Contents
- CHAPTERNEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF Agriculture
- CHAPTERThis month's cover
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTERROXBURGH IN CENTRAL OTAGO
- ILLUSTRATION[T. O. Browne photo.
- CHAPTERWORLD SHORTAGE OF OILS AND FATS CONTINUES
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photos.
- CHAPTERCare of Equipment leads to Efficiency ( in the Orchard
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo.
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- CHAPTERSTOCK LOSSES FROM TRANSIT TETANY ARE COSTLY
- ILLUSTRATION[“The New Zealand Farmer” photo.
- ILLUSTRATIONHigh-country beef cattle are accustomed to being left in peace for months on end, and when in-calf cows and heifers t...
- ILLUSTRATIONIf stock are removed from saleyards quietly and’taken, without dogging or overdriving them, to their destination by r...
- ILLUSTRATION[Photographs: Top and bottom, “The New Zealand Farmer;" middle, National Publicity Studios
- ILLUSTRATION[F. M. Niederer photo. Cattle resting in a holding paddock during a quiet journey to their destination. If they are n...
- CHAPTERImproving Pastures in Otago and Southland
- ILLUSTRATIONTopdressing with both lime and phosphate is essential for. the establishment and maintenance of highproducing pasture...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove-For many years been ragged as an essential preliminary to the establishment of goad pasters Left —A wellestabil...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe growing of nurse crops in pastures is a special feature of farm management in Otago and Southland. Nearest the ca...
- ILLUSTRATIONMuch of the roiling clay country of Otago and Southland has been converted from browntop or manuka to good fattening ...
- CHAPTERPOULTRY FARM FOOD STORES NEED CAREFUL PLANNING
- ILLUSTRATIONLayout of a food store for a 1000-bird farm. A—Space for hand mixing with shovel. B—Chaff cutter. C—Grain mill. Stora...
- ILLUSTRATION[Photo News Ltd. photo. Interior of a food store, showing the dry-mash mixer (in corner), grist mill, and greenfeed c...
- ILLUSTRATION[Photo News Ltd. photo. A two-storey food store built on level ground. Note the hoist over the door in the upper storey.
- ILLUSTRATIONGreen and Hahn Ltd. photo. A food store fitted with storage bins and where wet mash is mixed by hand. Note how the gr...
- CHAPTERCLOVERS—the Key to High Pasture Production
- ILLUSTRATIONVigorous white clover of the Certified strain is the basis of high-producing pastures.
- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity Studios photo. In many parts of New Zealand the use of lime and phosphate is essential for the ma...
- ILLUSTRATIONWith the exception of suckling clover, the southern tussock grasslands are deficient in clovers.
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- CHAPTERCalf Scours Losses a Drain on Production
- CHAPTERTHE HOME GARDEN IN JULY
- ILLUSTRATION[Photo News Ltd. photo. In exposed gardens brussels sprouts should be securely supported to avoid damage from heavy w...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures’ Ltd. photo. Silver beet is among the most suitable plants for early Sowing. In speciall...
- ILLUSTRATION[Adapted from, the Ontario Agricultural College’s Extension Form No. 4. Three types of garden trellis. The uprights a...
- ILLUSTRATION[Adapted from the Ontario Agricultural College’s Extension Form No. 4. An easily-made garden seat.
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. Chives are very useful as a mild substitute for onion in salads and. soups.
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. To prevent mint from spreading, throughout the garden it should be grown in a section of ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. A commonly-used herb, sage can be propagated either by cuttings from good stock or by see...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. Parsley should be sown in spring and again in autumn, but is often slow to germinate.
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. Thyme is propagated by division of plants in spring or from seed. It can be planted eithe...
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- CHAPTERSpread of Winged Thistle in Waikato Pastures
- CHAPTERPreparing and Packing Colonies of Bees for Transport
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 1—A strip of wire gauze placed over the hive entrance will block the entrance and also give adequate ventilation.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2—-A screen on top of the hive held in position by two galvanised lugs. The two supers are held together by crat...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 3—An entrance screen not only provides ventilation, but allows the bees to cluster up the front of the hive.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4—Wooden slats placed two on each side of the hive hold the hive parts together securely.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 5A—Base board. Lever. C—Bolts. Hinge. E-Clothes line. F-Wire slides. G-Wire loop. H and I—Grooves. J-Angle slots.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig.5- This clamp holds hive parts together firmly and has the advantage that it is easily applied and removed.
- CHAPTERA Portable Coil Winder for Fencing Wire
- ILLUSTRATIONA plain unwinding reel.
- ILLUSTRATIONConstruction of sledge frame and spindle.
- ILLUSTRATIONConstruction of lower plate of winding reel and spacer blocks.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe assembled reel.
- CHAPTERThe Rearing of Young Farm Animals
- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity Studios photo. Orphan animals must be given food frequently and in small quantities at first, the...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Nature’s method of rearing normally gives best results with least trouble, b...
- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity Studios photo. A well-bred orphan foal is well worth the trouble involved in its rearing. The wor...
- ILLUSTRATIONApart from bacterial infections such as suipestifer, young pigs usually fare very well if reared under good conditions.
- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity Studios photo. The lamb is usually the only orphan on the farm for which me securing of a foster ...
- ILLUSTRATIONAs water transport was the only means available to the early settlers, the first settlements sprang up near the harbo...
- CHAPTERFARMING IN NEW ZEALAND North Auckland Peninsula
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ILLUSTRATIONThe counties of the far north: 1 Mangonui, 2 Whangaroa, 3 Hokianga.
- ILLUSTRATIONTwenty-six lime works are in production in the peninsula. Lime plays an important part in the topdressing of North Au...
- ILLUSTRATION[F.H. Hildreth photo Kaitaia (Mangonui County), the principal town of the far north.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe counties of the middle north: 4 Bay of Islands, 5 Whangarei.
- ILLUSTRATION[V. C. Browne photo. Whakapara, in the middle north on the main railway line north of Whangarei.
- ILLUSTRATION[V. O. Browne photo. Kamo, near Whangarei, set in typical North Auckland farming country.
- ILLUSTRATIONMOEREWA. NORTH AUCKLAND'S ONLY MEAT WORKS
- ILLUSTRATIONLOADING NORTH AUCKLAND BUTTER FOR EXPORT
- ILLUSTRATIONONE OF THE PENINSULA'S 17 CO-OPERATIVE BUTTER FACTORIES
- ILLUSTRATIONWarkworth, principal town of Rodney County, in the lower north.
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe counties of the Northern Wairoa: 6 Hobson, 7 Otamatea.
- ILLUSTRATIONPortion of the Turiwiri Flats, near Dargaville, in the Northern Wairoa district.
- ILLUSTRATIONButterfat Production per Cow in Milk, 1920-21 to 1945-46
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- CHAPTERA SMALL HOLDING OF SUB-TROPICAL FRUITS
- ILLUSTRATIONTHE GRAPEHOUSE AND GOLDEN EUONYMUS HEDGE
- ILLUSTRATIONONE OF THE CITRUS AREAS
- ILLUSTRATIONPORTION OF THE MANDARIN BLOCK
- ILLUSTRATIONA CORNER OF THE HOUSE. WITH PORTION OF THE GOLDEN EUONYMUS SHELTER ON THE RIGHT
- ILLUSTRATIONOne of the rows of lemon trees. Between 1941 and 1946 the average annual production of lemons was 426 bushel cases.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Vigorous growth of Chinese gooseberries.
- CHAPTERFARM WORK FOR JULY
- CHAPTERFARNING IN NEW ZEALAND
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- ILLUSTRATIONFriesian cow Alcartra Clothilde Pietji: C.O.R. 32,312.5lb. of milk, 1145.24lb. of butterfat.
- ILLUSTRATIONJersey Bull Grannie’s Knight.
- ILLUSTRATIONJersey cow Woodlands Felicie: C.O.R. 17,332.6lb. of milk, 1220.89lb. of butterfat.
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- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity Studios photos.
- ILLUSTRATIONW. M. Singleton, Director of the Dairy Division from 1921 to 1944.
- ILLUSTRATIONDynes Fulton, chairman of directors of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company from 1925 to 1934 and one of the mo...
- ILLUSTRATIONTOBACCO PLANTATION AND FLUE BARNS CULTIVATING AND MOULDING A CABBAGE CROP HAWKE'S BAY PEAR ORCHARD
- ILLUSTRATIONUpper photograph on opposite page by National Publicity Studios, centre by Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd., and lowe...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe Hon. W. Nash, Minister of Marketing from 1936 to 1941.
- ILLUSTRATIONMASSEY COLLEGE WALLACEVILLE ANIMAL RESEARCH STATION CAWTHRON INSTITUTE [Tipper photo graph by National Publicity Stud...
- ILLUSTRATION[Public Works Department photo. A contrast in soil-fertility maintenance. The decline in fertility over large areas o...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—A Sturmer apple tree pruned too lightly, leaving too many fruit spurs. —The same tree with laterals and spurs th...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—This Delicious apple tree trained on the semi-cordon principle is carrying too many laterals. On the right the l...
- ILLUSTRATIONAn Irish Peach apple tree. On the left it is shown before spur pruning, with far too dense growth. On the right it is...
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- CHAPTERSPUR PRUNING OF FRUIT TREES
- CHAPTERFeeding Cows to Avoid Milk Fever and its Complications
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- CHAPTERPig Broadcasts
- CHAPTERControl of Manuka in the King Country
- ILLUSTRATION[H. Senior Clegg photo. In the King Country manuka and other secondary growth can be kept in check by the introductio...
- ILLUSTRATION[H. Senior Clegg photo. Manuka invasion is a constant problem on high-rainfall hill country.
- ILLUSTRATION[H. Senior Clegg photo. With the raising of fertility by phosphatic topdressing this one-time manuka .country now car...
- ILLUSTRATIONOn a thickly-infested area the manuka should be left to lie as it is felled and then fired in the autumn.
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- CHAPTERIMPORTANCE OF GOOD LITTER PRODUCTION
- CHAPTERPEDIGREE SOW RECORDS
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- CHAPTERCARE OF LIVESTOCK DURING JULY
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- CHAPTERSacks and Plaster Used To Make Shed
- CHAPTERHome-made Rope Maker One of the Most Useful Gadgets on the Farm
- ILLUSTRATIONRope-making .equipment. Base board with turning handle attached, brace, swivel, spacer, and ball of twine.
- ILLUSTRATIONCompleted rope with the end whipped to prevent unravelling and to facilitate threading through block and tackle.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—The three lots of eight strands of twine attached to the hooks of the twisting handle, which protrude through th...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft— The three lots of twine have been twisted into three tight strands, the spacer inserted, and the rope begun, Ri...
- CHAPTERGROWING TULIPS FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT
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- ILLUSTRATIONAt left is shown a normal bulb (A) with dropper (B) attached, and in the centre the bulbs and dropper tube are shown ...
- ILLUSTRATIONA good line of tulip bulbs (upper row) will find a ready market and give every satisfaction. Ungraded bulbs damaged, ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Diagrams after Mulder, Luyten, Hall, etc.
- ILLUSTRATIONBulbs with long necks and round bodies, shown on the left, are “maidens,” produced from “widows” which did not flower...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe larger bulbs produce plants that all bloom (left), whereas each of the smaller, non-flowering bulbs produces one ...
- CHAPTERA MAGNIFICENT GIFT
- ILLUSTRATIONSir George Grey.
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- ILLUSTRATIONAbove—Fruit pyramid.
- ILLUSTRATIONBelow—Orange scones and jam scones.
- CHAPTERScone Mixture for
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- CHAPTERPlanning the Flower Garden for Colour WORK IN The FLOWER GARDEN
- ILLUSTRATION[Douglas Elliott photo. Waratahs and other Australian members of the protea family are among the few flowering shrubs...
- ILLUSTRATIONChrysanthemum stools boxed in sterilised soil after being hot water treated to kill eelworm. New shoots suitable for ...
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- ILLUSTRATIONRIGHT STONE RUBBING ALONG THE FLAT OF THE BLADE
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- ILLUSTRATIONBegonias make ideal showy plants for hanging baskets. The baskets, which can be made up in winter, are either constru...
- ILLUSTRATION[Douglas Effiott photo. Witch hazel (Hamamelis mollis) is one of the few shrubs which flower 'in mid-winter. The plan...
- ILLUSTRATIONImportant points illustrated are the position of the hands when cutting the linoleum mounted on wooden block, even sp...
- CHAPTERFASCINATING FABRIC PATTERNS FROM LINOLEUM BLOCKS
- ILLUSTRATIONPhotographs on opposite page and in heading by Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 1—-A single repeat unit of a manuka seed and a few leaves.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2—Dabber.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig.3- Linoleum tool fitted with .a V-shaped nib.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig.4- End sections of linoleum blocks showing (top) good and (bottom) bad tool cuts. In the top figure the two hollo...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig.5—-Wooden handle (top) and leather strip handle (bottom) fitted, to linoleum blocks.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial -Pictures Ltd. photo. The skirt, curtain, head scarves, and tea shower illustrated show some of t...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 6—Baren or rubbing pad.
- ILLUSTRATIONUSING THE DABBER
- ILLUSTRATIONREPEATING A SMALL DESIGN
- ILLUSTRATIONTHE IMPRESSION IS TAKEN PRESSING WITH THE BAREN [Photographs by Sparrow Industrial Pictures 'Ltd
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 7—Patterns formed by repeating the simple block of a manuka flower.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 8—Various8—Various patterns formed by repeating one unit in different positions.
- ILLUSTRATIONTwo views of the window end of the new sunroom.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—A photograph and plan of the original cottage. Below-The plan of the modernised house and the proposed extensions.
- CHAPTERExtending and Modernising a Four-roomed Cottage
- ILLUSTRATIONPortion of the new sitting room.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe sunroom, projecting beyond the west wall of the old kitchen
- ILLUSTRATIONSunroom, concrete terrace, and north-west suntrap formed by the angle of the house provide a safe, warm place for chi...
- ILLUSTRATIONA corner of the old sitting room, now the main bedroom.
- CHAPTERLAUNDRY LAYOUT