in white clover. Australia admits no...
- ILLUSTRATIONGALIUM PARISIENSE: SLENDER BEDSTRAW. Colour black. Occurs with medium frequency in Lotus major and Lotus hispidus and...
- ILLUSTRATIONGALEGA OFFICINALIS: GOAT’S RUE. Colour yellow to brown, often tinged with green. Occurs very rarely in cocksfoot and ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFOENICULUM VULGARE: FENNEL. Colour brown. Occurs very rarely in cocksfoot. Australia admits not more than 10 seeds an...
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- CHAPTERFeeding the Dairy Herd FRESH PASTURE THE BEST DIET FOR COWS IN MILK
- CHAPTERPLANTING ROUND THE HOMESTEAD
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- ILLUSTRATIONThis home is naked and detached from the land.
- ILLUSTRATIONA farmhouse clothed and nestling into the countryside.
- ILLUSTRATIONPinus radiata planted 16 years ago for shelter now overtower the house.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe wind whistles through the base of this shelter belt.
- ILLUSTRATIONA high-grown shelter hedge which now overshadows and hems in the house.
- ILLUSTRATIONA variety of tree shapes and colours used in a shelter belt driveway.
- ILLUSTRATIONHigh shelter made up of a row of tall eucalyptus trees filled in below by bushy Cupressus macrocarpa.
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- CHAPTERThousand-headed Kale and Chou Moellier
- ILLUSTRATIONThe budding of thousand-headed kale in August. This crop was sown thickly in ridges and was not thinned.
- ILLUSTRATIONIn a crop of thousand-headed kale as dense as this stock cannot wander indiscriminately, and loss of feed through tra...
- ILLUSTRATIONChou moellier ready for feeding out.
- ILLUSTRATIONA good crop of kale ready for feeding out.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft-One of the three hand-made looms. Right—The warping mill. Threads are transferred on to the beam at the back in ...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—The creel, which is used for arranging the pattern of the warp threads on the mill. Right—The pedals that work t...
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- CHAPTERMAKING HAND-WOVEN TWEEDS
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- CHAPTERFARMING IN ETHIOPIA
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- CHAPTERAre Your Conditions Suitable For Lucerne?
- CHAPTERSHOW DATES
- CHAPTERRecovering Beeswax from Cappings and Old Combs
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- CHAPTERCare is Essential in Planting Small Fruits
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- CHAPTERCertified Government Stock Seeds
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- CHAPTERPIG-MEAT PRODUCTION MUST NOT DECLINE
- ILLUSTRATIONPIG MEATS ON UNITED KINGDOM MARKET AND NEW ZEALAND PRODUCTION
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- CHAPTERRURAL CREDIT IN NEW ZEALAND
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- CHAPTERPig Broadcasts
- CHAPTERBroomrape Invades Cowgrass In Nelson District
- ILLUSTRATIONTypical broomrape plants.
- CHAPTERGROWING OF DAHLIAS
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- ILLUSTRATIONMethods of propagating: If the new shoot is cut off at A, leaving a stump of shoot, it can be rooted easily and more ...
- ILLUSTRATIONDahlia cuttings prepared for insertion in a frame by cutting them off just below a pair of leaves and then trimming t...
- ILLUSTRATIONWhen lifted in early winter no buds show on the necks of the tubers. When the roots are stood in a warm place in earl...
- ILLUSTRATIONA rooted dahlia cutting ready for planting or, preferably, potting on to produce a well-grown plant ready for plantin...
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- CHAPTERTHE GOOD NEIGHBOUR
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- CHAPTEREaster
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- ILLUSTRATION[All photographs by Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd.
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- CHAPTERFlower Borders Need Plant Food
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- CHAPTERLIGHTING and HEATING
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- CHAPTERSMOCKING
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- ILLUSTRATIONSimple Pattern for Beginner (above) The illustration shows a simple pattern for a beginner. Stamp on a length of dot ...
- ILLUSTRATIONPatterned Frock (left) This pattern is worked entirely in cable and double wave stitch arranged to form diamonds. The...
- ILLUSTRATIONSmall-checked Frock (below) Transfers of smocking dots are not necessary when using small-checked materials, as the l...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2—Honeycomb. Fasten at the first pleat first row, catch the second pleat; needle behind and down to the second p...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 3.—Outline Stitch. A: Begin at the first pleat and take one stitch through each pleat with the thread above the ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4.—Single Cable Stitch. Take one stitch on each pleat with the thread alternately above and below the needle.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 5.—Double Cable Stitch. Work two rows of cable stitch on one foundation row with the “up” stitch above the “down...
- ILLUSTRATIONWhite Smock Worked in deep blue cotton on white material, this pattern is most effective. The top and bottom sets of ...
- ILLUSTRATIONNightdress The shoulders are worked to a point so that the fullness is released gradually to give a more pleasing eff...
- ILLUSTRATIONRound-necked Frock When working smocking for a round neck a pattern cut from firm paper is needed. Run all the founda...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 6.—Single Wave Stitch. Bring the needle out in the first pleat at the first row with the thread above the needle...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 7.-Double Wave Stitch. Work as for the single wave stitch (fig. 6), but, make more stitches between top and bott...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 8.—Vandyke Stitch. Similar to fig. 7. Catch the stitches thus: Pleats 1 to 2 on the first row; pleats 2 to 3 on ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 9.—Feather Stitch. Holding the work sideways, take one stitch on each pleat.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 10.-Pattern for Simple Smocking. Rows 1 and 2: A double row of cable stitch (fig. 5) worked on the first foundat...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 11.-Pattern for Girl’s Frock in Heading Photograph. Row 1: Single feather stitch on the first foundation row. Ro...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 12.-Pattern of Small-checked Frock. Row 1: Single cable stitch on the first foundation row. Row 2: Variation of ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 13.-Design for Patterned Frock. Row 1: Two rows of double cable on the first foundation row. Row 2: Three-step w...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 14.—Part of Pattern for nightdress. Row 1: Two rows of cable stitch. Row 2: Feather stitch. Row 3: Two rows of c...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 15.-Part of Pattern for White Smock. Row 1: Outline stitch. Row 2: Double row of cable stitch. Row 3: Outline st...